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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicClimate change activists

Topic: Climate change activists

Climate activists diss profit-driven COP29, say socialist action can bring change

‘Climate change is treated as a business opportunity rather than an urgent crisis,’ said environment secretary Leena Nandan at IIC, implicating the richer nations.

CEEW to iFOREST, Modi govt listens when think tanks talk. They are growing in clout & cash

India's aspiration to become a global climate leader is getting a boost from an expanding ecosystem of homegrown policy and research institutes. Here are 10, new and old.

Climate activists who glued themselves to Vatican Museums’ statues ordered to pay 30,000 euros

Guido Viero and Laura Zorzini of the Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) group pulled the stunt against the Laocoon statue in August.

Climate change activists glue themselves to road to Alpine tunnel, halt traffic

The group said it wanted the Switzerland government to take climate change seriously and renovate the country's buildings by 2035.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.