Environment & Ecology
Polity & Governance
7 min
Committed to protecting the Aravalli hills, says Bhupender Yadav
Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav stated that the government is committed to protecting the Aravalli hills and is considering setting up a High-Powered Co...
Environment & Ecology
Geography
5 min
El Nino may hit India's monsoon, hotter months ahead, says WMO
The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has warned that an emerging El Niño could impact India's 2026 southwest monsoon and contribute to above-normal te...
Environment & Ecology
Polity & Governance
5 min
Committed to protecting the Aravalli hills, says Bhupender Yadav
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, speaking in Parliament, reaffirmed the government's commitment to protecting the Aravalli hill range and said the...
Environment & Ecology
International Relations
5 min
Iran’s black rain: Environmental catastrophe after strikes on oil depots
Overnight on March 7-8, 2026, strikes targeted more than 30 Iranian oil facilities, systematically hitting four major fuel storage depots and a distribution ...
Environment & Ecology
6 min
Early detection of forest fires critical for protecting biodiversity-rich habitats: study
A temporal analysis by WWF India found that forest fires in Idukki district, Kerala are strongly seasonal, with the majority of incidents occurring during th...
Environment & Ecology
5 min
Faunal survey in Kerala’s Vazhachal adds 26 species to checklist of wildlife division in Western Ghats
A faunal survey of Kerala's Vazhachal Wildlife Division, conducted by the Kerala Forest Department in association with the Travancore Nature History Society ...
Environment & Ecology
Polity & Governance
Social Issues
6 min
Rat-hole mining in Meghalaya exposes limits of the ban and challenge of mapping state’s hills
On February 5, 2026, a dynamite explosion at an illegal coal mine in Mynsyngat village, Thangkso area (East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya) killed 34 labourers — e...
Economics
Environment & Ecology
4 min
Govt set to launch new version of PM KUSUM scheme focusing on agri solar PV component
The government is preparing to launch PM-KUSUM 2.0, the successor to the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan scheme, with a dedicated ...
Environment & Ecology
Science & Technology
4 min
Forest Survey of India stops its AI-based fortnightly alerts to states on deforestation
The Forest Survey of India (FSI) has discontinued its AI-based fortnightly deforestation alert system — known as the Anavaran Alert System — that was sending...
Environment & Ecology
5 min
Why some cheetahs from Madhya Pradesh are making their way to Rajasthan
Two young cheetahs — KP-2 and KP-3, among the first generation of cubs born in India to African cheetahs — have moved approximately 60–70 km from Kuno Nation...
Geography
Environment & Ecology
5 min
What is driving the early summer and heat-wave conditions in north India?
North India is experiencing an abnormally early onset of summer-like conditions in March 2026, with temperatures in Delhi, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, and we...
Environment & Ecology
5 min
February 2026 was the fifth warmest globally, with temperatures far above pre-industrial levels
February 2026 was recorded as one of the five warmest Februaries globally on record, according to data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), the ...
Environment & Ecology
5 min
India’s Project Cheetah must stop importing big cats, say scientists
Conservation scientists and wildlife biologists are urging the Indian government to stop importing African cheetahs, arguing that the country lacks sufficien...
Science & Technology
Environment & Ecology
Economics
4 min
Australia-India partnership moves closer to green steel with ‘world-first’ agricultural waste trial
In a world-first demonstration, rice husk pellets derived from agricultural waste were successfully blended at 5% and 10% concentrations into commercial coal...
Environment & Ecology
Geography
5 min
Alaska’s glacial lakes are expanding, increasing the risk of destructive outburst floods
A new study tracking 140 of Alaska's largest glacial lakes between 2018 and 2024 found they are expanding approximately 120% faster today than they were betw...