Environment & Ecology

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has signed green ammonia supply agreements with fertiliser companies for 7.24 lakh tonnes per year, under Tranch...

A major policy analysis piece argues India must shift from a transactional "resource extraction" model to a "value-driven" critical minerals diplomacy with A...

Ongoing restoration efforts in the Nilgiris are rebuilding the unique shola forest–grassland mosaic ecosystem, which has been degraded by over a century of p...

A joint committee inspection ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) found rampant debris dumping by construction contractors during the Jowai bypass ro...

CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) and CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) jointly developed a technology called "Bio-Bitumen via Pyr...

A landmark study published in the journal Science (March 26, 2026) has sequenced over 1,000 complete genomes of Anopheles darlingi — the principal malaria-tr...

At the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) in Yaounde, Cameroon (March 26–29, 2026), fisheries subsidies were one of the key agenda items, building on the...

The Union Cabinet approved India's new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the period 2031–2035, to be submitted to the United Nations Framework Con...

A photographic report revisits the endosulfan pesticide tragedy in Kasargod district of Kerala, where aerial spraying of endosulfan over cashew plantations i...

Arctic winter sea ice reached its annual maximum extent on March 15, 2026 — just 14.29 million square kilometres, matching the record low set in 2025 (14.31 ...

About 50% of India's 166 major reservoirs monitored by the Central Water Commission (CWC) are storing less than half their capacity as of March 2026, with so...

A new butterfly species, Euthalia zubeengargi, has been recorded in the Basar region of Leparada district, Arunachal Pradesh, and named after celebrated Assa...

India's carbon dioxide emissions grew by just 0.7% in 2025, the slowest rate of increase in over two decades, excluding the pandemic year 2020, according to ...

Saudi Arabia has successfully restored one million hectares of degraded land, achieving one of the largest dryland restoration milestones globally, according...

India's Union Cabinet approved its new NDC for 2031–2035, committing to a 47% reduction in emissions intensity, 60% non-fossil installed capacity, and a 3.5–...

The Union Cabinet approved India's new Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) for the period 2031–2035, submitting it to the UNFCCC under the Paris Agreeme...

Gujarat has allocated ₹60 crore in its 2026–27 state budget to expand Bio-CNG plant infrastructure through cooperative milk production societies, building on...

A grassroots network of tribal and smallholder farmers in Andhra Pradesh's Eastern Ghats is conserving hundreds of indigenous seed varieties — including nati...

Asia — which is more heavily dependent on crude oil, gas, fuel, and fertilisers from West Asia than any other world region — is experiencing severe supply di...

A new multi-model climate study — using 10 global climate models bias-corrected to observed conditions — projected heatwave exposure for rural and urban popu...