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Thursday, August 28, 2025
TopicWorld Environment Day

Topic: World Environment Day

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

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

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

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

India to achieve 20% ethanol-blending in petrol by 2025, says PM Modi

Speaking on the occasion of World Environment Day, PM Modi said that the target has been advanced by 5 years to 2025 to cut pollution and reduce import dependence.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Jute can be India’s answer to the plastic problem

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.

On Camera

Pushback against globalisation shouldn’t make us withdraw from it

As geopolitical tensions prompt serious calls for 'de-globalisation' and reduced import dependence, a more measured path may lie in regional globalisation.

All bets off as online gaming bill shakes industry & key players suspend ‘gambling’ on their platforms

The new law, which the government has framed as a moral duty, forced major platforms like Dream11 & Zupee to shut operations, wiping out hundreds of crores in market capitalisation. 

Post-Sindoor, joint doctrine tasks Special Forces with fighting info warfare & countering propaganda

Joint Doctrine for Special Forces Operations, released Wednesday, also outlines plans for the future expansion of AFSOD and the creation of Joint Service Training Institutes.

That Oval Office picture for ages deserves closer Indian reading, with a geopolitical lens

Putin sees this as a victory. Europeans have decided to deal with Trump on his terms for the sake of the larger Western alliance. We look at the lessons for us in India.