https://www.downtoearth.org.in/climate-change/wb-imf-spring-meetings-leaders-confront-geopolitical-crisis-global-climate-agenda-threatened-by-us https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-21/h81xxm8q/Spring-Meetings.jpg Delegates at the meeting. downtoearth en 2026-04-21T03:50:33.287Z WB-IMF Spring meetings: Leaders confront geopolitical crisis, global climate agenda threatened by US Climate Change, United States, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), West Asia conflict, WB-IMF Spring meetings 2026, Climate Change Action Plan https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/wildfires-in-north-america-are-changing-the-fire-calendar-becoming-longer-more-intense-and-harder-to-control-study https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/kwpw86dd/iStock-1200452781.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-20T12:40:14.699Z Wildfires in North America are changing the fire calendar, becoming longer, more intense and harder to control: Study Forests, Climate Change, Environment, Drought, wildfires, United States, Forest Fires, Canada, North America, Extreme weather, fire science https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/aravallis-being-torn-asunder https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/phbcgjay/Aravallis-1.jpg The debate over defining the Aravallis is on. https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/2frrufbp/Aravallis-2.jpg But, across these ancient hills, activities that will kill them are on as well. https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/pg9fgfcw/Aravallis-3.jpg Even as debate rages, India’s oldest hills are dying every passing second and minute. downtoearth en 2026-04-20T11:58:20.546Z Aravallis being torn asunder Governance, Environment, Rajasthan, Alwar, Aravallis, tijara, Supreme Court Aravallis https://www.downtoearth.org.in/environment/daily-court-digest-major-environment-orders-april-17-2026 https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/ws5sda7r/court.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-20T11:15:04.506Z Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 17, 2026) Environment, Industrial Pollution, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Air Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Ganga pollution, Sewage management https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/simply-put-village-and-the-city https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/4fzalh8m/Simply-Put-20-Apr-hero-image-copy.jpg https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/cc1agyva/Simply-Put-20-Apr-Gas-and-Food-copy.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-20T10:56:11.974Z Simply Put: Village and the city Governance, Food, Energy, LPG, Iran-Israel War 2026, Gas shortage, Food scarcity https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/decentralised-water-conservation-structures-are-critical-for-india-not-as-substitutes-but-as-complements-to-large-irrigation-systems https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/dt490niu/ANadismalljohadinvillageLaporiyaRajasthan.jpg A small ‘johad’ in Laporiya village, Rajasthan. downtoearth en 2026-04-20T10:15:28.569Z Decentralised water conservation structures are critical for India, not as substitutes, but as complements to large irrigation systems Water, Gujarat, Irrigation, Rajasthan, Dams, Canals, Johad https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/rural-indias-energy-crisis-in-mandlas-forest-villages-mud-stove-still-burns-strong https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/zgjzivvu/IMG7082.jpeg Daily meals at Chaugan village resident Sonu Parte’s home are cooked on a traditional mud chulha, fuelled by firewood, farm residue and dung cakes. https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/rdspgjag/NDP_3920.JPG Sonu Parte and his brother in their house. https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/t56ygkg6/shakuntala_and_her_husband.JPG Shakuntala Pandro and her husband have a monthly income of Rs 3,000-4,000, rendering LPG cylinders unaffordable. https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/95i1pk12/Mandla-District-map-2-1.