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- Harimau Malaya: There are less than 150 Malayan tigers left,
- Tanker economy revealed: It’s not just Delhi; Lucknow too has a thriving water mafia
- Delhi-NCR’s June deluge a result of rapid, strong monsoon onset in presence of active Western Disturbance: Experts
- Borneo elephants, the diminutive pachyderms of Sabah and Kalimantan, are now ‘Endangered’ on IUCN’s Red List
- Displacement fueled by climate change & conflict demands renewed conservation approach: IUCN
- Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra launches first advanced AI System for forest fire detection
- Catastrophic bleaching event: 97% coral at Australian island wiped out in 3 months
- Indonesia announces plans to protect 15 million hectares of its rainforests
- UNESCO warns 90% of Earth’s land could be degraded by 2050
- Bhupender Yadav launches portal documenting Indian fauna; 641 new faunal species recorded in India during 2023
- Monsoon 2024: It was drought, deluge or both for India in June, a tell-tale sign of climate change
- Biodiversity Convention: Decisions on new avatar of benefit sharing on the anvil next month
- Eco-labels can help with responsible consumption, production
- AI helps uncover hidden meltwater reservoirs in Antarctica, with potentially severe impacts on sea-level rise
- Leaping back in time: Sri Lankan frogs found in Indian Eastern Ghats hint at ancient connection
- NATO’s 2023 military spending produces emissions rivaling entire countries: Report
- Armed conflict and climate risks contribute to weaken people’s ability to cope, says ICRC report
- Climate shocks in early childhood hinder lifelong learning, new UN report reveals
- World Snake Day 2024: Taking pills to prevent death from bites could one day be a reality, say experts
- Sutlej reduced to a rivulet due to constructions: Supreme Court Judge raises concerns
- UNEP Foresight Report: Private micro-environmentalism may worsen socio-economic inequalities, burden resources
- UNEP Foresight Report: Eco-anxiety ‘emergency crisis in plain sight’, especially among children and young people
- UNEP Foresight Report: Major disruptions from spatial activity acceleration; ozone depletion flagged as primary concern
- Plastic recycling: A deceptive solution to an escalating crisis
- Indian leopard suspected to have decreased by 24.5% over last 3 generations: IUCN
- Exploitable fish biomass could decline by 30% or more by century-end if emissions remain high: FAO
- EU’s carbon border tax mechanism unfair to developing countries: CSE
- You are responsible’: CAG castigates Kerala forest department for rising human-wildlife conflict in state
- Wildlife Board will now take 1st call on clearance to projects in protected area: MoEFCC
- How the invasive Senna spectabilis poses a threat to the Nilgiri's ecosystem
- Climate change impact: Bael and bahera to thrive, chironji, mahua & amla to decline, shows study
- Female wild elephant found buried inside Assam oil refinery
- Put to Romania’s bear cull decision, not a sentimental one’: Rashid Naqash
- Most polluted’ Delhi, Noida among cities with less than 40% National Clean Air Programme fund utilisation: CSE proposes urgent reforms
- J&K govt offers wild animals for adoption at Jambu Zoo
- India's Ramsar site growth is a remarkable contribution to wetland protection’: Ramsar Convention secretary general
- Wildlife Board will now take 1st call on clearance to projects in protected area: MoEFCC
- How the decline of Indian vultures could have led to 1,00,000 human deaths a year.
- Climate change makes July 21, 2024 hottest day in Earth's history
- Melting ice .sheets lengthen Earth's days at unprecedented rate, Nasa study finds.
- Uneven monsoon: Rain deficits hit nine states,stribution during June and July has been uneven, resulting in significant rain deficits ranging from south sees surplus
- Budget 2024-25: Sitharaman unveils climate finance taxonomy, experts hail move but concerns over greenwashing persist
- Baby bull sharks are thriving in Texas and Alabama bays as the Gulf of Mexico warms
- China, Australia and India made the most gains in forest area: FAO report
- China, Australia and India made the most gains in forest area: FAO report
- Apex pollution body battles multiple assaults on plastic waste trading scheme
- Climate change risk hits oil market
- Time to make climate change part of environmental impact reports
- Kutch being readied for next batch of African cheetahs
- Two species of flower flies reported for the first time in Kerala
- Assam: Numaligarh refinery executives arrested for burying wild female elephant
- Budget 2024-25: Lacklustre provisions put question mark on commitments towards ambitious Biodiversity Plan
- State of the World’s Forests 2024: Global efforts curb deforestation, but threats to forests from wildfires and pests remain
- Anxiety grips Karnataka’s Kodagu, after Kerala’s Wayanad disaster brings memories of 2018 catastrophe
- July 31 has brought back 2013 memories for Kedarnath; have no lessons been
- Wildlife photographer stumbles upon rare heterochromic leopard in Karnataka’s Bandipur Tiger Reserve
- Himachal cloudbursts: Are hydropower projects to blame?
