Geography
Environment & Ecology
Science & Technology
6 min
Why does wildfire smoke swirl only one way in the air?
Scientists and atmospheric researchers have explained why smoke plumes from large wildfires tend to rotate in a consistent direction — counterclockwise in th...
Environment & Ecology
Economics
6 min
The climate cost of our plates: Why India’s consumption trends should align with ecological limits
Climate change is progressively narrowing viable production windows for major Indian crops, increasing yield variability, and compressing growing seasons — m...
Environment & Ecology
Science & Technology
6 min
India among four nations driving most global pesticide toxicity: study
A study published in the journal *Science* in February 2026 ("Increasing applied pesticide toxicity trends counteract the global reduction target to safeguar...
Economics
Environment & Ecology
5 min
Excise waiver for biogas blending, clear policy line can unlock ₹1 lakh crore investment: IBA
The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has highlighted that the excise duty waiver on Compressed Biogas (CBG) blended with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) — announ...
Economics
Environment & Ecology
5 min
Coal demand set for uptick on rising power needs
India's coal production crossed the historic one billion tonne (1 BT) milestone in FY 2024-25 — the first time India achieved this, crossing it by March 20, ...
Environment & Ecology
Polity & Governance
6 min
Land survey in Idukki’s Mankulam runs into trouble as Forest dept. opposes survey in 'reserve forest'
The Kerala Forest Department has written to the Subcollector, Devikulam, seeking an immediate halt to a land survey being conducted in Mankulam, Idukki distr...
Environment & Ecology
Geography
5 min
Hollowing out the hills: how real estate boom is impacting Nilgiris
Falling global tea prices and prolonged climate stress have rendered many Nilgiris tea estates economically unviable, triggering large-scale conversion of pl...