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-20T09:48:17.036Z Rural India’s energy crisis: In Mandla’s forest villages, mud stove still burns strong Energy, energy poverty, Madhya Pradesh, energy access, National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), LPG, Mandla (D), clean cooking, Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), Rural India’s energy crisis, India rural economy, biomass fuels https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/msp-in-india-its-not-just-about-price https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/w0pcms0p/Grain-Mandi.jpg A ‘mandi’ or wholesale market. downtoearth en 2026-04-20T09:27:55.515Z MSP in India: It’s not just about price Agriculture, Minimum Support Price (MSP), Mandi, Wholesale Market, Pricing https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/vanishing-shadows-why-conserving-the-himalayan-wolf-in-kashmir-is-crucial-for-ecosystem-balance https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/rq78an5t/Image-3-Pahalgam.JPG In Pahalgam, a wolf moves calmly across high-slope scrub under the weak winter sun. https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/ma37ofwx/Image-2-Sonmarg.JPG A pair of wolves in Sonamarg. downtoearth en 2026-04-20T08:49:02.769Z Vanishing shadows: Why conserving the Himalayan wolf in Kashmir is crucial for ecosystem balance Wildlife & Biodiversity, Wolves, Wild Boar, Jammu and Kashmir, Snow Leopard, kashmir valley, hangul deer, porcupine https://www.downtoearth.org.in/science-technology/rethinking-the-report-card-b-schools-must-reimagine-assessment-in-the-age-of-ai https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/ysfamxl0/IIM-Ahmedabad.jpg IIM Ahmedabad. downtoearth en 2026-04-20T07:42:03.585Z Rethinking the report card: B-Schools must reimagine assessment in the Age of AI Science & Technology, assessment, pedagogy, Artificial intelligence (AI), B-Schools, large language model (LLM) https://www.downtoearth.org.in/governance/conservation-must-protect-its-most-proactive-stakeholder-tribals https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/81wh2tj9/Odisha-Tribals.jpg Woman from the Kutia tribe in the Odisha region of India, resting at the door of her house. downtoearth en 2026-04-20T06:58:20.394Z Conservation must protect its most proactive stakeholder, tribals Governance, Indigenous Peoples, conservation, adivasis, Tribals, Human-Wildife Conflict https://www.downtoearth.org.in/forests/madagascars-ancient-baobabs-store-700-years-of-climate-secrets-what-they-reveal https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/geg4sx6o/iStock-453912461.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-20T06:45:28.991Z Madagascar’s ancient baobabs store 700 years of climate secrets — what they reveal Forests, Climate Change, World, Madagascar, Global Warming, Trees, climate resilience, baobab tree, Natural world, African Baobab Trees, Baobab, Isotopes, Stalagmites https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/when-snow-quietly-blooms https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-20/wjeabirc/snowdrop.jpeg Snowdrops. downtoearth en 2026-04-20T04:49:55.654Z When snow quietly blooms Wildlife & Biodiversity, United States, SNOW, Flora, flowers, Snowdrops https://www.downtoearth.org.in/waste/how-abandoned-frp-boats-are-hurting-indias-fishers https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-19/8k2tcpbb/FRP-Boats.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-19T08:01:02.159Z How abandoned FRP boats are hurting India’s fishers Waste, Kochi, marine litter, docuseries, fibre reinforced plastic (FRP), ICAR-CIFT https://www.downtoearth.org.in/agriculture/gobar-times-all-about-farmer-producer-organisations https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-19/wbn095l7/0.747617001776427721farmer-producer-organisations-2.jpg downtoearth en 2026-04-19T07:33:28.635Z Gobar Times: All about Farmer Producer Organisations Agriculture, Farmers, Gobar Times, FPOs, market challenges https://www.downtoearth.org.in/water/nearly-a-third-of-stps-discharge-untreated-sewage-into-ganga-in-uttarakhand-despite-rs-1000-crore-spend-cag-report https://gumlet.assettype.com/downtoearth/2026-04-19/pw0s0adv/down-to-earthimportlibrarylarge2023-08-290.237078001693290498istock-1331262006.avif downtoearth en 2026-04-19T05:48:57.031Z Nearly a third of STPs discharge untreated sewage into Ganga in Uttarakhand despite Rs 1,000 crore spend: CAG report Water, uttarakhand, Sewage Treatment Plant (STP), Haridwar, Ganga Action Plan, Clean Ganga Mission, National Mission for Clean Ganga, CAG audit report, Clean ganga, NGT Act, national clean ganga mission, Namami Gange Programme, NMCG, Fecal coliform