New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Summary Funding freeze: Allocations for MGNREGA have remained static at Rs 86,000 crore since 2023-24 despite rising inflation and demand. Huge dues: Pending liabilities total R... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court on August 11, 2025 directed the authorities concerned in the National Capital Territory of Delhi to immediately begin removing free-ranging dogs from localities... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Summary Dozens of Jenu Kuruba families have returned to ancestral forest lands in Nagarahole, sparking clashes with Karnataka's forest department. The group, classified as a Part... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Summary The Great Barrier Reef has suffered its sharpest coral loss in 39 years, with hard coral cover plunging over 70% in some areas. The 2024 mass bleaching event, the fifth s... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 can spread through the air in milking parlours, the exhaled breath of cows and contaminated wastewater, researchers have found. The ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Summary A study published in Nature revealed that European forests are losing their ability to act as carbon sinks. The main factors behind this are climate change-induced extrem... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Summary Amazon forests in Brazil burned by fires remain up to 2.6 degrees C hotter than intact forests, with heat persisting for at least 30 years. Burned forests show fundamenta... Read More
New Delhi, July 31 -- Summary The central government's refusal to amend the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, has sparked concerns among journalists, whistleblowers and RTI activists Press ... Read More
New Delhi, July 29 -- A total of 22 people have been killed by tigers in Maharashtra this year, with 11 of those deaths happening in just 17 days of May in the state's Chandrapur district. Apart from... Read More
New Delhi, July 18 -- Summary A study in Nature Reviews Biodiversity reveals that alien plant species are rapidly invading tropical ecosystems, replacing native flora and causing irreversible changes.... Read More