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Delhi's struggle for water: A growing crisis

New Delhi, April 1 -- Delhi has long struggled with water scarcity, a crisis that has worsened in recent years due to a combination of rapid urbanisation, rising population and climate change. The ci... Read More


Centre's amendments to fertiliser rules is a step forward for managing manure from CBG plants

New Delhi, April 1 -- For years, Indian farmers have struggled with declining soil fertility, while compressed biogas (CBG) plants have grappled with managing their nutrient-rich by-products. A recent... Read More


India's agricultural future hinges on a delicate balance between global trade integration and domestic food security

New Delhi, April 1 -- Indian agriculture, the backbone of livelihoods and food security for over a billion people, is at a critical crossroads. Global trade wars, rising protectionism and shifting f... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 28, 2025)

New Delhi, April 1 -- Abandoned quarries used for water storage in Chennai: CMWSSB The Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply & Sewerage Board (CMWSSB), in its efforts for water augmentation through non-co... Read More


Gender disaggregated data needed to formulate robust policies on climate-induced disasters: Experts

New Delhi, April 1 -- The climate crises are not gender neutral. Women and children are 14 times more likely than men to die in a disaster, notes a scoping study titled, How Does Climate Change Impact... Read More


Plant treaty: Proposed amendments being discussed over the week could dilute benefit-sharing provisions

New Delhi, April 1 -- The Parties to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) - also known as the Plant treaty - are gathered in Rome with a controversial a... Read More


FRA implementation: Experts fear eviction of tribal families as review of rejected claims not implemented yet

New Delhi, April 1 -- Ahead of the crucial hearing of the Supreme Court on the Forest Rights Act, 2006, researchers and campaigners fear that the government may have not conducted the review process o... Read More


Bird flu could be on the cusp of transmitting between humans - but there are ways to slow down viral evolution

New Delhi, April 1 -- Disease forecasts are like weather forecasts: We cannot predict the finer details of a particular outbreak or a particular storm, but we can often identify when these threats are... Read More


Measles can ravage the immune system and brain, causing long-term damage - a virologist explains

New Delhi, April 1 -- The measles outbreak that began in west Texas in late January 2025 continues to grow, with 400 confirmed cases in Texas and more than 50 in New Mexico and Oklahoma as of March 28... Read More


Ramming mass industry is fatal for workers

New Delhi, April 1 -- Twenty-two years ago, I began addressing silicosis in India's ramming mass industry, driven by my father's experience of witnessing its devastating effects in our family's factor... Read More