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Saturday, February 21, 2026
TopicWorld Environment Day

Topic: World Environment Day

Naming trees after Indian ragas, diverse tree plantation initiative by the Grammy Jury Pandit Prodyut Mukherjee

Rajat Sen -
Gulancha tree was planted in memory of the martyred of Operation Sindoor, a Palash sapling was planted for the residents of Nabina and Khanika Home, and the third tree, an Amaltas was dedicated to the land of Santiniketan.

Modi to kickstart ‘Aravalli Green Wall’ campaign to reforest world’s oldest mountain range

Soumya Pillai -
The Aravalli range will also be developed for safaris, nature parks and trekking to involve communities in the campaign.

SubscriberWrites: World Environment Day in 2023

Priyanka Agarwal -
According to United Nations Environment Programme, human produce about 430 million tonnes of plastic per year.

Mamata’s ‘RAM-ZAN’ politics and India’s garbage menace

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

On World Environment Day, a look at the global green problems killing Mother Nature

Aastha Singh -
The theme of this year’s World Environment Day is ‘Beat Air Pollution’, which assumes importance for India as it is facing a major air quality crisis.

As India play South Africa, cricket World Cup takes on politics for page 1 headlines

Simrin Sirur -
Your daily news capsule.

On World Environment Day, how a Rajasthan village is saving the smallest cranes in the world

Ajay Suri -
In Kheechan, each household keeps aside a part of its agriculture produce for the demoiselle cranes, who turn up in thousands each year.

Last Laughs: Amit Shah turns to Shiv Sena and saving Kashmir from plastic… pellets

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

Jute can be India’s answer to the plastic problem

Sakshi Arora -
The need of the hour is to put serious efforts to revive the jute industry and make jute products feasible alternative to plastics for the common man.

Greening may not be the answer to a warming planet

Sandhya Ramesh -
On World Environment Day, let’s look at the greening trend that is fast becoming the crutch of climate change deniers worldwide.
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Opinion

Why legal provisions are necessary to curb the power of trade unions: MH Mody

MH Mody -
The collusion between the new class of bureaucrats, politicians, businessmen and trade union bosses perpetuates itself partly because of the short-run benefits and partly because they see no way out of the system, wrote author MH Mody in 1980.

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Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Embraer moves full throttle in pursuit of IAF contract, ties up with Hindalco after Adani

Snehesh Alex Philip -
IAF is firming up plans to revamp airlift capabilities with medium transport aircraft that will be assembled in India & serve as its main workhorse. Embraer is leading contender as of now.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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