New Delhi, April 24 -- As global delegates prepare to gather in Geneva, Switzerland for a major chemical safety summit, Indian experts have called for an immediate ban on chlorpyrifos, a toxic pestici... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- A court in the Kenyan capital of Nairobi, has drawn international attention as it presides over a case involving the illegal trafficking of live ants. On April 15, 2025, two Be... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- At least 162 people were killed by lightning strikes across 12 Indian states between March 2025 and April 17, 2025 - a staggering 184 per cent rise compared with 57 fatalities r... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its World Economic Outlook, and it does not take an expert to deduce that, even among some of the world's top economic m... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- Urban flooding is a major problem in the global south. In west and central Africa, more than 4 million people were affected by flooding in 2024. In Ghana, cities suffer damage f... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- Perhaps it was the best they could do, given the stark inequities of resources and technology among the nations of the world and the power imbalance in international forums. Per... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- Five global oil giants - Chevron, ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Gazprom and BP - likely contributed to the deadly 1998 heatwave in India, the worst among the preceding 50 years, acc... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- In the hilly terrains of Uttarakhand, farming has traditionally leaned on wooden ploughs crafted from local trees, especially hardwood varieties found in nearby forests. While t... Read More
New Delhi, April 24 -- Implementation of Biomedical Waste Management Rules, 2016 In twelve states and Union Territories, common bio-medical waste treatment and disposal facilities (CBWTF) are being us... Read More
New Delhi, April 23 -- Climate change is fuelling a global surge in violence against women and girls, with one in 10 cases of intimate partner violence projected to be linked to climate impacts by the... Read More