Environment & Ecology

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released a new report warning that improper disposal of unused medicines poses serious risks to environmental...

India currently imports approximately 60% of its total LPG requirement, making it the world's second-largest LPG importer — a dependence that has grown three...

A policy analysis argues that climate-resilient agriculture (CRA) must be prioritised for India's small and marginal farmers, who are most vulnerable to clim...

The ongoing conflict in West Asia — involving disruption of LPG supply chains through the Strait of Hormuz — has forced families and eateries in conflict-aff...

The Wayanad Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi (WPSS) filed a petition in the Supreme Court seeking revocation of the environmental clearance granted for Kerala's...

The Madhya Pradesh High Court directed the state government to submit a detailed plan for assessment and remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater at ...

International climate models — including data from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) — indicate that El Niño conditions are like...

A government report presented in the Rajya Sabha on March 12, 2026, by Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Kirti Vardhan Singh...

India's urea imports from China hit a three-year high — 21.24 lakh tonnes in April 2025–February 2026 alone — with total urea imports poised to reach a recor...

Significant contamination was detected at a total of nine monitoring stations under national and state water monitoring programmes in Kollam, Kottayam, Alapp...

The Indian Sugar and Bio-Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) urged the Prime Minister's Office to fast-track a roadmap to raise the Ethanol Blended Petro...

Scientists published India's first comprehensive checklist of fireflies in the journal Zootaxa, documenting 92 species across 27 genera from records spanning...

A major international study published in 2026 found that India experiences the most severe heat-induced limitations on daily human activity of any country in...

Parliament was informed on March 12, 2026 of multiple significant environmental and energy statistics from the India State of Forest Report (ISFR) 2023 and o...

The Supreme Court, on a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta, initiated suo motu proceedings over reports of illegal sand extraction in the Nation...

A Supreme Court bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta took suo motu cognisance of reports of rampant illegal sand mining in the National Chambal Sa...

The International Solar Alliance (ISA) celebrated its Foundation Day, with Union Minister of New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi highlighting the alliance...

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), in coordination with the Ministry of Railways, identified more than 110 railway stretc...

The escalating conflict around the Strait of Hormuz has triggered an energy shock that has spread beyond oil and gas to affect global sugar, food, and agricu...

The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has flagged a 32-fold increase in coliform bacteria levels in the Ganga river in Uttarakhand, attributing ...