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Polluting leather industry adopts sustainable practices to reduce environmental footprint

Zoya Ada Hussain 30 Aug 2024

India’s polluted rivers are becoming a global pollution problem

Simrin Sirur 25 Jul 2024

Massive fish kill in Periyar river attributed to industrial pollution

Vishnuprasad K P 11 Jul 2024
Pilgrims take blessings from a priest at the Kalakad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve in the Western Ghats. Photo by David

Green pilgrimage model balances faith and conservation

Arathi Menon 5 Sep 2023
One of the many lakes in Kolar that are being filled with Bengaluru's wastewater, Kolaramma lake in Kolar district is seen here covered in water hyacinth. Photo sourced from Anjaneya Reddy.

Should rural India drink urban wastewater?

Arathi Menon 28 Aug 2023

Mizoram youth protest against the national highways widening project

Nabarun Guha 17 Nov 2022
Civil society members at the project site with banners to protect Mattewara forest and the Sutlej river. Photo by special arrangement.

How Punjab’s civil society prevented an ecological disaster in already polluted Ludhiana

Vivek Gupta 29 Jul 2022

[Explainer] What’s causing mass fish death in India’s ponds and lakes?

Ananya Vyas 19 Jul 2022
Effluents from factories can be seen flowing on village roads in the Kundli industrial area. Photo by Sat Singh/Mongabay.

Industrial water pollution threatens residents in Haryana’s Kundli area

Sat Singh 24 Jun 2022

Polluted Yamuna, not industrial emission, main reason behind Taj Mahal decay: study

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 25 Nov 2021

[Explainer] What is the effect of plastic on ecosystems?

Devayani Khare 23 Nov 2021
Damodar river flows across some of the most mineral rich regions of India which could be a boon for states like Jharkhand and West Bengal. Image by Rahul Singh

The ‘sorrow’ of Damodar river continues for millions of people

Rahul Singh and Kundan Pandey 9 Sep 2021

Tracking sewage to surveil COVID-19

Sahana Ghosh 15 Apr 2020

Indus, Brahmaputra and Ganga among the top 10 plastic waste carrying rivers

Vrushal Pendharkar 12 Jan 2018

Mumbai fish harbour high levels of antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Neha Jain 11 Jan 2018