- Rains caused havoc in Uttarakhand on July 31; not cloudbursts, but climate change imprint definitely there, say experts
- Fix timeline to declare Western Ghats as eco-sensitive zone, NGT tells environment ministry
- July recorded 8 instances of exceptionally heavy rainfall across India: IMD
- Why is Ladakh, an arid cold desert, burning this summer? Lack of rain, say experts
- As told to Parliament (August 1, 2024): Number of tigers in India rose to 3,682 in 2022
- Scientists discover six new lineages of bent-toed geckos from the Northeast
- In 40th year of Bhopal gas tragedy, demand for disposal of toxic waste from 1984 gains momentum
- How Paris 2024 Olympics is leading the way in biodiversity protection
- Researchers present a land conversion pressure map to help conservation planning
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2024)
- Bacteria and plants could help clean up toxic waste from gold mines — South African study
- July Mediterranean heatwave virtually impossible without human-induced climate change: WWA
- Seasonal climatic conditions, captivity major factors in parasitic infection prevalence among Indian zoo animals: Study
- Wayanad received 6% of its annual rainfall in just a few hours on July 30: DTE Analysis
- As told to Parliament (July 30, 2024): Climate impact could reduce rainfed rice yields by 20% by 2050 and 47% by 2080
- How can people across the Indian Subcontinent prevent fatal encounters with sloth bears? Learn from species’ behaviour towards tigers, advise scientists
- CITES notifies increase in annual export quota for Indian Agarwood
- CITES notifies increase in annual export quota for Indian Agarwood
- Wildfires are destroying forest lands equal to 68 million football fields every year: FAO
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 29, 2024)
- Charles Darwin’s frog: Endemic Andaman species breeding in unnatural sites due to habitat loss & competition for limited resources
- International Tiger Day 2024: Big cats do not have a bright future in the Sundarbans, says Y V Jhala
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 26, 2024)
- Babr: Lions symbolised its kings; but tigers had their own unique place in Persia, Persianate Central Asia & the Caucasus
- Odisha: Kendu produce worth Rs 34 lakh could go unsold as permits refused to forest dwellers
- India to be most impacted by climate change: IIT Bombay professor
- Climate change is impacting the shape of the Earth and its timings warn scientists
- Climate change is impacting the shape of the Earth and its timings warn scientists
- Budget 2024-25: Environment ministry allocation sees slight increase Institutions and afforestation programmes, including National Tiger Conservation Authority receive boost The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has received a modest budget increase for the financial year 2024-25. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of Rs 3,330.37 crore for the ministry during the Union Budget presented on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, an increase of Rs 93.25 crore from the Rs 3,231.02 crore earmarked in the previous fiscal. Notably, the allocation has only slightly increased from the interim budget presented earlier this year. In February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented an interim budget that estimated MoEF&CC expenditure at Rs 3,265.53 crore for 2024-25. The Centre has more than doubled the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s budget to Rs 35 crore, up from Rs 15.8 crore in 2023-24. Among other statutory and regulatory bodies, the Cent
- Budget 2024-25: Environment ministry allocation sees slight increase
- Budget 2024-25: Lacklustre provisions put question mark on commitments towards ambitious Biodiversity Plan
- Delhi forest dept to drop 10,000 seed balls for plantation at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
- Artificial night light toughens tree leaves, threatens urban ecosystems
- CSE report finds dangerous increase in ozone pollution across urban India
- Energy companies conceal nearly half the environmental damages caused by them, study reveals
- Female cub born to South African cheetah Gamini dies of fractured spine at KNP
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2024)
- New projects to safeguard Miombo forest, boost food security in Mozambique & Zimbabwe
- Climate change reason for heavy rains and cloud bursts in the Trans and High Himalayas: Report
- Adverse weather events impact 84% districts in India, heatwave days increased 15X between 1993-2022: Study
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 8, 2024)
- Two warmest days on record occurred in July, warming in Antarctica may have played a role
- Genetic rescue: Simlipal to bring in 2 new females to increase genetic diversity, save tiger population
- Why do stable lands like Western Ghats, Guiana Shield & the Drakensberg rise vertically? Scientists find answers
- NGT takes suo motu cognisance as Assam seeks to hand over Kaziranga land to luxury hotel
- Supreme Court raps illegal encroachment, plastic dumping on Ganga banks
- Deluge in Desert: Jaisalmer receives 55% of season’s rainfall in a day as Rajasthan reels under heavy rainfall
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 6, 2024)
- Maharashtra’s first elephant reserve in Gondia & Gadchiroli districts awaits central nod, year after being proposed
- Thiruvananthapuram’s canal tragedy is an urgent call for reform in sustainable urban waste management
- Fashion brands, part of high-emitting industry, hide decarbonisation plans
- World Elephant Day 2024: Mapping connections in African landscapes to understand how the animals move naturally
- Talks begin in Montreal on digital sequence information of biodiversity
- Traders arrested for selling illegal wildlife parts like Hatha Jodi on Flipkart, Amazon
- World Lion Day 2024: They may be on their way out, but captive leonine farming facilities in rural South Africa continue to engage in shocking practices, new report reveals
- Cobras, mambas, coral and sea snakes, other elapids emerged from Asia & spread worldwide: Study
- Terrestrial water storage loss for 7 basins on Tibetan Plateau overestimated by 10%: Study
- Ground-level ozone surges in 10 major cities, presents a new urban crisis in India
- Climate change intensified rain that caused deadly Indian landslides, study finds
- New study illuminates Nigeria's AI-driven path to economic growth and climate impact
- A recent study said parts of Mangaluru & Udupi would be under the sea by 2040. Not really, say other scientists
- Yamuna continues to receive sewage as 8 STPs remain dysfunctional: Delhi Jal Board
- Independence Day 2024: India’s future, its youth, face their greatest challenge yet — the climate crisis
- Gujarat: Four arrested for illegal wildlife trade; sea fans, corals, porcupine quills seized
- Conserving wetlands: Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu get new Ramsar sites
- Conserving wetlands: Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu get new Ramsar sites
- Damage to protected dunes suspected as Spain probes Katy Perry’s unauthorised video shoot on Balearic islands
- Wayanad landslides: Without global warming, rainfall would have been 11% less intense, finds attribution study
- Forest restoration must integrate climate, biodiversity and community needs: Study
- Hard to imagine Jaisalmer without desert? Climate change is making it happen
- CSE offers roadmap for success as India gears up for carbon market launch
- World Lizard Day 2024: Was the Bengal monitor actually used as a ‘siege weapon’ at Sinhagad?
