Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
Climate change, human activity driving Himalayan extreme weather, Centre tells Lok Sabha
The Union government informed the Lok Sabha that climate change, combined with anthropogenic (human-driven) factors, is raising the risk of extreme rainfall,...
Centre relaxes construction hurdles in Ganga flood plain
The Union Government removed the blanket declaration, contained in a 2016 order, that the entire Ganga flood plain is a "construction-free zone." A new strat...
Third phase of Green Energy Corridor in final stages, up for Cabinet approval
The third phase of the Green Energy Corridor (GEC-III), a dedicated transmission infrastructure programme for renewable energy evacuation, is in its final st...
Rice use for ethanol may rise as maize, sugarcane acreage falls this Kharif season
Kharif maize acreage this season has fallen sharply across major producing states, with steep declines reported in Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and...
Global oceans outside polar regions were record warm in July 2026
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) reported that global sea surface temperatures outside the polar regions (60°S to 60°N) reached a record 20.96°C i...
As told to Parliament (August 7, 2026): Around 6.38 lakh ha affected by desertification and land degradation across India
The government informed the Rajya Sabha on August 7, 2026 that around 6.38 lakh hectares of land across India are affected by man-made desertification and la...
A blueprint for India’s next energy transition: to electrify industrial heat
A policy analysis has identified electrification of industrial process heat as the next major phase of India's energy transition, following progress on power...
Pushing One Health approach, U.P. priorities early identification and reporting of emerging zoonotic diseases
Uttar Pradesh's Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries Department has prioritised early identification and reporting of emerging zoonotic diseases...
New study paints worrying climate picture of Maharashtra; rising temperatures can now trigger and amplify droughts even during the monsoon
A climatology study published in the *International Journal of Climatology* analysed Compound Drought and Heatwave (CDHW) events across Maharashtra's distric...
2024 Wayanad landslide: Study reveals the interplay of climate and geology
A scientific study of the 30 July 2024 Mundakkai-Chooralmala landslide in Wayanad, Kerala, found that extreme rainfall was the trigger, but pre-existing geol...
NGT must make public report of panel that reviewed approvals for Nicobar project: Jairam Ramesh
Public calls have been made for the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to release the report of the High-Powered Committee (HPC) it had directed be constituted to...
GOBARdhan Scheme can help reduce gas imports by $5 billion, says IBA
Industry body Indian Biogas Association (IBA) stated that the recently approved GOBARdhan (Galvanising Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan) scheme could help red...
Households in India, other Asia-Pacific regions highly vulnerable to El Nino-driven price shocks: S&P
A ratings agency assessment finds Asia-Pacific economies, including India, Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines, are experiencing rising prices with househ...
News in Frames | The wounds beneath Assam’s deadly flood
Floods across Upper Assam in 2026 have killed 98 people, with the highest tolls recorded in Sivasagar, Charaideo, and Jorhat districts. Mining, quarrying, de...
National Green Tribunal must make public report of panel that reviewed approvals for Nicobar project: Jairam Ramesh
A request was made for the National Green Tribunal to make public the report of the expert panel that reviewed environmental clearance approvals for the Grea...
Hidden Environmental Cost of Powering Growing Digital and AI-World
Despite significant water stress in several states, large data centre projects continue to be announced, drawing attention to the water footprint of expandin...
Assam records world’s first-ever release of captive-bred slender-billed vultures
Ten captive-bred vultures — five slender-billed vultures (*Gyps tenuirostris*) and five white-rumped vultures (*Gyps bengalensis*) — were soft-released into ...
India's energy transition may create new import dependence on critical minerals: CII-EY
A joint report by an industry body and a consultancy finds that India's clean-energy transition could create a new dependence on imported critical minerals e...
India updates disaster list to include heatwaves and lightning after Finance Commission push
Heatwaves and lightning have been added to India's list of notified natural disasters, taking the count of notified categories from 12 to 14 The change follo...
Assam records world’s first-ever release of captive-bred slender-billed vultures
Captive-bred slender-billed vultures were released into a soft-release aviary in Assam for the first time anywhere in the world, marking a milestone in vultu...