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Heat is a disaster now. What does that mean for workers?
Climate Change

Heat is a disaster now. What does that mean for workers?

Avinash Kumar Chanchal
4 min read
Workers must be put at the centre of India’s heat response plans and the existing occupational safety framework strengthened accordingly
Drought spreads despite heavy rainfall events as kharif crops face moisture stress
Agriculture

Drought spreads despite heavy rainfall events as kharif crops face moisture stress

Shagun
4 min read
Northeast India worst-hit, with 58% area under drought, followed by west & south
India on e-wheels: A plan to bring e-mobility-lagging Jammu and Kashmir back on track
Air

India on e-wheels: A plan to bring e-mobility-lagging Jammu and Kashmir back on track

Bhagirath
3 min read
An EV policy is being formulated for the Union Territory, and the transport subsidy scheme is being revised to promote EVs
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Drought spreads despite heavy rainfall events as kharif crops face moisture stress
Agriculture

Drought spreads despite heavy rainfall events as kharif crops face moisture stress

By
Shagun
4 min read
India on e-wheels: A plan to bring e-mobility-lagging Jammu and Kashmir back on track
Air

India on e-wheels: A plan to bring e-mobility-lagging Jammu and Kashmir back on track

By
Bhagirath
3 min read
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
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