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HT interview: New rules on animal testing must take India forward, not backwards, says Maneka Gandhi

India, Oct. 26 -- The Centre's draft rules governing animal experimentation have triggered concerns among animal rights groups, which say the changes could weaken independent oversight and make it eas... Read More


In a first, UN's Loss and Damage Fund sets aside $21.6 million for Nepal for Bhote Koshi disaster

India, Oct. 23 -- For the first time since it was operationalised at COP 28, the United Nations' (UN) Loss and Damage Fund has provisionally approved $20 million plus $1.6 million in oversight fees fo... Read More


joshi: 30% of India's cropland technically fit for agrivoltaics

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- An estimated 47.5 million hectares, or approximately 30%, of India's 160 million hectares of cropland should be technically suitable for agrivoltaics-where solar panels are insta... Read More


At current pace, global warming could reach 2.8degC this century: UNEP

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duratio... Read More


joshi: 30% of India's cropland technically fit for agrivoltaics

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- An estimated 47.5 million hectares, or approximately 30%, of India's 160 million hectares of cropland should be technically suitable for agrivoltaics-where solar panels are insta... Read More


At current pace, global warming could reach 2.8degC this century: UNEP

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duratio... Read More


joshi: 30% of India's cropland technically fit for agrivoltaics

New Delhi, Oct. 22 -- An estimated 47.5 million hectares, or approximately 30%, of India's 160 million hectares of cropland should be technically suitable for agrivoltaics-where solar panels are insta... Read More


If current policies continue, warming could reach 2.8degC within this century: UN report

India, Oct. 21 -- With global temperature rise set to exceed 1.5degC above pre-industrial levels, urgent and stringent cuts to greenhouse emissions are needed to minimize the magnitude and duration of... Read More


Solar rooftop installations in West Bengal rise by nearly 7 times via central scheme

India, Oct. 21 -- Rooftop solar installations across west Bengal, as part of the PM Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojna solar rooftop scheme, have shot up by nearly seven times since May 2026, coinciding wit... Read More


Govt working on central scheme on agrivoltaics

India, Oct. 20 -- The central government will come up with a scheme to incentivise states to adopt agrivoltaics, solar panels installed on top of existing farms, to push the country's installed solar ... Read More