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Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Topic: environment

Canada on course for worst-ever wildfire season: Where are they burning & what’s causing them

The forest fires started in British Columbia & Alberta. While most fires in the western provinces are under control, they have now opened new fronts spreading to eastern provinces.

El Nino may hammer Asian farms with dry weather, but shower American growers

As El Nino looms, wheat output in Australia, the world’s second-largest exporter of the grain, is also expected to take a hit from dry weather, forecasters and analysts said.

Gujarat to launch new green hydrogen policy, draft to be ready in 2 months

The use of green hydrogen will substantially lessen carbon emission and the policy is in keeping with India’s reduction targets.

NGT sets up panel to look into ‘environmental violations’ during renovation of Delhi CM Kejriwal’s residence

Tribunal was hearing application by Delhi resident claiming violation of compensatory plantation scheme and construction carried out without approval of Delhi Urban Art Commission.  

SubscriberWrites: Pulicat lake needs Chilika-like intervention to save its biodiversity

Long-term management planning, monitoring of the lake, development of a properinstitutional framework are some of the measures that can be taken up, writes Kannan Vaithianathan.

‘I love you like a solar panel loves the sun.’ Can climate change poetry save Earth?

Love in the Times of Climate Change, a collaboration between CEEW and Unerase Poetry, wants to make the dialogue around climate change accessible to everyone.

Insect poop is turning parts of Taj Mahal green, again. Environmentalists say root cause is ‘dying Yamuna’

Yamuna's sewage-filled waters are breeding ground of Chironomus Calligraphus. Males exhibit swarming behaviour while mating, and deposit their droppings on monument's pearly white surface.

SubscriberWrites: Concrete steps needed to combat climate change, pollution in NCR

Aggressive afforestation, cleaning up of water bodies are some of the measures need to change the dialogue, writes SN Prasad.

Bonobos to Chimps, what our closest relatives tell us about humans

One argument scientists have made is that warlike tendencies are as hardwired in us as they are in chimpanzees.

Tornado pummels Arkansas capital, injuring 24 people

No deaths were reported from the twister, spawned by one of a number of thunderstorms sweeping a vast swath of the U.S. heartland as part of a much larger expanse of extreme spring weather.

On Camera

SC’s stray dog order lit a match in Delhi. Are they a menace or companions?

The last time this matter flared up was when Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta, in a very similar directive in April, called for the relocation of stray dogs in the capital.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?