Environment (Protection) Act: 39 changes made to rules in 2 years of pandemic, shows report
Most relaxations & exemptions made for development projects through gazette notifications, office memorandums, orders
Special Relationship: New Anglo-American energy partnership is Western fossil fuel hypocrisy at its best
Instead of filling the gap left by Russian fossil fuels with renewables, the UK has signed a deal with its traditional transatlantic ally which …
COVID-19 has aggravated challenges to manage forests: UN Report
New UN report calls for greater sustainability and a greener, more inclusive economy to tackle the threats of COVID-19, climate change and …
Sexual assault under POCSO Act: A child rights perspective
When the Act is subject to interpretation, it is overshadowed with enhanced possibilities to overlook the spirit and objective of the law, as a …
Look back at the decade: Water Scarcity
In this series to highlight what was crucial in the second decade of the new millenium we now look at how water management became the debate point
Supreme Court holds emergency hearing on Delhi air pollution
Just Arun Mishra cites Right to Life as of utmost importance, expresses displeasure on Centre & Delhi govts blaming each other
Delhi notifies first-ever parking rules to restrain vehicle use, cut air pollution
The rule probibits parking in green areas, parks, footpaths, bus stops and intersections
Israel's fiscal standoff impacts environment, health of Palestinians: UNCTAD
People living in Gaza, the West Bank including East Jerusalem are facing major shortage of electricity, access to good quality water, destruction …
Central banks are waking up to climate change dangers. It’s about time
Addressing climate change requires central banks to encourage financial institutions to favour certain types of activities over others
Spirit of forest law being quashed in Gujarat
Petitioners approach Gujarat High Court over rejection of 1,13,000 claims out of the 1,82,000 individual claims from across the 13 districts
Red sanders is now free of export restrictions
Earlier 3,000 Indian farmers involved in cultivating the red-coloured wood couldn’t find any takers in domestic market
Himachal Pradesh’s decision to put wasteland in land bank undermines FRA
The state’s request to put degraded forest land in a land bank comes at a time when the government has been dragging its feet on …
Why the African free trade area could be the game-changer for the continent’s economies
Trade and financial integration are both about countries exporting to and importing from each other. The two are often referred to as economic …
Summer bushfires: How are the plant and animal survivors 6 months on? We mapped their recovery
Australia roared into 2020 as a land on fire. The human and property loss was staggering, but the damage to nature was equally hard to fathom
Nearly 3 bln animals perished in Australian bushfires: WWF study
An estimated 143 million mammals, 180 million birds, 51 million frogs and 2.5 billion reptiles affected
Elvish Yadav Arrest: Why does snake venom give a ‘kick’ to ‘psychonauts’?
2022 paper published by AIIMS Jodhpur researchers states snake venom intoxication relatively common in India, although less reported in medical …
Fishy business: Millions of people missing out on their fair share of aquatic foods
Nearly 800 million people across the world depend on marine and freshwater foods
World Consumer Rights Day: Know your digital rights
Some immediete steps: Skip the skip button, the quick log-in economy
The future of Indian agriculture lies with ‘atmanirbhar' farmers
Paradigm shift needed: Policy makers must shift focus to sustainability from production
No evidence of COVID-19 transmission through food, say scientists
Packaging of food is not a source of contamination, according to experts
India to develop policy to deal with stranded marine species
Union government developing a policy to conserve the marine turtle population
Antibiotic resistance: China battles population, size
Health care reform since 2011 bear results but more needs to be done
E-retrofitment: India’s key to fleet electrification and Net Zero emissions
Safe & profitable functioning of e-retrofitment industry will underpin India’s transition to electric mobility
Davos 2023: Rich nations must help poor counterparts’ small farmers to transform food systems, says RK Singh
India will soon have enough green ammonia to cease importing ammonia-based fertilisers, which account for a significant portion of its import …
Lack of indigenous people’s participation big barrier to mainstreaming of biodiversity: FAO
Some 15 per cent of global forests are managed as community resources by indigenous peoples and local communities