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Battling infectious, zoonotic diseases despite leading health indicators

Saritha S. Balan 8 Nov 2024

Pollution dips, but fine particulate matter remains top public health threat: AQLI report

Vinaya Kurtkoti 18 Sep 2024

[Commentary] Unusual sheep flock in Goa raises concerns over climate-driven disease spread

Aaron Savio Lobo 13 Jun 2024
Red-headed vulture eating prey. Photo by Timothy A Gonsalves/Wikimedia Commons.

Measuring the scavenging value of vultures

Simrin Sirur 25 Apr 2024

India will go to vote amid sweltering heat; experts call for public awareness to mitigate impacts

Simrin Sirur 5 Apr 2024

Stitching sustainability amidst climate change challenges

Ravleen Kaur 7 Feb 2024

To tackle air pollution, scale up monitoring, factor in health and stop ad hoc management say experts

Simrin Sirur 10 Nov 2023

Climate change undermining achievement of 2030 SDGs

Simrin Sirur 27 Sep 2023
Vegetable market; Kuchaman, Rajasthan, India

Tackling food loss and waste for climate and food security

Arathi Menon 31 Aug 2023
Malnourished cows in Chattisgarh.

Malnutrition affects the health and productivity of cattle in Chhattisgarh

Alok Prakash Putul 19 Apr 2023
An electric bus run by the Delhi Transport Corporation (DTC) near Mayur Vihar. Photo by Manish Kumar

Increased e-buses in Delhi could reduce pollution-related mortality, morbidity: study

Manish Kumar 16 Sep 2022
People walking on a road adjacent to the MSW dump

Untreated legacy waste is polluting the sensitive wetland ecosystem of Deepor Beel

Barasha Das 24 Aug 2022

Converging heat action plans, climate goals and environmental health for healthier communities

Sahana Ghosh 8 Jul 2022

[Video] Can a waste-to-energy plant address piling concerns from a landfill site?

Kundan Pandey, Video by Shaz Syed 1 Jul 2022

Aerosol pollution is a health hazard that also destabilises Earth’s climate

Conrad Fox 10 Mar 2022

India’s dietary guidelines have a relatively lower carbon footprint: study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Jun 2021
Women farmers at work in their vegetable plots near Kullu town, Himachal Pradesh, India. Photo by CIAT - NP Himachal Pradesh 68/Wikimedia Commons.

Increased farm work negatively impacts women’s nutrition: study

Sahana Ghosh 14 May 2021
A vendor carrying LPG cylinders

Government survey paints a different picture of Ujjwala scheme claims

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2021

Bridging the gender gap through groundwater monitoring in a Rajasthan village

Sahana Ghosh 29 Jun 2020

[Commentary] A post-lockdown pathway for forest-edge communities of central India

Ruth DeFries 8 May 2020