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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2025)

14 hours ago

5 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 9, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 9, 2025)

10 Oct 2025

4 min read

Human-led land conversion in 2023 totaled 28.6 megahectares, reveals first global land change monitoring system

Human-led land conversion in 2023 totaled 28.6 megahectares, reveals first global land change monitoring system

09 Oct 2025

2 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 8, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 8, 2025)

09 Oct 2025

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2025)

09 Oct 2025

3 min read

Daily Heat Tracker: Minicoy, Chennai and Diu record highest night-time temperature

Daily Heat Tracker: Unseasonal rain cools cities across India

08 Oct 2025

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 6, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 6, 2025)

07 Oct 2025

4 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 26, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 1, 2025)

01 Oct 2025

2 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 30, 2025)

30 Sep 2025

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 29, 2025)

30 Sep 2025

4 min read

Cold Desert named India’s 13th UNESCO biosphere reserve

Cold Desert named India’s 13th UNESCO biosphere reserve

28 Sep 2025

2 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 26, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 26, 2025)

26 Sep 2025

3 min read

News

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 13, 2025)

14 hours ago

5 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 9, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 9, 2025)

10 Oct 2025

4 min read

Human-led land conversion in 2023 totaled 28.6 megahectares, reveals first global land change monitoring system

Human-led land conversion in 2023 totaled 28.6 megahectares, reveals first global land change monitoring system

09 Oct 2025

2 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 8, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 8, 2025)

09 Oct 2025

3 min read

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2025)

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 7, 2025)

09 Oct 2025

3 min read

Daily Heat Tracker: Minicoy, Chennai and Diu record highest night-time temperature

Daily Heat Tracker: Unseasonal rain cools cities across India

08 Oct 2025

Interviews

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

‘Fragile terrain not the cause of tunnel collapse but an excuse’

17 Feb 2025

7 min read

In war-ravaged South Sudan, environmental conservation is being used as a clarion call to bring peace

In war-ravaged South Sudan, environmental conservation is being used as a clarion call to bring peace

Ngala Killian Chimtom

11 Feb 2025

7 min read

Western societies cannot do without migrants: Amitav Ghosh

Western societies cannot do without migrants: Amitav Ghosh

14 Jan 2025

8 min read

There are big companies in China lobbying to build dams: Claude Arpi

There are big companies in China lobbying to build dams: Claude Arpi

11 Jan 2025

4 min read

‘Manufacturers manipulate chemicals to escape regulations’

‘Manufacturers manipulate chemicals to escape regulations’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

20 Dec 2024

3 min read

‘Multinational companies think they are above the law’

‘Multinational companies think they are above the law’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

18 Dec 2024

5 min read

‘Chemicals being invented, released too rapidly for scientists to track’

‘Chemicals being invented, released too rapidly for scientists to track’

Rohini Krishnamurthy

17 Dec 2024

5 min read

The ‘Ateshgah’ in Baku was actually a Jvala Mukhi temple dedicated to Goddess Durga and maintained by Indian merchants during the 17th-19th centuries. It was often mistaken to be a Zoroastrian fire temple by visitors.

One of the most significant Indian merchant communities during the 17th-19th centuries was in Baku: Scott Cameron Levi

15 Nov 2024

6 min read

Blog (Environment)

Vehicles queuing at a gas station during the 2022 crisis in Sri Lanka

Renewables have now passed coal globally — and growth is fastest in countries like Bhutan and Nepal

Reihana Mohideen

09 Oct 2025

4 min read

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat — a geographer explains how to restore them

Florida’s 1,100 natural springs are under threat — a geographer explains how to restore them

Christopher F Meindl

07 Oct 2025

5 min read

Green isn’t always clean: Rethinking urban tree plantation for cleaner air

Green isn’t always clean: Rethinking urban tree plantation for cleaner air

01 Oct 2025

4 min read

Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water

01 Oct 2025

4 min read

Videos (Environment)

Delhi’s Rs 523 crore plan to tackle dust pollution this winter

Delhi’s Rs 523 crore plan to tackle dust pollution this winter

09 Oct 2025

2 min read

India’s sky threat: AI 171 Ahmedabad crash sparks focus on bird strikes

India’s sky threat: AI 171 Ahmedabad crash sparks focus on bird strikes

19 Jun 2025

1 min read

Kashmir’s new rail link sparks celebration and concern

Kashmir’s new rail link sparks celebration and concern

14 Jun 2025

1 min read

David Attenborough turns 99: His latest film ‘Ocean’ talks about how Earth’s most important place can bounce back

David Attenborough turns 99: His latest film ‘Ocean’ talks about how Earth’s most important place can bounce back

08 May 2025

1 min read

Books (Environment)

Book Excerpt: The real Hindustan

Book Excerpt: The real Hindustan

11 Oct 2025

3 min read

Book Excerpt: Of Gujarat, Kachchh and pastoral nomads of the western desert

Book Excerpt: Of Gujarat, Kachchh and pastoral nomads of the western desert

15 Feb 2025

4 min read

In leading role again

In leading role again

Aditya Zharotia

21 Dec 2024

6 min read

Recap 2024: Narratives

Recap 2024: Narratives

16 Dec 2024

1 min read

Explore More (Environment)

A mighty tree falls

A mighty tree falls

Vikas Choudhary

08 Oct 2025

1 min read

Delhi roads choc-a-bloc as Diwali countdown begins

Delhi roads choc-a-bloc as Diwali countdown begins

Vikas Choudhary

03 Oct 2025

1 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

01 Oct 2025

3 min read

Highlights from the issue

Highlights from the issue

16 Sep 2025

3 min read

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