Environment & Ecology
Climate, biodiversity, pollution control and environmental legislation
Elephant attacks claim two more lives in Bokaro; toll reaches eight since January
A herd of five elephants attacked Gangpur village in Bokaro district's Mahuatand police station area on February 7, 2026, killing Somar Saw and his three-yea...
Why is the sighting of two tigers in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana worrying officials and people?
An adult Royal Bengal Tiger that travelled over 650 km from Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra was spotted on National Highway 16 near Rajamahendrav...
Distressing regularity: On Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines
An explosion in an illegal rat-hole coal mine in East Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya on February 5, 2026, killed at least 18 workers (with the death tol...
3 year after it was notified to offset Panna deforestation, NBWL panel approves irrigation project on 272 ha in Durgavati tiger reserve
The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) approved an irrigation project covering 272 hectares of forest land inside the Veerangana Du...
Inside Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines: 25 dead, a race against time, and a disaster long foretold
A dynamite explosion in an illegal coal mine at Mynsyngat in the Thangkso area of East Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya, killed at least 25 labourers in early Februa...
Tamil Nadu sounds state-wide alert after mass crow deaths: What you need to know about the bird flu scare
Over 1,000–1,500 crows died across Chennai between late January and early February 2026, with mass die-offs reported in Adyar, Velachery, Thiruvanmiyur, Pall...
Intent and outcome: On India’s climate budget for 2026-27
India's Union Budget 2026-27 has been critiqued for a mismatch between its stated climate ambitions and actual financial allocations — with significant headl...
Budget gives Rs 20,000 crore: Why India needs carbon capture solutions, challenges it faces
Union Budget 2026-27 allocated Rs 20,000 crore (approximately $2.2 billion) over five years to scale up Carbon Capture, Utilisation, and Storage (CCUS) techn...
Hillock butchered, HC tears into Haryana govt for ‘environmental plunder’ at Charkhi Dadri mine
A Division Bench of the Punjab and Haryana High Court severely criticised the Haryana government over the destruction of a hillock due to alleged illegal sto...
Fertiliser subsidy zooms amid unrestrained consumption, weak rupee and geopolitical tensions
India's fertiliser subsidy bill has surged sharply due to a combination of unrestrained consumption growth, rupee depreciation raising import costs, and geop...
Explained: Why rising water levels threaten Maharashtra’s age-old Lonar lake and nearby structures
Lonar Lake in Buldhana district, Maharashtra — India's only known basaltic meteor impact crater and a Ramsar-designated wetland — faces an unprecedented ecol...
Union Budget | Rs 20,000 cr for Carbon Capture Utilisation and Storage tech: How it works, and the push for it
The Union Budget 2026-27 allocated Rs 20,000 crore over five years for a dedicated Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) scheme targeting industrial...