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Topic: Trees

When two friends mapped Delhi and its semal trees

In her book 'Wild Capital', nature writer Neha Sinha takes readers on a journey through the hidden wildernesses of Delhi.

Old Haryana trees, Rs 3000 pension and the long red tape

Haryana’s Pran Vayu Devta scheme pays annual pensions to trees over 75 to keep the state’s old giants in good health. Many are still waiting.

Over 3.68 lakh trees to be ‘affected’ for Adani mining project in Chhattisgarh, Centre tells LS

New Delhi: Over 3.68 lakh trees will be cut in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand for the Parsa East Kente Basan (PEKB) coal mines—an Adani Enterprises...

Google Doodle doesn’t tell full story of Chipko Movement. It began well before Gaura Devi

The popular characterisation of the Chipko movement as an ‘eco-feminist movement’ that started on 26 March 1974 is true, but only partially.

A tree on India-Pakistan border is a tourist magnet. It’s a Peepal that swallowed a pillar

In ‘Iconic Trees of India’, S Natesh tells the stories of 75 living trees. From the oldest Chinar in Kashmir to the speaking fig tree in the Andaman jail.

Defence Ministry plans campaign to plant 15 lakh trees across country on Independence Day

The initiative is part of the ‘Ek PedMaa Ke Naam' (A Tree in the Name of Mother) campaign.

How a derelict Greater Noida factory became a sealed ‘crime’ scene after tree massacre

The former Daewoo Motors factory in Greater Noida was sealed after a real-estate company was caught brazenly felling trees not once, but twice. It’s a first for a private property here.

SubscriberWrites: Shades of green in Delhi

Delhi needs dense layered greening by native canopy trees, shrubs, grasses and herbs to regulate temperature, conserve water, and control pollution.

How much does your tree weigh? The answer is in space

Tracking those tree weight dynamics over large areas delivers new insights into the climate impact achieved by forest conservation and restoration projects.

Aarey car shed: SC lets Mumbai Metro cut 177 trees but fines it Rs 10 lakh for contempt of court

MMRCL had informed SC in 2019 that it needed to fell 84 trees in Aarey Forest for metro car shed, but later sought permission from officials to cut 185.

On Camera

Where did Ramayana spend Rs 4000 cr budget? Ranbir Kapoor’s de-ageing or copycat rakshasas

The VFX effects are what you’d expect from a run-of-the-mill video game or a mediocre fantasy show. But a film that supposedly cost thousands of crores? The audience deserves more.

RBI trading ban rocks $149 billion-a-day offshore rupee market

The central bank has rolled out some of its toughest measures in more than a decade to curb speculation & support the currency, which has been setting successive record lows this year.

India sharpens foreign media outreach in post Op Sindoor world, new strategy in play

Three-day conflict between India and Pakistan underscored the growing importance of information warfare as a critical domain alongside conventional military operations.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.