Plastics may be affordable and convenient but their production burdens people living near the refineries. Fossil fuel extraction and the manufacture of polymers, the source of plastics, are associated ...

New research from 141 Indian cities reveals that seasonal climate and geography lead to contrasting regional signatures of ...

On August 5, Dharali, a village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, was hit by a flash flood in the Himalayan stream Kheer Gad, leaving at least 68 people missing and one dead. Rapid construction over the ...

Initiated in the early 1970s, the Mandal dam remains unfinished, displacing hundreds of families without full compensation. Despite fresh clearances and reduced reservoir levels, locals say jobs, land ...

The activism around Kerala’s Silent Valley was a grassroots movement to protect the pristine forests from being submerged by a proposed hydroelectric dam, highlighting the conflict between ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. An investigation by a state government body alleges key documents were forged to secure clearances for mining in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand forest ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Schools in India have seen increasing disruptions due to extreme weather events, over the last few years. Many Indian states witnessed long spells ...

Agrivoltaics, or harvesting crops and solar energy from the same plot of land, has been around in India for over a decade, but scalability remains a challenge. In the National Capital Region and ...

An automated ice reservoir is built in Igoo village in Ladakh. Fitted with sensors, valves, a control panel and an automatic weather station, the ice reservoir holds four million litres of water and ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In April 2024, the members of Bengaluru’s Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) decided to record a woodland near Manyata Tech Park in the city’s ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – ...

Cricket has deep roots in Kashmir. The region’s rich history of bat manufacturing, dating back to the 19th century, contributes significantly to the local economy and culture. The Kashmiri cricket bat ...