- Digital sequence information meet ends; draft recommendations ready for COP16 Cali negotiators
- Central Indian forests in Khandwa and North Betul at high risk of fires, study warns
- Endemic Malabar Tree Toad populations may decline 68.7% due to climate change: Study
- Toxic mercury trapped in Arctic’s permafrost is now leaking into environment due to global warming: Study
- Gujarat: Mugger crocodiles in Vadodara’s polluted Vishwamitri are stressed; those in rural Charotar are not, finds study
- Maharashtra’s first elephant reserve in Gondia & Gadchiroli districts awaits central nod, year after being proposed
- Nomadic Dhangar community demands dedicated grazing corridors in Maharashtra forests
- Global flooding hazards to increase by 49% by end of century, study warns
- An unfortunate resemblance: Why conservation evades the depleting Mettukurinji of Western Ghats
- No end to climate change’s wrath for Himalayas as Nepal reports yet another glacial lake outburst
- Chital in Chennai: Cervids’ distribution across metropolis should be mapped for better management, say researchers
- Unfolding crisis: Darjeeling’s growing floating population poses water, waste challenges
- Sweden goes ‘berserker’ with plans to kill nearly 500 of its brown bears
- Deforestation intensifies climate impact in Africa’s tropical montane forests, study finds
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 20, 2024)
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 16, 2024)
- ICJ to present ‘advisory opinion’ on global environmental obligations as small island nations raise alarm: What does it mean?
- Red colobus are Africa’s most endangered monkeys – protecting them will also safeguard forests
- Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today
- Mike Lynch disappearance: Tornadoes in the Mediterranean will increase due to warming in future, according to studies
- Dumb as a dodo? Mauritius’ extinct bird was fast-moving and loved the forest, say scientists
- Adaptive agriculture: Why Indian farmers need to go organic & natural
- Yale climate opinion maps for India: New interactive tool maps public opinion at state, local levels
- How the Banni grasslands of Kachchh, Gujarat can be restored
- NDMA to monitor 189 high-risk glacial lakes to prevent disasters
- How climate change has exposed India to extreme heat and rain
- Great Barrier Reef dying as global warming makes oceans hottest in 400 years
- Glaciers are disappearing: In Andes, they are at a record low in 11,000 years
- Forest fires nearly doubled in 2 decades, account for 33% of tree cover loss:
- Starbucks CEO's daily jet commute: The carbon footprint will blow your mind
- Humans and wildlife to share more than half of Earth’s land by 2070
- Alien species arriving on plastic ‘rafts’ threaten Antartica’s marine ecosystem
- Before Bahraich wolf attacks: How investigators pieced together what killed 30 children in east UP 3 decades back
- K J Baby, the chronicler of tribal life in Kerala’s Wayanad, is no more
- EU’s 2030 emission targets ‘alarmingly off-track’ from Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal, challenged in court
- Climate Change
- Bahraich: Wolf attacks on humans in India are known; but they normally do not attack people, says Mahesh Rangarajan
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 30, 2024)
- WWA study links devastating typhoon Gaemi to climate change, warns of future storm intensification
- Vulture Count 2024: WWF-India launches tracking initiative to take stock of nature’s ‘sanitation workers’
- Cyclone Asna formation due to unusual monsoon wind system: Expert
- Climate change: Zambia to shut down hydropower plant as Kariba dries up
- A climate-smart revolution is brewing in Tanzania and Maasai women are spearheading it
- Wildlife activists call for urgent action over elephant calf’s death from herpes virus in Odisha
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 28, 2024)
- World’s fish stocks in crisis: New study exposes overfishing catastrophe
- Ghosts of the past: Global warming fears resurface as 41,000 years old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier
- Deep depression to move towards Arabian Sea in next 2 days, travel towards Oman: IMD
- Pharmaceutical pollutants altering fish behaviour, reproductive patterns and life history: Study
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 27, 2024)
- Krakatoa heralded atmospheric sciences & era of global disaster; today, it would cool world climate but not mitigate it
- Air pollution deadlier than smoking, drinking & AIDS; reduced global life expectancy by 2 years: Study
- A rare atmospheric phenomena is behind extreme rainfall, floods in Gujarat — and it’s fuelled by soil moisture
- Global SOS: UN chief calls for urgent action on rising sea levels
- Bahraich attacks: Single animal responsible, most probably not a wild wolf, says Y V Jhala
- NGT slaps Rs 1,000 crore fine on Punjab government for faltering on waste disposal
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2024)
- Baobabs: Africa’s unique trees defy climate challenges, continue to flourish
- ‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the Great Barrier Reef is fast closing
- Great Indian Bustard conservation efforts struggle as numbers dwindle to 2 in Karnataka
- New plan to protect Borneo’s wildlife puts focus on high-risk areas
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 23, 2024)
- Save the Pacific, Save the world’: UN chief calls on Pacific nations to inspire global climate action
- Char Dham highway: BRO downplays environment impact assessment for Gangotri stretch despite SC panel’s concerns
- Climate change accelerates: 2023 set multiple new records for drought, with nearly 8% of land area severely affected
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2024)
- Only 63 out of 1,500 climate policies effective in slashing emissions: Study
- Major poaching kingpins convicted for rhino horn trafficking in South Africa
- Climate change is making food inflation ‘endemic’ in India
- Monsoon 2024: Record heatwaves, rare cyclone in Arabian Sea, La Nina — is India headed towards 1999 recall?
- Monsoon 2024: Record heatwaves, rare cyclone in Arabian Sea, La Nina — is India headed towards 1999 recall?
- Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus among global basins with highest water security risks: Study
- India improves SDG score, performing well in addressing poverty, climate change: NITI Aayog report
- Snowless Om Parvat stands in mute testimony to an adversely changing climate
- Cautious optimism: Betting on the weather can be beneficial for investors, farmers
- Dhib! As bad press from Bahraich threatens imperiled Indian wolf, video brings hope for its Arabian cousin
- Bahraich: Wolf attacks on humans in India are known; but they normally do not attack people, says Mahesh Rangarajan
- WWA study links devastating typhoon Gaemi to climate change, warns of future storm intensification
- Forest fires in Canada emitted more carbon in 5 months than an industrial nation’s annual emission: Study
- Climate change: Zambia to shut down hydropower plant as Kariba dries up
- India tops plastic pollution rankings, emitting a fifth of global plastic waste
- Climate action greatest economic opportunity of this century, especially for Africa: UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 4, 2024)
- Avian flu in Antarctica can lead to outbreaks in Australasia: Study
- Avian flu in Antarctica can lead to outbreaks in Australasia: Study
- Rewilding orchids: This Kerala healthcare professional conserved 200 varieties from Western Ghats
- Agra’s booming footwear industry leads to massive waste crisis: CSE study calls for urgent action
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2024)
- Wildlife Board denies approval for Kalasa Nala Diversion Project; conditional green light to controversial Goa Power Line
- Wildlife Board denies approval for Kalasa Nala Diversion Project; conditional green light to controversial Goa Power Line
- Asia & Americas host 8 out of 10 countries with highest risks due to climate change, conflicts: Report
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 10, 2024)
- DTE impact: MoEFCC asks Karnataka for clarity on forest land use, compensatory afforestation planned for Yettinahole project
- A fungal bat disease in US increased pesticide use and spiked infant deaths, suggests study
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2024)
- Sahara Desert receiving unexpected rainfall. How is the rare event unfolding?
