Environment
Global North violating Paris Agreement commitments...
November 12, 2025
At the ongoing global climate summit, COP30, that is under progress at Belem in Brazil, Climate Action Network, a coalition of climate action organisations from around the world, has released a report highlighting the failure by Global North countries in cutting down fossil fuel ...
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World needs a rare ‘Earth-Deal’, not another â...
November 3, 2025
If you ever needed proof that humanity is not suffering from a climate-crisis but from a leadership-crisis to deal with climate change, look no further than Busan in South Korea. Just 15 days before global climate negotiations in COP30, the global climate change summit as the wor...
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Manipulated data, ponds of drinking water: BJP’s...
November 2, 2025
As has been the norm over the past many years, in the days following Diwali this year, too, Delhi reclaimed the dubious title of the city or at least the capital with the worst air pollution in the world, a status that it ‘earns’ every year after a boisterous, smoke-filled Di...
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The price of progress: AI’s growing strain on en...
October 28, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly become the defining technology of our age. From conversational assistants and autonomous systems to generative models that create lifelike videos and music, AI now powers an astonishing range of human activity. Yet, behind this impressive ...
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As Delhi chokes again post-Diwali, residents seek ...
October 23, 2025
In the early hours after Diwali, Delhi woke up to a grey‑blue haze thick enough to dim headlights and sting the eyes on October 20. The city’s Air Quality Index (AQI) hovered in the severe category, between 470 and 520 across several neighbourhoods, according to the Central P...
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1 million tonnes of critical raw materials dumped ...
October 14, 2025
Europe can go a long way in meeting its rising demand for critical raw materials, including rare earth metals, by better recycling and design. These are the findings of a study released today. According to the report, released by WEEE Forum, a Brussels-based non-for-profit associ...
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Sealed files, open questions: SC’s Vantara verdi...
September 24, 2025
Vantara, the self-styled wildlife rescue and rehabilitation centre run by the Reliance Foundation at Jamnagar in Gujarat, has recently found itself at the centre of an international controversy. Known as one of the most ambitious private conservation projects in India, the facili...
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World has collectively vetoed sustainability, repe...
September 22, 2025
At a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on September 18, a single hand rose against a motion which had the support of all the other members present. With that gesture, a call for a ceasefire, supported by almost every country around the world, is silenced. That image ...
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World Ozone Day 2025: Need another Montreal moment...
September 16, 2025
Imagine a patient dying of a mysterious illness. The world’s best scientists identify the cause that there was a poison in his medicine. Nations, for the first time in history, unite to recall the drug. The patient begins to recover. A miracle! But then, the new medicine trigge...
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Ecologists blame faulty infrastructure projects f...
September 13, 2025
As the Monsoon commences its withdrawal from the country, it is leaving behind an unprecedented trail of destruction across large parts of northern India, and notably in the Himalayas, where flash floods and landslides occurred frequently, throughout the season. The Himalayan reg...
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