Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
Puducherry Assembly to pass interim budget on Feb 12
The Puducherry Legislative Assembly passed an interim budget for the fiscal year 2026-27 on February 12, 2026, ahead of the scheduled Assembly elections. A V...
Delhi burns its waste openly, chokes itself more
Delhi continues to suffer from chronic, severe air pollution intensified by widespread open burning of municipal solid waste (MSW), despite legal prohibition...
India’s power mix to shift from coal to renewables by 2070; Nuclear seen as key baseload: NITI Aayog
NITI Aayog released a study titled "Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero" projecting India's power sector fuel mix transformation Under the Current P...
NGT takes suo moto cognizance of Meghalaya coal mine blast, issues notice to state govt, Centre
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took suo motu cognizance of media reports about a deadly explosion at an illegal rat-hole coal mine in the Thangskai area o...
India’s aim is to move EV space to a leadership position: H D Kumaraswamy
Union Minister for Heavy Industries H.D. Kumaraswamy stated that India's aim is to move the electric vehicle (EV) sector to a global leadership position, cit...
India's net-zero drive to require $300 bn annual investment: StanChart
Standard Chartered's *India and the Energy Transition* report (released February 10, 2026) estimates that India will require annual investments of up to $300...
Decarbonise transport sector through modal shift, zero emission vehicles: NITI report
NITI Aayog stressed the need to decarbonise the transport sector through modal shift, zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs), and clean fuels and technologies to achi...
Pest resistance increasing in Bt-cotton: Minister
The Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare confirmed in a Lok Sabha reply that pink bollworm (Pectinophora gossypiella) has developed r...
January 2026 was the fifth-warmest globally despite record cold in Europe
According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), January 2026 was the fifth-warmest January on record globally, with an average surface air temperat...
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 9, 2026)
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered the constitution of a joint probe committee — comprising representatives of the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Boa...
SMART AGRO-FOOD SYSTEMS AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION PRACTICES
The government outlined its key agronomic priorities in a Lok Sabha reply, focusing on climate-resilient, carbon-neutral, and regenerative agriculture to add...
As told to Parliament (February 9, 2026): Forest cover in India’s mega cities up by 2.09 sq km since 2021
According to data presented to the Lok Sabha on February 9, 2026, India's seven mega cities now have a combined forest cover of 511.81 square kilometres — re...
January 2026 fifth warmest on record despite cold snap in Europe, North America
January 2026 was the fifth warmest January on record globally, measuring 1.47°C above the pre-industrial average (1850-1900 baseline), according to data from...
Adult male tiger set for reintroduction into wild
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) green-lit the reintroduction of an adult male tiger into the wild after an expert committee declared it "inn...
NITI Aayog Releases Study Reports on Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero
NITI Aayog released eleven study reports titled "Scenarios Towards Viksit Bharat and Net Zero" on 9-10 February 2026 at the Ambedkar International Centre, Ne...
NEW FARMING TECHNIQUES AND DIGITAL SERVICES
The Digital Agriculture Mission (DAM), approved by the Union Cabinet on September 2, 2024, is being implemented as an umbrella scheme to build India's agricu...
Don’t let poachers sneak through
An editorial has raised concerns that the Forest Department's amnesty scheme for declaring wildlife possession risks creating a legal pathway for poachers an...
Blending ethanol up to 25% and accelerating flex-fuel vehicle development will help address overcapacity, Distillers Association chief
The All-India Distillers Association (AIDA) chief stated that the industry holds a cumulative ethanol production capacity of 200 crore litres and advocated r...
New dragonfly species discovered in Kerala, named Lyriothemis keralensis
A new dragonfly species, *Lyriothemis keralensis*, commonly named the Slender Bombardier, has been formally described from Kerala after a decade-long taxonom...
India will support steel exports hit by Europe's carbon tax, federal secretary says
India's federal commerce secretary confirmed the government will provide support to steel exporters adversely affected by the European Union's Carbon Border ...