Environment & Ecology

According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), January 2026 was the fifth-warmest January on record globally, with an average surface air temperat...

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the constitution of a joint probe committee — comprising representatives of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Boa...

The government outlined its key agronomic priorities in a Lok Sabha reply, focusing on climate-resilient, carbon-neutral, and regenerative agriculture to add...

According to data presented to the Lok Sabha on February 9, 2026, India's seven mega cities now have a combined forest cover of 511.81 square kilometres — re...

January 2026 was the fifth warmest January on record globally, measuring 1.47°C above the pre-industrial average (1850-1900 baseline), according to data from...

The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) green-lit the reintroduction of an adult male tiger into the wild after an expert committee declared it "inn...

NITI Aayog released eleven study reports titled "Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero" on 9-10 February 2026 at the Ambedkar International Centre, Ne...

The Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), approved by the Union Cabinet on September 2, 2024, is being implemented as an umbrella scheme to build India's agricu...

An editorial has raised concerns that the Forest Department's amnesty scheme for declaring wildlife possession risks creating a legal pathway for poachers an...

The All-India Distillers Association (AIDA) chief stated that the industry holds a cumulative ethanol production capacity of 200 crore litres and advocated r...

A new dragonfly species, *Lyriothemis keralensis*, commonly named the Slender Bombardier, has been formally described from Kerala after a decade-long taxonom...

India's federal commerce secretary confirmed the government will provide support to steel exporters adversely affected by the European Union's Carbon Border ...

Following the explosion that killed 27 miners in an illegal rat-hole mine at Mynsyngat village, East Jaintia Hills, on 5 February 2026, the Meghalaya governm...

At least 27 miners were killed and 9 injured in an explosion at an illegal rat-hole coal mine in Mynsyngat village, Thangsko area, East Jaintia Hills distric...

Scientists from the UK and South Korea reached the most inaccessible part of Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica in early February 2026 to drill one kilometr...

Namibian cheetah Aasha gave birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park on February 7, 2026, raising India's total cheetah population to 35. This is the eighth ...

Aasha, a Namibian cheetah translocated to India under Project Cheetah, gave birth to five cubs at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh on February 7, 2026, b...

A herd of five elephants attacked Gangpur village in Bokaro district's Mahuatand police station area on February 7, 2026, killing Somar Saw and his three-yea...

An adult Royal Bengal Tiger that travelled over 650 km from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra was spotted on National Highway 16 near Rajamahendrav...

An explosion in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya on February 5, 2026, killed at least 18 workers (with the death tol...