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Saturday, May 23, 2026
TopicEnvironmentalism

Topic: Environmentalism

71 retired civil servants write to CJI Surya Kant over remarks on environmental litigants

In the letter, the group has warned CJI Surya Kant that his remarks on environmental litigants could discourage citizens from challenging ecologically damaging projects.

India’s environmentalism didn’t start with Chipko

The book might have begun as a conversation with Western perceptions of when and where environmentalism originated, but Guha asserted that he isn’t xenophobic.

An MIT economist said environmentalism is elite concern. India ‘too poor to be green’

In 'Speaking With Nature', Ramachandra Guha talks about the history of environmentalism and how the West dominated the narrative.

On Camera

I am an Army wife, and I feel a personal debt to Pune’s Artificial Limb Centre

The Artificial Limb Centre in Pune just celebrated its 82nd anniversary. It is a place where soldiers’ lives are rebuilt physically, psychologically, socially, and economically.

RBI may revisit 2013 crisis playbook as rupee slides to record low

With the rupee nearing 97 against the dollar, the RBI is weighing rate hikes and dollar-raising measures to stem investor panic and capital outflows.

After Naxalism, Shah sets agenda for BSF to weed out infiltrators—don’t just stop, identify & deport

Amit Shah urged BSF to move beyond border prevention and identify, track and deport illegal infiltrators as part of a wider national strategy against demographic change.

2026 is like 1973 Indira-era oil shock plus youth anger. Modi has space, but not immunity

An oil shock, monsoon fears, rampant unemployment, and the seeming inevitability of inflation are common to both eras. Indira Gandhi’s self-destructive responses are instructive today.