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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: Forest

International Day for Biological Diversity — we need to recognise our solutions are in nature

This year's celebration is all the more timely given the Covid-19 pandemic and the major environmental changes needed to heal.

Aarey, smog, wildfires — forests dominate headlines. But what exactly is a forest?

Forests can be defined as areas with a closed canopy of trees without grasses in the understorey. But there’s more to it.

Why capturing & translocating leopards won’t work in India’s dense cities

Across India, leopards pass human habitations every night without incident. This invisible domain of neutral interaction deserves better recognition.

Forest Rights Act is quite clear on genuine forest dwellers, but states are letting it down

India cannot save her forests, but for the active involvement of the forest dwelling scheduled tribes.

Imran Khan’s marriage is in trouble, again, and his pet dogs could be a reason

Here's what's happening across the border: The govt of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa decides to negotiate with protesting PTM members and app-based taxi service Careem gets hacked.

Indian Forest Service, the other IFS which is foreign in its own land

IFS officers claim they are not recognised for their work unlike IAS & IPS cadre; S. Manikandan was killed by a wild elephant in a Karnataka forest.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

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.