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A 2017 image of a tigress is Agarzai buffer area of TATR in Chandrapur. Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Ecological debate over iron ore halts mining bid in tiger landscape

Arathi Menon 15 Apr 2026

Behind the green transition is a race for rare earth minerals

Asha Jyothi 16 Jan 2026
Often called ‘living fossils’, the fern Alsophila spinulosa is found in the Bailadila hills of Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh. Image by Devendra Shukla

Ancient tree ferns face a new test in the mining hills

Ayushi Sharma 12 Dec 2025
Dredging activity on the Beas River near Aaloo Ground, Kalath, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh. Image by Sumit Mahar, Himdhara Collective.

Flood control plans could open doors to unregulated mining

Meenakshi Kapoor 5 Sep 2025
Aerial view of sand mining. The Supreme Court’s verdict striking down the 2017 and 2021 amnesties for environmental violations has significant legal and commercial implications for companies and infrastructure projects. Image by Saiphani02 via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Upholding the law, Supreme Court halts amnesties for EIA violators, jolts industry

Akshay Deshmane 10 Jun 2025
coal mining dust jharsuguda odisha

Coal dust chokes plants and trees in mining areas

Simrin Sirur 12 Feb 2025
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India approves mission to bridge critical mineral gap in energy transition

Esha Lohia 7 Feb 2025
Solar panels and internet dish on a guest house roof at Phuktal Gompa, Zanskar, Ladakh. Decentralised renewable energy received a boost with an 80% rise in PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana’s allocation. Image: Timothy A. Gonsalves via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-SA-4.0).

Budget prioritises resilience and energy security, skips major green announcements

Kundan Pandey 4 Feb 2025

Miners trapped as a rat-hole coal mine floods

Nabarun Guha 20 Jan 2025
Image shows a deep mining pit surrounded by layers of dug-up soil and trees in the background

Goa mining: new regime, bigger challenges

Pamela D'Mello 30 Sep 2024

Ruling on mining taxation empowers states, worries industry

Vishal Kumar Jain 21 Aug 2024
Local women collecting coal from an abandoned mine in Kotma for cooking.

How unplanned coal mine closures in India are affecting dependent communities, especially women

Shuchita Jha, Flavia Lopes 21 Mar 2024
Photo shows an aerial view of a quarry

India steps up plans to explore critical minerals crucial to its clean energy transition

Vivek Gupta 11 Sep 2023

Residents near one of India’s largest uranium mines suspect contamination affecting their fields and health

Meena Menon 10 Aug 2023

Deep-sea mining efforts gear up to meet clean energy demands amid concerns

Priyanka Shankar 26 Oct 2022

Unaccounted deaths lay bare the dark side of sand mining

Varsha Singh 7 Jun 2022
Hundreds of tribals are now camping in the forest to save the HasdeoAranyaforest which is spread over 70,000 square kilometers in the northern part of Chhattisgarh. Photo by Alok Prakash Putul

In the midst of coal shortage reports, a coal mine extension is approved in pristine Hasdeo forests

Alok Prakash Putul 25 May 2022

The canaries in the coal mine

Saiyam Khosla 11 May 2022

The ghost of asbestos mining continues to haunt this tribal village in Jharkhand

Manish Kumar 14 Apr 2022
Villagers in Chhattisgarh’s Tatijharia village are facing severe problem of dust pollution due to bauxite mining. Photo by Rakesh Singh.

Parliament panel asks government to ensure faster green clearances for aluminium sector

Mayank Aggarwal 29 Mar 2022