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Friday, October 10, 2025
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Topic: environment

‘Ladakh has been forgotten’: Sonam Wangchuk’s climate fast adds heft to calls for 6th Schedule

Wangchuk has been on fast for last five days in sub-zero temperatures to highlight Ladakh's vulnerability to climate change & its link to rights accorded in Sixth Schedule.

‘All is not well in Ladakh’, Sonam Wangchuk urges PM Modi for climate mitigation

Innovator Wangchuk stressed that if the 'carelessness' continued and Ladakh isn't provided protection from the industries, 2/3rd of glaciers in the UT will be extinct.

Why govt panel axed Arunachal hydropower project — ‘local uproar, state’s poor green track record’

Indigenous groups & local communities likely to be affected by project in Dibang Valley have long opposed it & even wrote to Forest Advisory Committee for clarity on progress of project.

India’s green GDP is improving, but govt faces tough choices to ensure environmental protection

Sinking of Joshimath has provoked larger concerns about the environment. And though India's green record is better, govt must heed environmental warnings, prioritise water conservation.

How remote animal tracking can allow humanity to be better protected from natural disasters

Apart from insights into animal behaviour and physiology, biologging allows scientists to access remote locations that are otherwise difficult to study.

Govt panel suggests notifying afforested land as ‘protected forest’ in some cases under new scheme

Accredited compensatory afforestation scheme allows developers to buy afforested land from private or public entities, instead of finding non-forest land & bearing afforestation cost.

‘Flawed’ EIA stalls Rs 3,500-cr Gujarat chemical plant project that sparked pollution fears

A Union environment ministry panel has put on hold proposal by GHCL for soda ash manufacturing project in a Kachchh village which, documents show, could lead to pollution in the area.

India among 190 nations to agree to ‘historic’ framework to ‘halt & reverse’ biodiversity loss 

After 2 weeks of debate, including over demands on biodiversity finance, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, which sets 23 targets to protect nature, was adopted Monday.

Delhi’s air quality falls as temperature drops, touches ‘severe’ level in some areas

Delhi's temperature has been hovering around 6 degrees Celsius for the past few days, lower than the normal minimum of 8 degrees Celsius for this time of year.

Govt acted outside scope of law to change environmental norms, says new report

A thinktank has found that of 123 ‘regulatory instruments’ used to govern Environment Protection Act, one-thirds were amendments that relaxed or made exemptions to the law.

On Camera

In Great Game for Kabul, India plays a patient hand. Multi-alignment to compartmentalisation

Pakistan’s reported air strikes on Kabul last night, coinciding with Acting Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi’s visit to India, seem intended to send...

Niti Aayog recommends fully decriminalising 12 offences under new I-T Act to ‘foster more trust’

Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.

India, UK sign £350 mn deal for Martlet. What are these Lightweight Multirole Missiles

In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.