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 6, 2024)
- Success of Narmada landscape restoration needs payment for ecosystem services; will users pay?
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 5, 2024)
- Marine ecosystems need more attention in global biodiversity plans: Experts
- Calicut fishers’ honoured for their brave efforts to rescue a stranded whale
- Amid setbacks, NTCA approves web series on Project Cheetah to 'showcase efforts to world'
- After sudden cheetah deaths in Kuno in 2023, Centre had turned to Reliance's wildlife facility for help
- Capturing the secret lives of small cats
- Herpetofauna survey reveals rich biodiversity in Grass Hills National Park, Karian Shola National Park in Pollachi division of ATR
- NBWL may grant clearances in flamingo, tiger habitat
- Indian megacities lag in air pollution control despite lion’s share of financial support
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2024)
- For a finance goal fit for 1.5°C, now is the time for pragmatism and courage
- Climate change poses double whammy for Bihar — floods in 5 districts despite 26% rainfall deficit across state
- Mahadayi project: Wildlife board may revisit decision on tiger reserve land amid push by Karnataka
- World Rhino Day 2024: When Babur hunted ‘Karg’ in Pakistan & North India
- Polar bears diverged from brown bears 70,000 years ago: Study
- Strengthen, not undermine, efforts to live with wolves: Civil society groups urge EU
- Shades of Bahraich: How the wolf features in the story of Turkic peoples, Genghis Khan
- Amazon faces another consecutive year of drought as wildfires reach 20-year high
- In figures: Two years of Project Cheetah
- Climate extremes cost African economies billions, threatening growth & poverty alleviation efforts
- Red Panda Day: What is the status of the Indian Red Panda
- Antarctic ozone hole formation begins late due to weak polar vortex
- In figures: Two years of Project Cheetah
- Another day, another record: August 2024 registered as Earth’s hottest August in 175 years
- Gujarat: Activists urge authorities to release excess water as thousands face submergence by Sardar Sarovar Dam
- India to get its own carbon market
- Trade on emissions EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment
- State of Africa’s Environment: Death rate due to unsafe water sources 1,000-fold of that in developed countries
- State of Africa’s Environment: Why water crisis in Africa
- State of Africa’s Environment: Water poverty grips the youngest urban continent
- State of Africa’s Environment: Transboundary tension
- World Ozone Day: Emerging climate, space risks show fight to preserve ozone layer isn’t over
- State of Africa’s Environment: Water-stress caused by global warming to displace 700 million Africans by 2030
- State of Africa’s Environment: The continent’s rainwater endowment is equal to demands of the entire population of the planet
- Uncertainty looms in Baku as pre-COP29 finance negotiations end in logjam
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 13, 2024)
- Shared prosperity for people & planet: New research shows pathways amid shrinking safe spaces
- Shades of Bahraich: How a ‘Beast’ caught the attention of pre-revolutionary Bourbon France
- Brother Wolf! As Bahraich ignites primordial anti-lupine fears, tale from Medieval Europe offers key lessons
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 12, 2024)
- August 2024 saw 30% more days with extreme rainfall than same period last year
- Indigenous communities threatened as illegal mining, organised crime thrives in Ecuadorian Amazon forests: Report
- Ozone pollution slows tropical forest growth by halting carbon absorption
- Kerala: Community-oriented flood forecast system launched in disaster-prone Periyar, Chalakudi river basins
- Fostering behaviour change in solid waste management: Here are some essential prerequisites for cities
- Uttarakhand’s Terai forest yields first-ever honey badger recording on camera
- Only 10% of nations fulfil their biodiversity commitments ahead of COP16, reveals NBSAP tracker
- On Gandhi Jayanti 2024, a critical appraisal 10 Years of SBM Gramin and 5 Years of ODF Rural India
- Nepal floods: Record rainfall leaves 217 dead; family’s harrowing ordeal highlights ‘avoidable’ disaster
- Bihar floods: Thousands without food & water sleep on the road, some await relief materials as situation worsens
- EIACP Monthly Report May 2024
- India’s potent black carbon emissions from kerosene lamps make up 10% of total residential emissions: Study
- Insufficient compensation for downgraded protected areas poses global biodiversity threat, study finds
- MIDORI Prize 2024: Conservationists from Kazakhstan, Peru recognised for projects on ecosystem restoration, preventing decline of bees
- Gobar Times: The wildlife of black-and-white
- Guardians of the Flock: Wolves may be villains in Bahraich, but are sacred beings for Koppal’s Kuruba shepherds
- Periyar Tiger Reserve’s reformed poacher gets conservation award
- Wildlife Week celebrations kick off at KWS
- Major environment orders (October 7,2024)
- Targeting ecological conservation, film festival emphasises vitality of Indian wetlands
- 2023 driest for global rivers in 33 years, reveals WMO’s report
- Last month was the second-warmest September for the globe: Copernicus
- Why Hurricane Milton, currently barrelling towards Florida, has surprised even weather forecasters
