Environment
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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Scientists urge food system overhaul to curb globa...
August 13, 2025
About 21 scientists have issued a prescription to use food systems as a powerful lever to halt and reverse global land degradation, emphasising that this action is critical to mitigating climate change and stopping biodiversity loss. Their report, published in the journal Nature,...
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Over 3.5 million tonnes of carbon emissions curtai...
August 11, 2025
Indian statutory body, Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM), that has the mandate to monitor air pollution in and around Delhi and the National Capital Region has reported a reduction exceeding 3.5 million metric tonnes of CO₂ emissions due to biomass co-firing by therm...
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Cities in crisis: Climate change threatens future ...
August 5, 2025
Whenever climate change or global warming is discussed, the spotlight often falls on vanishing glaciers, polluted air, and the thinning ozone layer. But lost in this conversation is a crucial piece of the puzzle, how cities, especially those in India, are being pushed to the brin...
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Human-animal conflict rises in India as forest lan...
July 31, 2025
In 2024, India witnessed a decade-high diversion of forest land, with 29,000 hectares cleared for non-forestry purposes, triggering a rise in human-animal conflicts across the country. This alarming surge in deforestation was accompanied by a 36 pc increase in elephant attacks on...
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