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You thought only winter meant bad air in Delhi? Govt data tells a different, worrying story

Data released by environment ministry shows that National Capital Region maintains poor air quality, with AQI over 200, for at least half the time in a year.

India and Namibia sign MoU to bring cheetahs to India, 70 years after they went extinct

MoU signed between Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Namibia Deputy PM & Foreign Minister Netumbo Nandi Ndaitwah. Activists decry ‘vanity project’.

Survey: More species threatened with extinction than previously thought

Minneapolis , July 19 (ANI): Biodiversity is a complex topic, with millions of plants and animal species spread across every biome on the planet....

‘Key players junked, scope expanded’ — govt’s proposed e-waste rules worry industry insiders

Proposed changes published in May could exacerbate mismanagement of e-waste, putting it in hands of informal sector with brands no longer responsible for collection, say experts.

Why Pakistan is facing a deluge while parts of India are seeing drought-like conditions

Experts agree that these weather patterns are the result of a combination of internal variability, an unusually long La Nina period, and climate change.

Climate change is linked to coastal glacier retreat: Research

Washington , July 16 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Texas Institute for Geophysics (UTIG) and Georgia Tech have developed a methodology that they...

Human body’s housing ‘illegal garbage’ – Another public health crisis in developing countries

The convenience of plastic is no longer living up to its promise. Landfills overflowing and microplastics have entered the human body.

Steel sector produces more CO2 than any other heavy industry. But going ‘green’ can help

Green steel is gaining momentum as steel companies try and reduce their carbon footprint, but the transition is too costly.

GDP doesn’t capture full value of nature — global green panel wants development ‘redefined’

Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services releases 'Assessment Report on the Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature' at Germany meet.

Ambulances for plants are taking root in India. Traffic give way, trees need first aid

Decay of trees and urban heat islands are inspiring groups to combat the climate crisis.

On Camera

India’s non-profits are in a regulatory hell—state surveillance to confiscation of assets

Concerns around law and order or anxieties over religious conversion must be weighed against the developmental reality that the State cannot, on its own, meet the scale of India’s needs.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

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.