Translocation project shelved after Satkosia loses second tiger from MP

While Sundari was recently captured after it killed two people, Mahavir was found dead yesterday 

Groundwater exploitation linked to rise in India's carbon emissions: study

Billions of liters of groundwater pumped out contributes to carbon emissions in 2 ways - emissions released due to pumps and carbon dioxide released due to bicarbonate extraction

Cyclone Gaja live analysis: This is the 13th depression this year, highest in 26 years

The storm has turned severe and will hit Tamil Nadu today evening

14 ways citizens and govt can help reduce air pollution in Delhi

An environmentalist suggests few solutions, which, if adopted by both the administration and the people, can better the capital’s air quality

Mountain Gorillas back from the brink

The Great Ape species now numbers 1,000, up from 680 a decade ago

Why Tanzania’s army is buying country's entire cashew nut

A crisis brimming in Tanzania over the price of cashews has led to a spate of twists and turns   

Consumer demand doesn't let countries ban import of cheap used cars

Despite taking measures, low- and middle-income countries are struggling to stave off cheap vehicle dumping

Rains bring some respite from severe air pollution

That’s no guarantee though that air quality would not deteriorate. The authorities should use the respite days to better plan how to implement banning private cars if things get out of hand

Cylone Gaja to make landfall further south: IMD

The forecasted track of the cyclone would now take it between the towns of Cuddalore and Pamban

Shoot-to-kill orders issued in Uttarakhand town for leopard

Hunters are scouring Bageshwar and its surroundings after a leopard that was blamed for several attacks and two deaths, was declared a man eater by the Forest Department

India’s emission targets most ambitious among G20 nations

While India’s greenhouse gas emissions have doubled in last 25 years, they are still below the G20 average, says a climate change study

India and UK launch new research initiative on cancer

The partnership is aimed at finding new ways to prevent, diagnose and treat cancer with a focus on affordable approaches

India needs to balance food production with climate goals

If India wants to increase its food production without missing its climate targets, then it will need new science and technology solutions as well as behavioural changes 

Dalits, adivasis to protest in Gandhinagar for land rights

The Gujarat government is planning to give 45 lakh hectare of cultivable wasteland to corporates for farming while ignoring the landless Dalits and tribals

Long-term wind patterns over Delhi have changed, say scientists

A possible reason could be major changes in the withdrawal of monsoon from the region and the anti-cyclonic circulations that are formed in this period

Cattle slaughter ban to turn today’s girls into anaemic women: study

The research paper says that women exposed to the ban in their year of birth are 10% more likely to be anemic in their prime reproductive age

Mobile health system can help regulate hypertension, diabetes: study

Basic parameters such as blood sugar and cholesterol need to be fed into the mHealth system, called mWellcare

Definition of kilogram set to change

Since 1879, the kilogram has been defined as the weight of Le Grand K, a cylinder of platinum and iridium weighing a little over 2 ounces and kept in a locked vault in Paris. This could change soon

Lax global laws let the rich junk polluting vehicles in low-income nations

Rich nations are dumping their old, used and close-to-being-scrapped vehicles in low-income vehicle importing countries of Africa and South Asia increasing their health and climate risks

Only 10% of milk in India unsafe for human consumption, says FSSAI

The food safety authority conducts a new study with a more standardised approach after its 2011 study had “major drawbacks”

The mighty Rhine dries up

A drought blamed on climate change has badly affected the most important river in Western Europe and this has, in turn, impacted inland supplies