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India's draft climate finance taxonomy must be 'practical and inclusive': CSEP report

India, Oct. 30 -- As India prepares its climate finance roadmap ahead of COP30, a new report by the Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) has urged the government to ensure its proposed Clima... Read More


In 2024, the climate crisis worsened in all ways. But we can still limit warming with bold action

India, Oct. 30 -- The climate crisis in 2024 has intensified, with record-breaking temperatures and environmental degradation. Despite the dire situation, the report highlights that bold actions in e... Read More


Centre's claims about gene-edited rice varieties don't match up, analysis of ICAR data shows

India, Oct. 30 -- Raising fresh questions about the performance of the two gene-edited rice varieties released by the Union Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, a new analysis of Indian Counci... Read More


MNRE minister Joshi urges wind energy industry to up localisation target to 85%

India, Oct. 30 -- Union Minister Pralhad Joshi has called on India's wind energy sector to increase domestic content to 85 per cent by 2030, aligning with the government's self-reliant vision. At Win... Read More


Cyclone Montha causes severe damage to standing crops, infrastructure and houses in Andhra, south Odisha

India, Oct. 29 -- Severe Cyclonic Storm 'Montha' crossed the Andhra Pradesh and Yanam coasts between 11.30 pm and 12.30 am on October 28-29, after making its landfall at Narsapur near Kakinada in Andh... Read More


Climate inequality deepening: "Tax the carbon content of assets and investments held by the wealthiest"

India, Oct. 29 -- Even as the demand for a complete global ban on new fossil fuel investments grows louder, an alternative of taxing the carbon content of assets and financial portfolios seems to be m... Read More


A Siddi settlement in the heart of Gir

India, Oct. 29 -- In the heart of the Gir forest of Gujarat's Saurashtra region is a unique village called Jambur. The residents are the Siddis, India's very own African tribe. The Siddis arrived in ... Read More


Kerala's poverty-free claim rings hollow as its poorest still struggle to survive

India, Oct. 29 -- The tricolour above the Kerala Secretariat flutters gently in the evening breeze, its colours dulled by dust and time. A little away from it, outside the mighty compound wall, a lar... Read More


India's coal expansion beyond 2032 targets 'uneconomical', says Ember

India, Oct. 29 -- Ember report says coal expansion beyond current pipeline would be uneconomical New renewables and storage capacity expected to outperform coal on cost and reliability Coal's share ... Read More


Global North fuels climate crisis: US, Canada, Australia and Norway drove 40% rise in oil and gas output since Paris pact

India, Oct. 29 -- A decade after the Paris Agreement, a new analysis by Oil Change International (OCI) on October 29, 2025, revealed that just four Global North countries - the United States (US), Can... Read More