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How supply-chain cruelty drives hidden costs for farmers, workers, and consumers
Agriculture

How supply-chain cruelty drives hidden costs for farmers, workers, and consumers

Subroto Gupta
4 min read
Reimagining supply chains around dignity is hard-headed economics. And it may be one of the smartest investments we can make in the future of food
President of South Korea Lee Jae-myung with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Energy

India, Korea ink 16 MoUs amid inflation and energy risks; target 18% trade growth, US deal ‘near final’

Puja Das
5 min read
India, Korea bet on semiconductors, green energy and e-mobility to double trade and build resilient supply chains
€25.4 trillion in economic value lost annually, finds Circularity Gap report
Waste

€25.4 trillion in economic value lost annually, finds Circularity Gap report

Madhumita Paul
2 min read
For every €3 of economic value created globally, around €1 is lost due to linear material use
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President of South Korea Lee Jae-myung with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Energy
India, Korea ink 16 MoUs amid inflation and energy risks; target 18% trade growth, US deal ‘near final’
By
Puja Das
5 min read
€25.4 trillion in economic value lost annually, finds Circularity Gap report
Waste
€25.4 trillion in economic value lost annually, finds Circularity Gap report
By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Clean energy meets entire demand growth as renewables overtake coal: Ember report
Energy
Clean energy meets entire global demand growth as renewables overtake coal: Ember report
By
Puja Das
6 min read
WB-IMF Spring meetings: Leaders confront geopolitical crisis, global climate agenda threatened by US
Climate Change
WB-IMF Spring meetings: Leaders confront geopolitical crisis, global climate agenda threatened by US
By
Sehr Raheja
5 min read
Wildfires in North America are changing the fire calendar, becoming longer, more intense and harder to control: Study
Forests
Wildfires in North America are changing the fire calendar, becoming longer, more intense and harder to control: Study
By
Himanshu Nitnaware
4 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 2026)
Environment
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 2026)
By
DTE Staff
3 min read
Daily meals at Chaugan village resident Sonu Parte’s home are cooked on a traditional mud chulha, fuelled by firewood, farm residue and dung cakes.
Energy
Rural India’s energy crisis: In Mandla’s forest villages, mud stove still burns strong
By
Puja Das
6 min read
Gobar Times: All about Farmer Producer Organisations
Agriculture
Gobar Times: All about Farmer Producer Organisations
By
Rajesh Krishnan
1 min read
Nearly a third of STPs discharge untreated sewage into Ganga in Uttarakhand despite Rs 1,000 crore spend: CAG report
Water
Nearly a third of STPs discharge untreated sewage into Ganga in Uttarakhand despite Rs 1,000 crore spend: CAG report
By
Vivek Mishra
7 min read
Villagers put up signboards marking the Dudhli Gram Sabha and the Community Forest Conservation Committee;
Governance
Village near Mussoorie erects barriers and removes sale boards to protect forest land amid encroachment concerns
By
Varsha Singh
3 min read
When bonds break: Chimpanzee ‘civil war’ challenges assumptions about how wars begin, researchers say
Wildlife & Biodiversity
When bonds break: Chimpanzee ‘civil war’ challenges assumptions about how wars begin, researchers say
By
Himanshu Nitnaware
4 min read
Perfect stranger
Wildlife & Biodiversity
Perfect stranger
By
P Gowri Shankar
3 min read
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