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Friday, June 19, 2026
TopicClimate action

Topic: climate action

As Mumbai sets climate budget at Rs 20,730 cr, 43% of BMC spending aligns with Climate Action Plan

Civic body releases report on climate budget for third consecutive year, identifying urban heat, urban flooding, air pollution, coastal risks and landslides as problem areas.

Amid Pakistan bid to play Iran-US peacemaker, global media debates if India should dive in or keep out

International media looks at the varying views on the diplomatic position India should take with Pakistan trying to act as mediator, and the impact of conflict on state-owned oil companies.

Cabinet clears India’s 2035 climate targets—47% emissions cut, 60% non-fossil power goal

India’s updated NDC for 2031-35, which will be sent to the UN climate body, will be significant in its goal of achieving net-zero by 2070.

New book champions AI-Climate nexus. It’s co-written by Amitabh Kant

Authors Siddharth Sinha and Amitabh Kant both admitted that AI's impact on an already vulnerable global climate and on resources such as land and water cannot be ignored.

Maharashtra teams up with Coca-Cola for India’s first state-level PET bottles recycling deal

Mumbai: Maharashtra on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with Coca-Cola to recycle PET (polyethylene terephthalate) bottles across the state, calling it India's first...

Power a ‘climate-defining’ resource in AI era—top Morgan Stanley analyst explains how India has an edge

At Mumbai Climate Week, Stephen Byrd says AI boom likely to add 2-3 bt of carbon emissions while helping cut them, flags power shortages in West from AI growth & calls for smarter grids.

Rice terraces to fisheries—traditional knowledge can build climate resilience

We need a framework that measures how agricultural heritage contributes to biodiversity, food security, sustainable development, and climate adaptation.

On Camera

Main Vaapas Aaunga is the movie India needs but doesn’t want

Veer Zara in many ways feels like the spiritual predecessor to Main Vaapis Aunga. Both films insist on the same idea that has now become strangely controversial: human connections matter more than political borders.

India’s short-bond rally faces risks from excess cash drain

Concerns about whether the bond rally can continue come at a time when the RBI, unlike its regional peers, has kept interest rates unchanged and used other steps to support the rupee.

SMPP partners with Europe’s KNDS to build loitering munitions in India amid growing military demand

Under the agreement, the loitering munitions will be offered to the Indian Army as part of efforts to address what the companies described as an ‘urgent requirement’.

Five challenges await Modi. First, he must shake off the past and Nehru

It’s a perfectly reasonable presumption that Modi will be around for a significant enough time for us to reflect on the challenges that lie ahead. I will list five.