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Thursday, October 9, 2025
TopicEnvironment

Topic: environment

Environmental issues cause 13 million deaths yearly—Nature action is still trapped in a silo

An ecological mindset invites us to recognise that the health and well-being of our families, communities and nations are deeply interdependent with the health of Earth.

A group of software engineers is helping re-green Bengaluru—4,80,000 saplings and counting

During the last monsoon alone, SayTrees planted over 95,000 saplings, not merely as a symbolic gesture, but as a tangible effort to empower communities to give back to nature.

Pay attention to wildlife health. It’s the key to stop the sixth mass extinction

Veterinarians must be adequately trained in disease surveillance and have the necessary tools to be able to recognise and respond to health emergencies both in wildlife & humans.

Abu Dhabi temple — a means to strengthen India-UAE relations

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

BJP govt in Rajasthan opts for healthy snacks, water in glass bottles. ‘To do our bit for environment’

Before Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh’s Yogi Adityanath had also directed state departments not to use plastic water bottles in meetings.

Puddles can be valuable wildlife havens. The mini-ponds keep predators and competitors at bay

When rain fills a track in the dried mud, fairy shrimp eggs hatch almost immediately. The shrimps grow quickly to lay a new generation of eggs before their puddle dries.

12 hospitalised after Ammonia gas leak at Chennai fertiliser unit. Police say situation ‘stabilised’

Leak, caused by rupture in underwater pipeline, was detected Tuesday. Several residents demand free medical camp & legal action in case of irregularity in facility's functioning.

Aren’t poverty and need the greatest polluters? Indira Gandhi

On 14 June 1972, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi's speech at the UN conference on environment in Stockholm called out the hypocrisy of rich nations that advanced due to industrialisation by exploiting natural resources and labour of colonised countries but now expect developing nations to be mindful of not causing damage to the environment.

Lethal floods in Libya, wildfires in Europe, ‘heat dome’ in US — 10 climate disasters in 2023

While Africa saw 2 major floods highlighting perils of climate change, Europe had its own share of natural disasters. Closer home, it was heatwaves, cyclone & glacial lake outburst.

‘No light at the end of the tunnel?’ & Odisha model of governance

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

On Camera

1948 need not define Gaza’s destiny. Arabs and Israelis must learn to live together

When Israelis pushed out Arabs in 1948, they didn’t think that embittered refugees would turn into a permanent threat to their new state. This was a catastrophic miscalculation.

60% increase in India’s carbon emissions by 2050, coal to remain top energy source: BP Energy Outlook

The country will account for 12 percent of global energy demand by 2050 from 7 percent in 2023, adds BP report.

ISKP & Lashkar converging under aegis of Pakistan’s ISI to take on Baloch fighters

ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.

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.