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Green fireworks norms go for a toss in Kolkata even before Diwali day

India, Oct. 20 -- Kolkata, once known as a 'model city' for controlling the menace of fireworks, witnessed large scale violations even before Diwali day arrived this year. Pockets of the city had a b... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 17, 2025)

India, Oct. 19 -- The NGT orders immediate removal of encroachments and halting of untreated water discharge into Bhilwara's Fatehsagar and Dharmo Talabs. A joint committee is set up to probe large-s... Read More


Panama meetings: Delegates to put the ship in shape for COP17 in Armenia

India, Oct. 19 -- Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) are set to gather in Panama on October 20, 2025. Discussions here will help them prepare for COP17 to be held in Yerevan, Arme... Read More


Gobar Times: Titanic won't sink now

India, Oct. 19 -- About 8-14 million tonnes of plastic enters our oceans every year. These are spreading across borders, impacting global ecosystems and biodiversity severely through ocean currents. ... Read More


Gobar Times: Reusable or disposable? The plastic dilemma

India, Oct. 19 -- Plastics are widely used for packaging due to their durability and ability to keep the product safe from water and dust. However, plastic is plastic, and it damages the environment. ... Read More


IUCN Congress flags wildlife pet trade and environmental crimes as major global threats

India, Oct. 18 -- IUCN recognises the commercial wildlife pet trade as a major threat driving species decline and extinction. Calls for shift from a "negative list" to a "positive list" approach to r... Read More


For Wayanad 2024's survivors, the landslide never ended; it only moved from the slopes to the ledgers

India, Oct. 18 -- More than a year after the Chooralmala, Mundakkai and Punchirimattom mountains of Wayanad district in Kerala came crashing down, the nationalised banks of India have not stopped send... Read More


Book Excerpt: Valmik Thapar on tiger sex

India, Oct. 18 -- Young tigresses first come into oestrus between twenty-eight to thirty-six months. This is when conception can happen. Male tigers can father a litter from the age of forty to fifty ... Read More


Monoculture monotony

India, Oct. 18 -- Travelling across Lakhisarai district in northeastern Bihar, one is bound to see field after field of paddy, the crop grown here for generations. But as one approaches Durdih village... Read More


Uttarakhand Health Crisis: Almora deaths

India, Oct. 18 -- This is the Dhaludevi block in Uttarakhand's Almora district. Recently, it has been in the news due to a fever outbreak that has, since the past two weeks, claimed 9 lives and render... Read More