DTE Analysis: Siberia witnesses over 150% rise in air pollution

Estimates suggest emissions due to fires may turn atmospheric carbon sink Siberian taiga forests into source of carbon

CSE-DTE mark World Environment Day with release of State of India’s Environment 2023: In Figures

A highlight of this year’s report is a ranking of Indian states on parameters like environment, agriculture, public health and infrastructure

The war in Ukraine hasn’t left Europe freezing in the dark, but it has caused energy crises in unexpected places

Europe’s intensive energy stockpiling in the summer of 2022 caused a huge jump in global prices for LNG. Many utilities in less developed …

Gender gaps in food: 150 million more women went hungry than men in 2021

Over 800 million went hungry last year; Gender equality and food security directly related, says report

Russia, Ukraine reach landmark deal to resume Kyiv’s grain exports from Black Sea ports

The deal opens a path for significant volumes of commercial food exports from three key Ukrainian ports in the Black Sea namely Odesa, …

Talks on toxins

Nuclear contamination

Russia ratifies Kyoto Protocol

Overwhelming approval by both houses of Parliament

Who's afraid of the Kyoto Protocol?

Russian president Putin?

Putin's passion

Are Amur tigers ‘re-wilding’ China?

A camera-trap video recently captured a tiger family deep inside China

Africa is being courted by China, Russia and the US. Why the continent shouldn’t pick sides

World order is undergoing a structural transformation and the continent is an obvious contender for major power courting 

Russia—Ukraine war has nearly doubled household energy costs worldwide — new study

Rising energy prices are making households more vulnerable to energy poverty, particularly during the cold season

Russia to supply 100 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccine to India

The pharmaceutical company will carry out phase-3 clinical trials and distribution of the vaccine under the agreement; Indian manufacturers …

COP27: Russian invasion of Ukraine released 8 million tonnes carbon till September, says report

At least 1.4 million tonnes of GHG emissions have been released due to the movement of refugees, both within Ukraine and to Europe due to the …

India to set up 12 nuclear plants with Russian collaboration

India has agreed to identify a second site, in addition to Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, for construction of the Russian-designed plants

UN chief slams ‘immoral’ profiteering from fossil fuels amid global energy crisis

Calls for windfall tax to fund fair policies and sustainable energy solutions  

India should not prefer Russian COVID-19 vaccine over own: Vaccinologist Peter Hotez

India has a golden chance to emerge as a superpower; vaccine dissemination would be a paramount challenge, Hotez says in an …

UN issues seven licences for deep sea mining

Licences have been awarded to mining companies from India, the UK, Germany, Brazil, Singapore and Russia

Kyoto in trouble

Russia may not ratify it. And even if it does, it's not going to do so anytime soon. That was the message, loud and clear, from the Russian …

Requiem for the world we know

South Africa topples Tunisia as most food secure — what are the lessons for sub–Saharan Africa

Governments must employ multi-pronged approach to ensure affordability, availability, quality and safety of food

South African president works with cabinet on nuclear matters, says official statement

Government denies opposition charge that the president negotiated the nuclear deal with Russia alone

Money rains

Pollutants discharged from Russian smelters, worth millions of dollars, can be profitably extracted

Germs of terror

As terrorists arm themselves with biological weapons, India wakes up to find how ill equipped it is to face this deadly reality