- Globally, climate policies becoming more gender-responsive: UN analysis
- Jharkhand: Exposed to plethora of toxins, coal slurry labourers mainly comprise of women, children
- Workplace carcinogens increasingly a global problem
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- Harimau Malaya: There are less than 150 Malayan tigers left,
- Tanker economy revealed: It’s not just Delhi; Lucknow too has a thriving water mafia
- Delhi-NCR’s June deluge a result of rapid, strong monsoon onset in presence of active Western Disturbance: Experts
- Borneo elephants, the diminutive pachyderms of Sabah and Kalimantan, are now ‘Endangered’ on IUCN’s Red List
- Displacement fueled by climate change & conflict demands renewed conservation approach: IUCN
- Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra launches first advanced AI System for forest fire detection
- Catastrophic bleaching event: 97% coral at Australian island wiped out in 3 months
- Indonesia announces plans to protect 15 million hectares of its rainforests
- UNESCO warns 90% of Earth’s land could be degraded by 2050
- Bhupender Yadav launches portal documenting Indian fauna; 641 new faunal species recorded in India during 2023
- Monsoon 2024: It was drought, deluge or both for India in June, a tell-tale sign of climate change
- Biodiversity Convention: Decisions on new avatar of benefit sharing on the anvil next month
- Eco-labels can help with responsible consumption, production
- AI helps uncover hidden meltwater reservoirs in Antarctica, with potentially severe impacts on sea-level rise
- Leaping back in time: Sri Lankan frogs found in Indian Eastern Ghats hint at ancient connection
- NATO’s 2023 military spending produces emissions rivaling entire countries: Report
- Armed conflict and climate risks contribute to weaken people’s ability to cope, says ICRC report
- Climate shocks in early childhood hinder lifelong learning, new UN report reveals
- World Snake Day 2024: Taking pills to prevent death from bites could one day be a reality, say experts
- Sutlej reduced to a rivulet due to constructions: Supreme Court Judge raises concerns
- UNEP Foresight Report: Private micro-environmentalism may worsen socio-economic inequalities, burden resources
- UNEP Foresight Report: Eco-anxiety ‘emergency crisis in plain sight’, especially among children and young people
- UNEP Foresight Report: Major disruptions from spatial activity acceleration; ozone depletion flagged as primary concern
- Plastic recycling: A deceptive solution to an escalating crisis
- Indian leopard suspected to have decreased by 24.5% over last 3 generations: IUCN
- Exploitable fish biomass could decline by 30% or more by century-end if emissions remain high: FAO
- EU’s carbon border tax mechanism unfair to developing countries: CSE
- You are responsible’: CAG castigates Kerala forest department for rising human-wildlife conflict in state
- Wildlife Board will now take 1st call on clearance to projects in protected area: MoEFCC
- How the invasive Senna spectabilis poses a threat to the Nilgiri's ecosystem
- Climate change impact: Bael and bahera to thrive, chironji, mahua & amla to decline, shows study
- Female wild elephant found buried inside Assam oil refinery
- Put to Romania’s bear cull decision, not a sentimental one’: Rashid Naqash
- Most polluted’ Delhi, Noida among cities with less than 40% National Clean Air Programme fund utilisation: CSE proposes urgent reforms
- J&K govt offers wild animals for adoption at Jambu Zoo
- India's Ramsar site growth is a remarkable contribution to wetland protection’: Ramsar Convention secretary general
- Wildlife Board will now take 1st call on clearance to projects in protected area: MoEFCC
- How the decline of Indian vultures could have led to 1,00,000 human deaths a year.
- Climate change makes July 21, 2024 hottest day in Earth's history
- Melting ice .sheets lengthen Earth's days at unprecedented rate, Nasa study finds.
- Uneven monsoon: Rain deficits hit nine states,stribution during June and July has been uneven, resulting in significant rain deficits ranging from south sees surplus
- Budget 2024-25: Sitharaman unveils climate finance taxonomy, experts hail move but concerns over greenwashing persist
- Baby bull sharks are thriving in Texas and Alabama bays as the Gulf of Mexico warms
- China, Australia and India made the most gains in forest area: FAO report
- China, Australia and India made the most gains in forest area: FAO report
- Apex pollution body battles multiple assaults on plastic waste trading scheme
- Climate change risk hits oil market
- Time to make climate change part of environmental impact reports
- Kutch being readied for next batch of African cheetahs
- Two species of flower flies reported for the first time in Kerala
- Assam: Numaligarh refinery executives arrested for burying wild female elephant
- Budget 2024-25: Lacklustre provisions put question mark on commitments towards ambitious Biodiversity Plan
- State of the World’s Forests 2024: Global efforts curb deforestation, but threats to forests from wildfires and pests remain
- Anxiety grips Karnataka’s Kodagu, after Kerala’s Wayanad disaster brings memories of 2018 catastrophe
- July 31 has brought back 2013 memories for Kedarnath; have no lessons been
- Wildlife photographer stumbles upon rare heterochromic leopard in Karnataka’s Bandipur Tiger Reserve
- Himachal cloudbursts: Are hydropower projects to blame?
