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Air quality panel for Delhi issues new orders, educational institutions to be shut

In its new directions, the commission has banned the entry of trucks in Delhi, with an exception of electric vehicles, those running on CNG and trucks carrying essential commodities.

Why haven’t vacancies in states been filled? Parliament panel pulls up govt on forest fires

The panel says environment ministry hasn't responded to committee's observation on lack of human resources in forest departments, wants it to submit action taken report.

Gautam Adani’s disputed mine in Australia shows ditching coal isn’t easy

Proposed in 2010 and stalled by legal challenges, financing setbacks and a sustained campaign from climate activists, the Carmichael operation is set to begin exports before December-end.

India’s path to net-zero emissions can’t be just about power sector, says top energy economist

In interview to ThePrint, International Energy Agency’s chief energy economist Tim Gould says focus has to be on ‘difficult’ sectors like cement production and transport too.

Outcome of the COP26 climate summit has left a lot to be desired. But there’s still hope

The Glasgow Pact offered few wins against expected COP26 outcomes, but there were critical signs of progress seen beyond the negotiation tables.

From Amazon to Congo, the world’s full of ‘irrecoverable carbon’ vaults we must protect

These unique carbon ecosystems, if destroyed, could take decades or centuries to regenerate.

The world’s largest organism is slowly being eaten by deer

Pando has been around for thousands of years, potentially up to 14,000 years.

India’s transition from coal will be ‘messy & complicated, affect 2 crore people’, says study

Socio-Economic Impacts of Coal Transition in India report by National Foundation for India researchers comes days after India's commitment to phasedown of the resource at COP26.

How elephants help put planet-warming carbon underground

The hungry herbivores eat and trample the vegetation that stores carbon and keeps it from heating the atmosphere.

Streaming binge-worthy videos does come at a cost. Here’s how it impacts the environment

The contribution of digital technology to global greenhouse gas emissions is estimated to be in the range of 1.4% to 5.9%.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


Even as SEBI lays down new curbs on F&O market, discount brokerages are changing business models

SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?