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Daily weather tracker: Monsoon depression triggers heavy rain alert across Eastern and Northern India; clouds will also pour heavily over the mountains
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: Monsoon depression triggers heavy rain alert across Eastern and Northern India; clouds will also pour heavily over the mountains

Dayanidhi
3 min read
A depression over Jharkhand triggers widespread heavy rain, raising flood and landslide risks across eastern states, while Delhi and Himalayan regions remain on alert
Climate performance can not be judged on the basis of any one environmental index. A fairer assessment would require that the developers of the index examine their design choices and state them transparently.
Climate Change

Can climate rankings tell us which country is a good performer?

Chirag Dhara
4 min read
Environmental indices may appear objective, but the choices made in developing them are shaped by different worldviews that influence the results sharply
Kerala wants to airlift wildlife out of conflict zones. Can moving animals ‘solve’ the problem?
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Kerala wants to airlift wildlife out of conflict zones. Can moving animals ‘solve’ the problem?

K A Shaji
6 min read
The state is considering scientific carrying-capacity studies, translocation and even airlifting of conflict animals. Experts warn that moving wildlife can be risky and may simply shift human-wildlife ...
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Daily weather tracker: Monsoon depression triggers heavy rain alert across Eastern and Northern India; clouds will also pour heavily over the mountains
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: Monsoon depression triggers heavy rain alert across Eastern and Northern India; clouds will also pour heavily over the mountains

By
Dayanidhi
3 min read
Kerala wants to airlift wildlife out of conflict zones. Can moving animals ‘solve’ the problem?
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Kerala wants to airlift wildlife out of conflict zones. Can moving animals ‘solve’ the problem?

By
K A Shaji
6 min read
Odisha says all revenue villages electrified, but Nunaresh’s failed DRE shows how energy poverty persists beyond official coverage
Energy

Odisha says all revenue villages electrified, but Nunaresh’s failed DRE shows how energy poverty persists beyond official coverage

By
Puja Das
7 min read
Global youth jobs in jeopardy as unemployment rises and middle-skilled work shrinks: ILO
Economy

Global youth jobs in jeopardy as unemployment rises and middle-skilled work shrinks: ILO

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Human brains grew fivefold in 4 million years, thanks to natural plant sugars
Food

Human brains grew fivefold in 4 million years, thanks to natural plant sugars

By
Bhagirath
3 min read
Nairobi meetings 2026: CBD’s crucial meetings end with a set of heavily bracketed recommendations for COP17
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Nairobi meetings 2026: CBD’s crucial discussions end with heavily bracketed recommendations for COP17

By
Vibha Varshney
2 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 12, 2026)
Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 12, 2026)

By
Susan Chacko
3 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 11, 2026)
Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 11, 2026)

By
Susan Chacko
5 min read
Banks provided $31 billion in sustainable loans to palm oil firms linked to deforestation: Global Witness Report
Forests

Banks provided $31 billion in sustainable loans to palm oil firms linked to deforestation: Global Witness Report

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal system intensifies; Red alert for West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal system intensifies; Red alert for West Bengal, Odisha and Chhattisgarh

By
Dayanidhi
3 min read
Global coal mine pipeline rises 11% to 2,521 Mtpa despite slowing demand
Energy

Global coal mine pipeline rises 11% to 2,521 Mtpa despite slowing demand

By
Puja Das
5 min read
BNHS sterilises over 2,950 dogs to save Black-necked Cranes and wildlife in Ladakh
Wildlife & Biodiversity

BNHS sterilises over 2,950 dogs to save Black-necked Cranes and wildlife in Ladakh

By
DTE Staff
3 min read
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