- Rains caused havoc in Uttarakhand on July 31; not cloudbursts, but climate change imprint definitely there, say experts
- Fix timeline to declare Western Ghats as eco-sensitive zone, NGT tells environment ministry
- July recorded 8 instances of exceptionally heavy rainfall across India: IMD
- Why is Ladakh, an arid cold desert, burning this summer? Lack of rain, say experts
- As told to Parliament (August 1, 2024): Number of tigers in India rose to 3,682 in 2022
- Scientists discover six new lineages of bent-toed geckos from the Northeast
- In 40th year of Bhopal gas tragedy, demand for disposal of toxic waste from 1984 gains momentum
- How Paris 2024 Olympics is leading the way in biodiversity protection
- Researchers present a land conversion pressure map to help conservation planning
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 31, 2024)
- Bacteria and plants could help clean up toxic waste from gold mines — South African study
- July Mediterranean heatwave virtually impossible without human-induced climate change: WWA
- Seasonal climatic conditions, captivity major factors in parasitic infection prevalence among Indian zoo animals: Study
- Wayanad received 6% of its annual rainfall in just a few hours on July 30: DTE Analysis
- As told to Parliament (July 30, 2024): Climate impact could reduce rainfed rice yields by 20% by 2050 and 47% by 2080
- How can people across the Indian Subcontinent prevent fatal encounters with sloth bears? Learn from species’ behaviour towards tigers, advise scientists
- CITES notifies increase in annual export quota for Indian Agarwood
- CITES notifies increase in annual export quota for Indian Agarwood
- Wildfires are destroying forest lands equal to 68 million football fields every year: FAO
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 29, 2024)
- Charles Darwin’s frog: Endemic Andaman species breeding in unnatural sites due to habitat loss & competition for limited resources
- International Tiger Day 2024: Big cats do not have a bright future in the Sundarbans, says Y V Jhala
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 26, 2024)
- Babr: Lions symbolised its kings; but tigers had their own unique place in Persia, Persianate Central Asia & the Caucasus
- Odisha: Kendu produce worth Rs 34 lakh could go unsold as permits refused to forest dwellers
- India to be most impacted by climate change: IIT Bombay professor
- Climate change is impacting the shape of the Earth and its timings warn scientists
- Climate change is impacting the shape of the Earth and its timings warn scientists
- Budget 2024-25: Environment ministry allocation sees slight increase Institutions and afforestation programmes, including National Tiger Conservation Authority receive boost The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has received a modest budget increase for the financial year 2024-25. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced an allocation of Rs 3,330.37 crore for the ministry during the Union Budget presented on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, an increase of Rs 93.25 crore from the Rs 3,231.02 crore earmarked in the previous fiscal. Notably, the allocation has only slightly increased from the interim budget presented earlier this year. In February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented an interim budget that estimated MoEF&CC expenditure at Rs 3,265.53 crore for 2024-25. The Centre has more than doubled the National Tiger Conservation Authority’s budget to Rs 35 crore, up from Rs 15.8 crore in 2023-24. Among other statutory and regulatory bodies, the Cent
- Budget 2024-25: Environment ministry allocation sees slight increase
- Budget 2024-25: Lacklustre provisions put question mark on commitments towards ambitious Biodiversity Plan
- Delhi forest dept to drop 10,000 seed balls for plantation at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary
- Artificial night light toughens tree leaves, threatens urban ecosystems
- CSE report finds dangerous increase in ozone pollution across urban India
- Energy companies conceal nearly half the environmental damages caused by them, study reveals
- Female cub born to South African cheetah Gamini dies of fractured spine at KNP
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2024)
- New projects to safeguard Miombo forest, boost food security in Mozambique & Zimbabwe
- Climate change reason for heavy rains and cloud bursts in the Trans and High Himalayas: Report
- Adverse weather events impact 84% districts in India, heatwave days increased 15X between 1993-2022: Study
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 8, 2024)
- Two warmest days on record occurred in July, warming in Antarctica may have played a role
- Genetic rescue: Simlipal to bring in 2 new females to increase genetic diversity, save tiger population
- Why do stable lands like Western Ghats, Guiana Shield & the Drakensberg rise vertically? Scientists find answers
- NGT takes suo motu cognisance as Assam seeks to hand over Kaziranga land to luxury hotel
- Supreme Court raps illegal encroachment, plastic dumping on Ganga banks
- Deluge in Desert: Jaisalmer receives 55% of season’s rainfall in a day as Rajasthan reels under heavy rainfall
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 6, 2024)
- Maharashtra’s first elephant reserve in Gondia & Gadchiroli districts awaits central nod, year after being proposed
- Thiruvananthapuram’s canal tragedy is an urgent call for reform in sustainable urban waste management
- Fashion brands, part of high-emitting industry, hide decarbonisation plans
- World Elephant Day 2024: Mapping connections in African landscapes to understand how the animals move naturally
- Talks begin in Montreal on digital sequence information of biodiversity
- Traders arrested for selling illegal wildlife parts like Hatha Jodi on Flipkart, Amazon
- World Lion Day 2024: They may be on their way out, but captive leonine farming facilities in rural South Africa continue to engage in shocking practices, new report reveals
- Cobras, mambas, coral and sea snakes, other elapids emerged from Asia & spread worldwide: Study
- Terrestrial water storage loss for 7 basins on Tibetan Plateau overestimated by 10%: Study
- Ground-level ozone surges in 10 major cities, presents a new urban crisis in India
- Climate change intensified rain that caused deadly Indian landslides, study finds
- New study illuminates Nigeria's AI-driven path to economic growth and climate impact
- A recent study said parts of Mangaluru & Udupi would be under the sea by 2040. Not really, say other scientists
- Yamuna continues to receive sewage as 8 STPs remain dysfunctional: Delhi Jal Board
- Independence Day 2024: India’s future, its youth, face their greatest challenge yet — the climate crisis
- Gujarat: Four arrested for illegal wildlife trade; sea fans, corals, porcupine quills seized
- Conserving wetlands: Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu get new Ramsar sites
- Conserving wetlands: Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu get new Ramsar sites
- Damage to protected dunes suspected as Spain probes Katy Perry’s unauthorised video shoot on Balearic islands
- Wayanad landslides: Without global warming, rainfall would have been 11% less intense, finds attribution study
- Forest restoration must integrate climate, biodiversity and community needs: Study
- Hard to imagine Jaisalmer without desert? Climate change is making it happen
- CSE offers roadmap for success as India gears up for carbon market launch
- World Lizard Day 2024: Was the Bengal monitor actually used as a ‘siege weapon’ at Sinhagad?
- Digital sequence information meet ends; draft recommendations ready for COP16 Cali negotiators
- Central Indian forests in Khandwa and North Betul at high risk of fires, study warns
- Endemic Malabar Tree Toad populations may decline 68.7% due to climate change: Study
- Toxic mercury trapped in Arctic’s permafrost is now leaking into environment due to global warming: Study
- Gujarat: Mugger crocodiles in Vadodara’s polluted Vishwamitri are stressed; those in rural Charotar are not, finds study
- Maharashtra’s first elephant reserve in Gondia & Gadchiroli districts awaits central nod, year after being proposed
- Nomadic Dhangar community demands dedicated grazing corridors in Maharashtra forests
- Global flooding hazards to increase by 49% by end of century, study warns
- An unfortunate resemblance: Why conservation evades the depleting Mettukurinji of Western Ghats
- No end to climate change’s wrath for Himalayas as Nepal reports yet another glacial lake outburst
- Chital in Chennai: Cervids’ distribution across metropolis should be mapped for better management, say researchers
- Unfolding crisis: Darjeeling’s growing floating population poses water, waste challenges
- Sweden goes ‘berserker’ with plans to kill nearly 500 of its brown bears
- Deforestation intensifies climate impact in Africa’s tropical montane forests, study finds
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 20, 2024)
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 16, 2024)
- ICJ to present ‘advisory opinion’ on global environmental obligations as small island nations raise alarm: What does it mean?
