Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
Qdenga: a vaccine for dengue but not a silver bullet
Qdenga (TAK-003), developed by Japanese pharmaceutical company Takeda, is positioned as India's first dengue vaccine, with its anticipated launch in 2026 thr...
Study warns of glacial outburst risk to buildings, bridges from 5 Kashmir lakes: Omar
A study by the Department of Geoinformatics, University of Kashmir, published in the *Journal of Glaciology*, has identified five glacial lakes in Jammu & Ka...
India can cater to 30 crore PNG connections with its domestic LNG production itself: PNGRB Secretary
The Secretary of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB) stated that India's domestic LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) production is sufficient to ...
La Niña has ended, El Nino likely to emerge around August, says Australian Met body
Australia's Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has officially declared that the 2025–26 La Niña episode has ended, with the tropical Pacific returning to ENSO-neutr...
ACME signs ₹20,000 crore green ammonia deal with SECI for 10 years
ACME Cleantech Solutions has signed a ₹20,000 crore Green Ammonia Purchase Agreement (GAPA) with the Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) for a 10-year t...
EU carbon market could drive next phase of climate action by scaling up CO₂ removals, study finds
A study published in the journal Joule on March 31, 2026 finds that the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) — the world's first and largest carbon market — ...
Himachal Pradesh launches ‘PEHEL’ or Pastoralists Empowerment in Himalayan Ecosystems for Livelihood
Himachal Pradesh has launched the PEHEL (Pastoralists Empowerment in Himalayan Ecosystems for Livelihood) scheme in its 2026-27 budget, with an allocation of...
Why India’s pollution crisis persists despite funds and policies
Despite years of dedicated funding and policy initiatives, India's air pollution remains among the world's worst, with Delhi and NCR cities recording annual ...
U.S.-Israel-Iran war puts India’s EV gap in focus
The escalating conflict involving the United States, Israel, and Iran in West Asia has renewed focus on India's structural vulnerability arising from its nea...
India’s e-bus market jumps 44%; Switch, PMI lead
India's electric bus market saw robust growth in 2025, with newer pure-play EV manufacturers Switch Mobility and PMI Electro Mobility displacing legacy comme...
SECI inks 7.24 lakh tonnes/ year green ammonia supply agreements with fertiliser films
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...
India must pursue value-driven critical minerals diplomacy in Africa
A major policy analysis piece argues India must shift from a transactional "resource extraction" model to a "value-driven" critical minerals diplomacy with A...
Return of the native: Inside the Nilgiris’ grassland and shola forest revival
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...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 27, 2026)
A joint committee inspection ordered by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) found rampant debris dumping by construction contractors during the Jowai bypass ro...
Bio-bitumen technology can help tackle air pollution and reduce imports: Jitendra Singh
CSIR-Central Road Research Institute (CSIR-CRRI) and CSIR-Indian Institute of Petroleum (CSIR-IIP) jointly developed a technology called "Bio-Bitumen via Pyr...
Mosquitoes carrying malaria are evolving more quickly than insecticides can kill them – researchers pinpoint how
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...
WTO’s fisheries pact: India for 25 year transition period, stronger disciplines on distant-water industrial fishing
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...
How will India’s new Nationally Determined Contribution accelerate climate action?
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...
In photos: A pesticide tragedy that haunts an Indian state
A photographic report revisits the endosulfan pesticide tragedy in Kasargod district of Kerala, where aerial spraying of endosulfan over cashew plantations i...