Once hunted and butchered for oil and meat, the whale shark is now being rescued by the fishers in the Arabian sea coast. The conservation movement that started in Gujarat has now reached the ...

When a thermal power plant in Talcher, Odisha, closed, local markets that once thrived on workers’ daily spending, collapsed, leaving shopkeepers and small vendors struggling to survive. After decades ...

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 ...

Innovators are transforming flower waste into vegan leather, biodegradable packaging material and sustainable fragrances. Energy-efficient techniques are being developed to preserve the economic value ...

A research team is drilling boreholes in Mount Everest’s Western Cwm to measure glacier temperatures and understand why Himalayan glaciers are warming and melting faster than expected. Data from the ...

China’s plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam on its side of the Brahmaputra has renewed the Indian government’s interest in building its own mega dam, the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in ...

Farmers in Andhra Pradesh shifted from monocropping to crop diversification, with micro-irrigation reducing water use. Despite this, cash crops dominate due to market pressures and flawed government ...

Delhi hosts seven biodiversity parks, which were restored from degraded lands to serve as urban forests, providing ecological benefits. Initiatives such as converting mining pits into orchid and ...

Studies have highlighted the abundance of wild edible greens along organic paddy fields which have long supported the nutritional and medicinal needs of indigenous ...

The villages of Loliem and Poingunim in south Goa petitioned the union environment ministry, demanding they be included in the upcoming Eco Sensitive Areas notification. A proposed Film City on a ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. India, the world’s largest user of groundwater, consumes 87% of it for irrigation and 11% for domestic use. However, this vital resource is ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. On December 26, 2004, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands changed forever. A tremor stirred 30 kilometres deep beneath the ocean floor in the Sunda ...