Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 2, 2026)

India, April 6 -- NGT hears plea against alleged illegal resort construction on Balason riverbank Odisha airport project faces allegations of deforestation and forest land encroachment Tribunal seek... Read More

As told to Parliament (April 2, 2026): Centre acknowledges AI's energy and water footprint while key facilities remain beyond EIA mandate

India, April 6 -- Government flags environmental impact of AI infrastructure, including energy and water use E20 fuel cuts emissions and boosts farmer payments under ethanol blending programme Namam... Read More

Insects in the tropics are already near their heat limits - climate change could push many beyond survival

India, April 6 -- Study of 2,000+ insect species across Kenya and Peru finds many already near heat tolerance limits Lowland tropical insects, especially flies, are most at risk from rising temperatu... Read More

Why Kerala's election manifestos still continue to speak a language from a previous era on environment

India, April 6 -- Kerala's election manifestos have arrived at a moment when the state is no longer debating climate change as a distant possibility. It is living in collapsing coastlines, loosening h... Read More

The uniform civil code promises equal inheritance. The data shows women are not getting it anyway

India, April 6 -- On March 24, the Gujarat Legislative Assembly passed its Uniform Civil Code (UCC). The stated purpose was the same as in Uttarakhand, which passed its own code in February 2024: to g... Read More

Stricter rules to protect European waters: EU Parliament sets stricter standards to curb pollution in rivers, lakes and groundwater

India, April 5 -- The European Union (EU) Parliament on March 26, 2026, approved updated EU water pollution standards. This would help in tackling harmful substances in Europe's rivers, lakes and grou... Read More

Why Bengaluru's Thigala community worships Draupadi & protects nature through Karaga festival

India, April 4 -- "We never step on flowers," said a middle-aged man from Bengaluru's Thigala community which had gathered inside Cubbon Park to worship Draupadi, the wife of the Pandavas from the Hin... Read More

Dried streams to declining bats: The fate of Kashmir's iconic willows hangs in the balance as climate change takes a toll

India, April 4 -- The effects of climate change are being felt ever more strongly in the Kashmir Valley with each passing year. The latest to feel the impact is the region's traditional cricket bat ma... Read More

The last dance

India, April 4 -- The Bengal florican is a bustard mostly found in the seasonally inundated alluvial grasslands of the Gangetic-Brahmaputra plains of India and Nepal. It is a medium-sized bird of thes... Read More

Climate change strikes North India's 'mango hub' as Malihabad's orchards lie desolate and farmers suffer from declining yields, rising costs

India, April 3 -- It's early morning. The soft sunlight is filtering through the leaves of the mango trees and falling to the ground. But Rajkumar Singh, standing in the middle of his orchard, is not ... Read More

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