How to monitor the bushfires raging across Australia

A guide to help Australians and their overseas family and friends source useful information and monitor 

Modi flags off 107th Indian Science Congress

The theme of the Bengaluru congregation is 'Science and Technology: Rural Development'

First-of-its kind turtle rehab centre comes up in Bihar

To be inaugurated this month, the centre will house injured and sick turtles rescued from smugglers

Coming up in 2020: Offshore, carbon capture to be energy sector’s buzzwords

Pressure on countries to fulfil energy aspirations alongside keeping the environment clean will fuel their growth

More than 10,000 farmers, farm hands committed suicide in 2017

NCRB points out decrease in toll since 2013

Yet another seer sits on fast-unto-death for Ganga

Bihar girl Padmavati demands action against mining, stricter norms for dams

Tribals observe 14th anniversary of Odisha’s Kalinganagar firing incident

Closure on the tragedy has still not come about, say tribal leaders

Sunita Narain ‘national climate leader’ from India for 2019

Non-profit Climate Scorecard's first National Climate Leader awardee list published in Global Spotlight Report #22 

Coming up in 2020: Measles, AMR big health challenges

Many countries are no more 'Measles-free'; antimicrobial resistance is a worry for India too

Coming up in 2020: Air pollution to figure in a number of developments

From new BS-VI standards in Delhi to likely entry of more electric vehicles to efforts for combating stubble fires, India will be stepping up its battle against the menace

NITI Ayog's SDG report flags huge worries about hunger, poverty in India

Poor show by 25 states on food security and malnutrition Sustainable Development Index 2019 

Ten zero-waste cities: How Malabon in the Philippines took on the challenge of waste

One of the city's districts, Portrero, institutionalised its zero waste programme through policies; it success at waste reduct are now being emulated by other districts both, in the city and country

Look back at the decade: Plastics

Second decade of the new millenium: Anti-plastic campaign starts from the seas

Look back at the decade: Food

The second decade of the millenium saw the spread of permaculture in India

Look back at the decade: Unemployment

Outtake from the second decade of the new millemium: India desperately needs to avail jobs for its ever increasing youth population

Look back at the decade: Extinction

Future loss of species to reduce plant production

Look back at the decade: Geopolitics

At the end of the second decade of the millenium no one knows how human activity would affect its pristine ecology

Look back at the decade: Generic drugs

Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector saw a bull run of sorts

Look back at the decade: Solar energy

In the second decade of the millenium, everyone wanted a piece of the pie in the sky

India’s forest cover goes up by nearly 3% this decade; but all is not well

'Very dense forests', which absorb maximum carbon dioxide from the atmosphere, increased by a mere 1.14 % between 2017 and 2019, according to the State of India’s forest Report 2019

Ten zero-waste cities: How Capannori inspired other European municipalities on zero waste

Taking a proactive, holistic approach and involving residents in all stages of policy development were key elements that led the Italian commune to top European waste prevention leagues