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MGNREGA workers protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on August 2, 2022, over delayed wages, inadequate funding and alleged corruption in the scheme.
Governance

Rural workers’ groups demand halt to VB-GRAMG Act rollout

Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
NREGA Sangharsh Morcha says new rural employment law being implemented without meaningful consultation with workers and civil society groups
Simply Put: Water cycle
Water

Simply Put: Water cycle

Sorit Gupto
1 min read
Bonn Climate Conference 2026: Health groups urge tripling adaptation finance to $120 billion by 2035
Climate Change

Bonn Climate Conference 2026: Health groups urge tripling adaptation finance to $120 billion by 2035

Puja Das
4 min read
Global Climate and Health Alliance presses rich nations at SB64 for more grant-based adaptation funds and align fossil fuel phase-out plans with a 1.5°C pathway
MGNREGA workers protest at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi, on August 2, 2022, over delayed wages, inadequate funding and alleged corruption in the scheme.
Governance

Rural workers’ groups demand halt to VB-GRAMG Act rollout

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
Bonn Climate Conference 2026: Health groups urge tripling adaptation finance to $120 billion by 2035
Climate Change

Bonn Climate Conference 2026: Health groups urge tripling adaptation finance to $120 billion by 2035

By
Puja Das
4 min read
The world has spent 35 years funding biodiversity. Why is nature still losing
Wildlife & Biodiversity

The world has spent 35 years funding biodiversity. Why is nature still losing?

By
Shimali Chauhan
6 min read
Electrified villages to biomass kitchens: Rural Uttar Pradesh’s energy reality amid global energy crisis
Energy

Rural India’s energy crisis: Why dung cakes still fuel kitchens in Uttar Pradesh villages

By
Puja Das
5 min read
The Asian tiger mosquito can survive cooler temperatures than the yellow fever mosquito, allowing it to spread into warmer former cold regions and increase the risk of local chikungunya transmission.
Climate Change

Climate change may expand chikungunya risk in North America, Europe and Asia, study says

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
19 dead, 134 injured as 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Southern Philippines
Natural Disasters

19 dead, 134 injured as 7.8 magnitude earthquake hits Southern Philippines

By
Vidushi Laroiya
2 min read
Bhutan needs more climate finance per person than any other country in the HKH region—about $2,127 per person each year.
Climate Change

Hindu Kush Himalaya countries need $12 trillion in climate finance, with India’s share at $2.69 trillion: ICIMOD

By
Puja Das
3 min read
Andaman and Nicobar Islands record India’s lowest fertility rate in NFHS-6
Health

Andaman and Nicobar Islands record India’s lowest fertility rate in NFHS-6

By
Bhagirath
3 min read
Gen Angry: Why do the youth protest so much and so often?
Economy

Gen Angry: Why do the youth protest so much and so often?

By
Richard Mahapatra
8 min read
Conflict in the backyard: Community patrols cut crop damage in north Bengal, but south Bengal’s farmers remain exposed
Agriculture

Conflict in the backyard: Community patrols cut crop damage in north Bengal, but south Bengal’s farmers remain exposed

By
Jayanta Basu
6 min read
Students of Pisavare village, who have played a key role in documenting the bird species in the village in Sahyadri mountains of Maharashtra.
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Sahyadri gets a bird village

By
Shekhar Paigude
2 min read
Conflict in the backyard: In Jharkhand, a single night of elephant raids can wipe out months of farm work
Agriculture

Conflict in the backyard: In Jharkhand, a single night of elephant raids can wipe out months of farm work

By
Niraj Sinha
6 min read
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