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Kolkata gets tree ambulance to treat plants under distress; dial 18001236219 to avail facility
Environment

Kolkata gets tree ambulance to treat plants under distress; dial 18001236219 to avail facility

Jayanta Basu
4 min read
Kolkata Municipal Corporation’s facility key for metro with lowest greenery; survey shows significant number of trees run high risk of being uprooted   
Nearly 10,500 butterflies, spiders and insects, many protected under CITES, were seized around the world
Wildlife & Biodiversity

30,000 live animals seized in global wildlife crime crackdown by Interpol

Himanshu Nitnaware
4 min read
Operation Thunder 2025 targets trafficking networks across 134 countries; seizures highlight rising trade in smaller species, including insects and plants.
A view of the dais during the closing plenary.
Africa

UN Environmental Assembly drops resolution on strengthening UNEP Nairobi headquarters

Maina Waruru
4 min read
Delegates and civil society groups say the move weakens global environmental governance
What is GRAP-IV, now in force in Delhi and the National Capital Region?
Nagaland: Tourists visiting protected area in Kohima district trigger major fire mishap
How many to cut? Controversy and opposition grow over tree felling to widen Uttarakhand’s Gangotri Highway
Rajasthan: Construction of plant billed ‘Asia’s largest ethanol project’ halted in Hanumangarh after violent protests
UNEA President Abdullah Bin Ali Al-Amri opening the meet.
Cries from the Dooars: The invisible pain of people and wildlife in the changing North Bengal forests
Half a century of elections show that the Indian voter has evolved into both citizen and auditor
Book Excerpt: Sweet Pongal
Festivals like SARAS serve as powerful platforms for decentralised empowerment
As told to Parliament (December 12, 2025): India unveils its first home-grown CRISPR therapy for affordable sickle cell treatment
The Aravalli judgement is not erosion by wind or time — it is erasure by bureaucratic language
Tapanuli orangutan (Pongo tapanuliensis)
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