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Tourism and human activity are stressing India’s tigers, affecting choice of breeding sites: CSIR-CCMB study
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Tourism and human activity are stressing India’s tigers, affecting choice of breeding sites: CSIR-CCMB study

DTE Staff
2 min read
First multi-reserve study on tigers for over two years shows shrinking spaces for tigresses to breed healthily
Fuelwood demand emerges as major driver of global forest loss: UN report
Forests

Fuelwood demand emerges as major driver of global forest loss: UN report

Puja Das
3 min read
South America & Africa record steepest losses; restoration pledges lag behind
Internally displaced people are those who have been forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict, violence, or disasters and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.
Governance

Over 82 million people displaced within their own countries in 2025 as conflict and violence drive global crisis

Vivek Mishra
7 min read
The latest Global Report on Internal Displacement says the number of people forced from their homes but still living within their own countries has more than doubled in a decade, with wars in Sudan, P ...
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Tourism and human activity are stressing India’s tigers, affecting choice of breeding sites: CSIR-CCMB study
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Tourism and human activity are stressing India’s tigers, affecting choice of breeding sites: CSIR-CCMB study

By
DTE Staff
2 min read
Fuelwood demand emerges as major driver of global forest loss: UN report
Forests

Fuelwood demand emerges as major driver of global forest loss: UN report

By
Puja Das
3 min read
Internally displaced people are those who have been forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict, violence, or disasters and who have not crossed an internationally recognized State border.
Governance

Over 82 million people displaced within their own countries in 2025 as conflict and violence drive global crisis

By
Vivek Mishra
7 min read
India’s heat plans are growing, but the real test lies beyond policy: Experts
Climate Change

India’s heat plans are growing, but the real test lies beyond policy: Experts

By
Shreya Bisht
4 min read
Cooling appliances now drive India’s household power use
Energy

Cooling appliances now drive India’s household electricity use

By
Puja Das
3 min read
Record wildfires burn through over 150 million hectares globally in 2026 as scientists warn El Niño could worsen crisis
Climate Change

Record wildfires burn through over 150 million hectares globally in 2026 as scientists warn El Niño could worsen crisis

By
Akshit Sangomla
4 min read
Debt crisis deepens gender inequality, putting millions of women’s jobs and lives at risk: UNDP
Economy

Debt crisis deepens gender inequality, puts millions of women’s jobs, lives at risk: UNDP

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 8, 2026)
Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 8, 2026)

By
DTE Staff
4 min read
Cascade of geopolitical shocks since Ukraine invasion has handed agrifood corporations a windfall: Report
Food

Cascade of geopolitical shocks has handed agrifood corporations a windfall: Report

By
Shagun
4 min read
MGNREGA to formally cease from July 1
Governance

MGNREGA to formally cease from July 1

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
Fossil fuel wealth fails Africa’s development promise, says report
Africa

Fossil fuel wealth fails Africa’s development promise, says report

By
Puja Das
3 min read
Why is May cool? There are nine weather systems active over India or the surrounding seas currently, says IMD
Climate Change

Why is May cool? Varied weather systems have been active over India or the surrounding seas this month

By
Akshit Sangomla
2 min read
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