- Red colobus are Africa’s most endangered monkeys – protecting them will also safeguard forests
- Ancient Rome had ways to counter the urban heat island effect – how history’s lessons apply to cities today
- Mike Lynch disappearance: Tornadoes in the Mediterranean will increase due to warming in future, according to studies
- Dumb as a dodo? Mauritius’ extinct bird was fast-moving and loved the forest, say scientists
- Adaptive agriculture: Why Indian farmers need to go organic & natural
- Yale climate opinion maps for India: New interactive tool maps public opinion at state, local levels
- How the Banni grasslands of Kachchh, Gujarat can be restored
- NDMA to monitor 189 high-risk glacial lakes to prevent disasters
- How climate change has exposed India to extreme heat and rain
- Great Barrier Reef dying as global warming makes oceans hottest in 400 years
- Glaciers are disappearing: In Andes, they are at a record low in 11,000 years
- Forest fires nearly doubled in 2 decades, account for 33% of tree cover loss:
- Starbucks CEO's daily jet commute: The carbon footprint will blow your mind
- Humans and wildlife to share more than half of Earth’s land by 2070
- Alien species arriving on plastic ‘rafts’ threaten Antartica’s marine ecosystem
- Before Bahraich wolf attacks: How investigators pieced together what killed 30 children in east UP 3 decades back
- K J Baby, the chronicler of tribal life in Kerala’s Wayanad, is no more
- EU’s 2030 emission targets ‘alarmingly off-track’ from Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C goal, challenged in court
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- Bahraich: Wolf attacks on humans in India are known; but they normally do not attack people, says Mahesh Rangarajan
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 30, 2024)
- WWA study links devastating typhoon Gaemi to climate change, warns of future storm intensification
- Vulture Count 2024: WWF-India launches tracking initiative to take stock of nature’s ‘sanitation workers’
- Cyclone Asna formation due to unusual monsoon wind system: Expert
- Climate change: Zambia to shut down hydropower plant as Kariba dries up
- A climate-smart revolution is brewing in Tanzania and Maasai women are spearheading it
- Wildlife activists call for urgent action over elephant calf’s death from herpes virus in Odisha
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 28, 2024)
- World’s fish stocks in crisis: New study exposes overfishing catastrophe
- Ghosts of the past: Global warming fears resurface as 41,000 years old viruses discovered in Tibetan glacier
- Deep depression to move towards Arabian Sea in next 2 days, travel towards Oman: IMD
- Pharmaceutical pollutants altering fish behaviour, reproductive patterns and life history: Study
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 27, 2024)
- Krakatoa heralded atmospheric sciences & era of global disaster; today, it would cool world climate but not mitigate it
- Air pollution deadlier than smoking, drinking & AIDS; reduced global life expectancy by 2 years: Study
- A rare atmospheric phenomena is behind extreme rainfall, floods in Gujarat — and it’s fuelled by soil moisture
- Global SOS: UN chief calls for urgent action on rising sea levels
- Bahraich attacks: Single animal responsible, most probably not a wild wolf, says Y V Jhala
- NGT slaps Rs 1,000 crore fine on Punjab government for faltering on waste disposal
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2024)
- Baobabs: Africa’s unique trees defy climate challenges, continue to flourish
- ‘Humanity is failing’: official report warns our chance to save the Great Barrier Reef is fast closing
- Great Indian Bustard conservation efforts struggle as numbers dwindle to 2 in Karnataka
- New plan to protect Borneo’s wildlife puts focus on high-risk areas
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 23, 2024)
- Save the Pacific, Save the world’: UN chief calls on Pacific nations to inspire global climate action
- Char Dham highway: BRO downplays environment impact assessment for Gangotri stretch despite SC panel’s concerns
- Climate change accelerates: 2023 set multiple new records for drought, with nearly 8% of land area severely affected
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 22, 2024)
- Only 63 out of 1,500 climate policies effective in slashing emissions: Study
- Major poaching kingpins convicted for rhino horn trafficking in South Africa
- Climate change is making food inflation ‘endemic’ in India
- Monsoon 2024: Record heatwaves, rare cyclone in Arabian Sea, La Nina — is India headed towards 1999 recall?
- Monsoon 2024: Record heatwaves, rare cyclone in Arabian Sea, La Nina — is India headed towards 1999 recall?
- Ganges, Brahmaputra, Indus among global basins with highest water security risks: Study
- India improves SDG score, performing well in addressing poverty, climate change: NITI Aayog report
- Snowless Om Parvat stands in mute testimony to an adversely changing climate
- Cautious optimism: Betting on the weather can be beneficial for investors, farmers
- Dhib! As bad press from Bahraich threatens imperiled Indian wolf, video brings hope for its Arabian cousin
- Bahraich: Wolf attacks on humans in India are known; but they normally do not attack people, says Mahesh Rangarajan
- WWA study links devastating typhoon Gaemi to climate change, warns of future storm intensification
- Forest fires in Canada emitted more carbon in 5 months than an industrial nation’s annual emission: Study
- Climate change: Zambia to shut down hydropower plant as Kariba dries up
- India tops plastic pollution rankings, emitting a fifth of global plastic waste
- Climate action greatest economic opportunity of this century, especially for Africa: UN Climate Chief Simon Stiell
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 4, 2024)
- Avian flu in Antarctica can lead to outbreaks in Australasia: Study
- Avian flu in Antarctica can lead to outbreaks in Australasia: Study
- Rewilding orchids: This Kerala healthcare professional conserved 200 varieties from Western Ghats
- Agra’s booming footwear industry leads to massive waste crisis: CSE study calls for urgent action
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 3, 2024)
- Wildlife Board denies approval for Kalasa Nala Diversion Project; conditional green light to controversial Goa Power Line
- Wildlife Board denies approval for Kalasa Nala Diversion Project; conditional green light to controversial Goa Power Line
- Asia & Americas host 8 out of 10 countries with highest risks due to climate change, conflicts: Report
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 10, 2024)
- DTE impact: MoEFCC asks Karnataka for clarity on forest land use, compensatory afforestation planned for Yettinahole project
- A fungal bat disease in US increased pesticide use and spiked infant deaths, suggests study
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 9, 2024)
- Sahara Desert receiving unexpected rainfall. How is the rare event unfolding?
