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MGNREGA replaced: What does the VB-G RAM G Bill 2025 mean for rural employment

India, Dec. 20 -- India's rural employment framework is undergoing its biggest change in two decades. On December 16, 2025, the Lok Sabha passed the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mis... Read More


Recent tundra fires 'exceed anything in past 3,000 years', study in Arctic Alaska shows

India, Dec. 19 -- Wildfires in the tundra, the cold, treeless biome of the Arctic, have been more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study conducted in A... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 18, 2025)

India, Dec. 19 -- Water body pollution in Punjab Authorities need to close 819 polluting sources in Punjab. The largest number of such sources in the state are under the jurisdiction of its Departmen... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 17, 2025)

India, Dec. 18 -- Daha river desiltation Bihar's Water Resources Department is responsible for the desiltation and cleaning of the Daha river. The authority has taken comprehensive and concrete steps... Read More


Hayli Gubbi volcano had little to no impact on South Asia's severe air pollution: ICIMOD analysis

India, Dec. 18 -- The recent major eruption of the Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia did not increase the dangerous levels of air pollution plaguing South Asia, an analysis by the International Centre f... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 16, 2025)

India, Dec. 17 -- NGT seeks replies from BBMB, Punjab and central agencies over alleged mismanagement of Bhakra and Pong dams and use of outdated rule curves Tribunal warns that delays in deciding en... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 15, 2025)

India, Dec. 16 -- NGT directs Delhi authorities to fast-track desilting of drains ahead of the 2026 monsoon after reviewing reports from MCD, NDMC and DDA MCD reports record silt removal in 2025, but... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 12, 2025)

India, Dec. 15 -- Meghalaya says desilting of the Myntdu river has begun and will be completed by March 2026 after damage linked to the Jowai Bypass project An NGT-appointed committee flagged lapses ... Read More


What is GRAP-IV, now in force in Delhi and the National Capital Region?

India, Dec. 14 -- Authorities in Delhi and the National Capital Region (Delhi-NCR) invoked the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP)-IV on December 13, 2025, as air quality worsened to hazardous levels. ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 11, 2025)

India, Dec. 12 -- Look into seismic, forest right issues: NGT on Bijli Mahadev ropeway project Himachal Pradesh assured the National Green Tribunal (NGT) December 9, 2025 that the issues raised in th... Read More