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Wednesday, December 17, 2025
TopicEnvironment

Topic: 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.

Sriharikota, we have a problem. The ground is eroding

ISRO’s spaceport island has lost over 100 metres of shoreline to erosion in the last 4 years. Scientists may now have to zero in on a new launchpad for India’s space ambitions.

Climate change is transforming the way we speak. And that’s a good thing

'Natural' disasters are increasingly not that, after all. And is a fire really 'wild' if its size and intensity largely result from man-made emissions?

Who are the ‘guests that never left’? New book documents India’s invasive alien plants

Mexican Poppy, a toxic yellow flower that is found on roadsides & near fields is one of India's many invasive species. In Hindi, it is aptly called ‘Satyanashi’ or destroyer. 

The bald truth of a 70-hour work week & the Apple of my spy

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

Mexico braces for Category 5 hurricane, risk of ‘catastrophic’ damage

By Javier Verdin ACAPULCO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's southern coast braced for Hurricane Otis on Wednesday as the Category 5 storm barreled towards the beach resort of Acapulco, with the potential

Delhi govt’s newest push toward EVs burdens intermediaries & gig workers. Learn from China

Instead of burdening them with enforcement of State policy, we should be leveraging these intermediaries for their inherent market efficiencies. Norway & China show how.

SC seeks report on air pollution control measures in Delhi-NCR from AQI statutory body CAQM

The bench noted senior advocate Aparajita Singh has flagged the 'serious problem' of air pollution with the winters approaching as well as crop residue burning.

Wildfire-struck Portugal youth take European govts to court for climate change inaction

The case - filed in September 2020 against the 27 EU member states - is the largest climate case ever to be heard by the European Court of Human Rights.

On Camera

Who grounded IndiGo flights? They are the culprits, not DGCA

The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?

Steady growth rooted in ‘Dravidian model’. How Tamil Nadu more than doubled its GSDP in 10 yrs

RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.