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 6, 2024)
- Success of Narmada landscape restoration needs payment for ecosystem services; will users pay?
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 5, 2024)
- Marine ecosystems need more attention in global biodiversity plans: Experts
- Calicut fishers’ honoured for their brave efforts to rescue a stranded whale
- Amid setbacks, NTCA approves web series on Project Cheetah to 'showcase efforts to world'
- After sudden cheetah deaths in Kuno in 2023, Centre had turned to Reliance's wildlife facility for help
- Capturing the secret lives of small cats
- Herpetofauna survey reveals rich biodiversity in Grass Hills National Park, Karian Shola National Park in Pollachi division of ATR
- NBWL may grant clearances in flamingo, tiger habitat
- Indian megacities lag in air pollution control despite lion’s share of financial support
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 11, 2024)
- For a finance goal fit for 1.5°C, now is the time for pragmatism and courage
- Climate change poses double whammy for Bihar — floods in 5 districts despite 26% rainfall deficit across state
- Mahadayi project: Wildlife board may revisit decision on tiger reserve land amid push by Karnataka
- World Rhino Day 2024: When Babur hunted ‘Karg’ in Pakistan & North India
- Polar bears diverged from brown bears 70,000 years ago: Study
- Strengthen, not undermine, efforts to live with wolves: Civil society groups urge EU
- Shades of Bahraich: How the wolf features in the story of Turkic peoples, Genghis Khan
- Amazon faces another consecutive year of drought as wildfires reach 20-year high
- In figures: Two years of Project Cheetah
- Climate extremes cost African economies billions, threatening growth & poverty alleviation efforts
- Red Panda Day: What is the status of the Indian Red Panda
- Antarctic ozone hole formation begins late due to weak polar vortex
- In figures: Two years of Project Cheetah
- Another day, another record: August 2024 registered as Earth’s hottest August in 175 years
- Gujarat: Activists urge authorities to release excess water as thousands face submergence by Sardar Sarovar Dam
- India to get its own carbon market
- Trade on emissions EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment
- State of Africa’s Environment: Death rate due to unsafe water sources 1,000-fold of that in developed countries
- State of Africa’s Environment: Why water crisis in Africa
- State of Africa’s Environment: Water poverty grips the youngest urban continent
- State of Africa’s Environment: Transboundary tension
- World Ozone Day: Emerging climate, space risks show fight to preserve ozone layer isn’t over
- State of Africa’s Environment: Water-stress caused by global warming to displace 700 million Africans by 2030
- State of Africa’s Environment: The continent’s rainwater endowment is equal to demands of the entire population of the planet
- Uncertainty looms in Baku as pre-COP29 finance negotiations end in logjam
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 13, 2024)
- Shared prosperity for people & planet: New research shows pathways amid shrinking safe spaces
- Shades of Bahraich: How a ‘Beast’ caught the attention of pre-revolutionary Bourbon France
- Brother Wolf! As Bahraich ignites primordial anti-lupine fears, tale from Medieval Europe offers key lessons
- Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 12, 2024)
- August 2024 saw 30% more days with extreme rainfall than same period last year
- Indigenous communities threatened as illegal mining, organised crime thrives in Ecuadorian Amazon forests: Report
- Ozone pollution slows tropical forest growth by halting carbon absorption
- Kerala: Community-oriented flood forecast system launched in disaster-prone Periyar, Chalakudi river basins
- Fostering behaviour change in solid waste management: Here are some essential prerequisites for cities
- Uttarakhand’s Terai forest yields first-ever honey badger recording on camera
- Only 10% of nations fulfil their biodiversity commitments ahead of COP16, reveals NBSAP tracker
- On Gandhi Jayanti 2024, a critical appraisal 10 Years of SBM Gramin and 5 Years of ODF Rural India
- Nepal floods: Record rainfall leaves 217 dead; family’s harrowing ordeal highlights ‘avoidable’ disaster
- Bihar floods: Thousands without food & water sleep on the road, some await relief materials as situation worsens
- EIACP Monthly Report May 2024
- India’s potent black carbon emissions from kerosene lamps make up 10% of total residential emissions: Study
- Insufficient compensation for downgraded protected areas poses global biodiversity threat, study finds
- MIDORI Prize 2024: Conservationists from Kazakhstan, Peru recognised for projects on ecosystem restoration, preventing decline of bees
- Gobar Times: The wildlife of black-and-white
- Guardians of the Flock: Wolves may be villains in Bahraich, but are sacred beings for Koppal’s Kuruba shepherds
- Periyar Tiger Reserve’s reformed poacher gets conservation award
- Wildlife Week celebrations kick off at KWS
- Major environment orders (October 7,2024)
- Targeting ecological conservation, film festival emphasises vitality of Indian wetlands
- 2023 driest for global rivers in 33 years, reveals WMO’s report
- Last month was the second-warmest September for the globe: Copernicus
- Why Hurricane Milton, currently barrelling towards Florida, has surprised even weather forecasters
- Globally, climate policies becoming more gender-responsive: UN analysis
- Jharkhand: Exposed to plethora of toxins, coal slurry labourers mainly comprise of women, children
- Workplace carcinogens increasingly a global problem
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