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A view of the Tarapur MIDC in Boisar. Image by Meena Menon.

Oleum leak puts spotlight on safety and pollution in a chemical hub

Meena Menon 16 Mar 2026
Labourers arrange steel buckets at a manufacturing factory. Representative image. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

New report flags sulphur dioxide emissions from Bokaro Steel Plant

Simrin Sirur 4 Mar 2026
A sacred grove in Sikkim. Image by Amitabha Gupta via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Sacred groves anchor traditional healing: study

Shradha Triveni 3 Mar 2026
A waste picker drinks water while working during a heat wave at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Jammu. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)

Cities may heat up disproportionately faster than rural neighbours, even at 2°C warming

Manish Chandra Mishra 20 Feb 2026
The pit in Thangkso in East Jaintia Hills where the accident took place. NDRF personnel carrying out their operation. Image by NDRF.

Incident at illegal coal mine resurfaces concerns about banned rat hole mining

Nabarun Guha 10 Feb 2026
Rekha, in her 40s, and Ratnabai, 50, are sisters who live in a low-lying migrant neighbourhood in Bengaluru. They are domestic workers. High-rises have hemmed in their neighbourhood, and the nearby lake floods when it rains heavily. Image by Mahima Jain.

Urban climate risks push migrant workers to sweat without safety

Mahima Jain 10 Feb 2026
Vehicles move through dense smog in New Delhi in December 2025. (AP Photo)

People are leaving cities to escape toxic air

Shweta Thakur Nanda 7 Jan 2026
Irula farmers at work. Representative image by Sankar.s via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0).

Unsafe drinking water can influence antimicrobial resistance

Debdutta Paul 5 Jan 2026
A farmer burns crop residue after harvest near Bundelkhand expressway, around 330 km from New Delhi. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup, File)

Parliamentary committee makes widespread recommendations to improve air quality

Simrin Sirur 17 Dec 2025
Given that existing anti-venom does not neutralise the venom of a Malar pit viper, the study authors are are raising awareness about these lesser-known but medically significant venomous snakes so that antivenom manufacturers can consider adding them to their immunisation pools. Image by Bose Mudappa.

Scientists warn Malabar pit viper is medically overlooked

Arathi Menon 12 Dec 2025
Raika community members walk with their camels. Image by Aishwarya Mohanty.

Three filmmakers and their urgent stories about the environment and health

Kartik Chandramouli 11 Dec 2025
Office goers walk amidst dense smog. (AP Photo)

Air pollution smothers productivity

Shweta Thakur Nanda 8 Dec 2025

New study highlights emerging disease risk from mosquitoes

Bharti Dharapuram 2 Dec 2025

The lab-field disconnect in the capital’s pollution crisis [Commentary]

Rajeev Kumar 1 Dec 2025
Pollution in Delhi hangs over an apartment complex. Representative image by Sumitmpsd via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Cloud seeding not a proven solution for air pollution

Aisiri Amin 26 Nov 2025
Industries near Mumbai. Representative image by Sumaira Abdulali via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India tops global rise in emissions, finds UNEP

Manish Chandra Mishra 11 Nov 2025
Edible insects being caught for consumption in Arunachal Pradesh. Image by Divya Kilikar/Mongabay.

Insect decline signals a deep ecological imbalance [Commentary]

Irina Das Sarkar, Madhu Verma 10 Nov 2025
Mechanised farming equipmen such as drum seeders, mechanical weeders, and reapers reduce physical effort and time in the field. Image by IRRI.

Sunny days, zero returns, climate change leaves women farmers tired and broke

Mahima Jain 24 Oct 2025

India’s urban-rural air quality divide

Bharti Dharapuram 15 Sep 2025
Blood glucose testing being conducted in a clinic in Kolkata. Representative image by Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Overlooking climate change impacts may affect diabetes treatment in India

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 10 Jul 2025