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Ghana’s cocoa farmers file complaint over prices and child labour

By Joe Bavier JOHANNESBURG - Cocoa growers in Ghana filed a complaint with state regulator Cocobod on Thursday listing key environmental and social issues, including a demand for a "living income" for

Farm fires caused just 4% of Delhi’s air pollution, vehicles main culprit, finds pre-Diwali analysis

Number of bad air days increased as compared to same period in 2023 & 2022, according to CSE. Local sources in Delhi & neighbouring areas responsible for this, it adds.

With coral reefs in jeopardy, UN emergency meeting seeks to raise money to aid them

By Jake Spring CALI, Colombia (Reuters) - The United Nations and coastal countries warned on Wednesday that the world's coral reefs are being devastated by the effects of warming oceans and urged

Let countries access IMF-held reserves to protect nature, Mexico’s Barcena says

By Oliver Griffin CALI, Colombia (Reuters) - Developing countries should be allowed to draw on international reserves allocated by the International Monetary Fund and unused by richer nations, to pay

UN COP16 nature talks unlikely to reach deal on conservation funding

By Jake Spring CALI, Colombia (Reuters) - Countries are unlikely to reach a major new funding agreement for nature conservation during this week's United Nations COP16 biodiversity summit, with

Spanish floods kill 95 as year of rain falls in a day in Valencia

Footage shot by emergency services showed bridges that had collapsed and cars and trucks piled on top of each other on highways between flooded fields outside the city of Valencia.

India’s ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ Campaign now in Colombia

New Delhi: In a move to promote environmental responsibility and honour mothers, Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, led...

Death toll from floods in Spain’s Valencia rises to 51, regional government says

MADRID (Reuters) - At least 51 people have died in flash floods affecting southeastern Spain, a spokesperson for the regional government of Valencia told Reuters on Wednesday. (Reporting by David

Bandhavgarh elephant deaths: 3 more succumb, forest officials suspect fungus-laden crops were cause

Forest officer says elephants are believed to have consumed millet crops that had gathered fungus as villagers stacked them near the fields for several days. Post-mortem report awaited.

India implements action plan for national biodiversity at COP16, seeks funds

Cali: India has sought international funding to implement its national biodiversity action plan at the UN Biodiversity Conference (COP16) in Cali. India will launch...

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The math behind India’s elections—Why proximity matters

It is one of the most consistent findings in electoral politics: voters are more likely to support candidates who come from their local area.

US ends oil waivers but Russian crude flows to India ‘likely to remain steady’ amid Hormuz disruption

India will need to recalibrate crude sourcing strategy as US ends waivers for Russian & Iranian oil, energy experts say. But Russian crude will likely remain central to energy basket.

Why Siliguri Corridor is strategically important for India & how it is being secured | Cut The Clutter

This special edition of Cut The Clutter, straight from the Siliguri corridor, details the strategic importance of the narrow strip of land in West Bengal, and how it’s a vital link connecting the Northeast to the rest of India.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.