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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 13, 2026)

India, Jan. 14 -- NGT orders Joint Committee report on effluents in River Ami, compliance within month. NGT seeks responses on illegal constructions in Haridwar housing project, hearing April 7. Cou... Read More


Uttarakhand faces snow drought and forest fires as lack of rain hits crops

India, Jan. 14 -- Uttarakhand and the wider Central Himalayan region are experiencing an unusually dry winter marked by a near absence of rain and snowfall, triggering crop losses, forest fires and co... Read More


Africa now leading global solar growth: 2026 outlook report

India, Jan. 14 -- New report says Africa is now leading the global solar growth. The continent saw a 26% increase in installed capacity in 2025, reaching 23.4 gigawatts. The continent's rapid expans... Read More


Indoor air pollution is a global health issue, not just a domestic heating one

India, Jan. 14 -- A new study analysing air pollution mortality across 150 countries finds indoor air pollution contributes significantly to premature deaths worldwide The research shows similar heal... Read More


As the US eyes Greenland, Europe must turn a global problem into an opportunity

India, Jan. 14 -- The US's aggressive actions in Venezuela and interest in Greenland highlight the collapse of the international rule of law. Europe, facing a greater threat without a world order, mus... Read More


"We are skating on the frontlines of climate change"

India, Jan. 14 -- Captain of the national women's ice hockey team since 2018, Tsewang Chuskit was only 10 years old when she first tried the sport in her village, Tangtse, in the Changthang region of ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 12, 2026)

India, Jan. 13 -- Construction materials dumped on Budhi Gandak The question that arises is whether the geo-bags containing sand placed in the Budhi Gandak river stream during the construction of the... Read More


Uttarakhand: Activists cheer verdict for Shivalik elephants even as state goes ahead with development projects in pachyderm corridors

India, Jan. 13 -- Wildlife activists in Uttarakhand have hailed a recent ruling by the state high court that offers protection to elephant corridors, even as the state goes all out with development pr... Read More


Is H5N1 bird flu pandemic brewing?

India, Jan. 13 -- The H5N1 bird flu virus is just one mutation away from human-to-human transmission. With 992 human cases reported since 2003, nearly half have been fatal. Scientists warn of its pa... Read More


What is the global water cycle and how is it amplifying climate disasters?

India, Jan. 13 -- Floods, droughts, heatwaves and bushfires are increasingly connected through shifts in the global water cycle A warming atmosphere is intensifying evaporation, rainfall extremes and... Read More