Institutional neglect pushed Odisha man to carry sister's remains to bank, says fact-finding team

India, May 15 -- Jitu Munda, 65, carried his sister's skeletal remains to a bank in Odisha's Keonjhar district after repeated attempts to access her savings failed. A fact-finding report by the Right... Read More

Gujarat village resident on hunger strike says decade-long pollution complaints against Tata Chemicals still ignored

India, May 15 -- A resident of Devpara village in Okhamandal taluka has sent a follow-up statutory notice to the Gujarat Pollution Control Board, accusing Tata Chemicals' Mithapur plant of ongoing env... Read More

As anti-Maoist operations in Chhattisgarh intensified, so did the backlog of pending FRA claims, analysis shows

India, May 15 -- With the Maoist insurgency officially over in Chhattisgarh's Bastar region, the focus has shifted to the natural resources of this state having 45 per cent forest cover and the rights... Read More

SEHAT mission indicates importance of sustainable food systems in improving public health

India, May 15 -- ICMR and ICAR have launched mission SEHAT - Science Excellence for Health through Agricultural Transformation. It links agriculture, nutrition and public health in a national mission... Read More

COVID-19: For every reported death, there were around two additional excess deaths related to the pandemic

India, May 15 -- Five years ago, during this time, the COVID-19 pandemic was at its deadliest with the Delta variant laying its death trap. While people have stopped counting the dead, the question re... Read More

Iran is threatening undersea cables. The world's 'digital chokepoints' have never been more vulnerable

India, May 15 -- Iran's hints at charging for undersea internet cables in the Strait of Hormuz spotlight how vital and exposed these "digital chokepoints" are. More than 500 submarine cables carry mo... Read More

Hormuz disruption hits 18.4 million barrels daily oil flow, 110 bcm of annual LNG trade

India, May 15 -- The closure of the Strait of Hormuz amid the US-Israel war with Iran has disrupted 18.4 million barrels per day of oil and 110 bcm of LNG This has driven Brent above $100 and Asian L... Read More

Explosive winds in the deadly Uttar Pradesh storms a symptom of warming

India, May 15 -- The devastating storms in Uttar Pradesh on May 13 and May 14 that have killed more than 117 people were caused by the interaction of multiple weather systems with wind speeds similar ... Read More

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 14, 2026)

India, May 15 -- The National Green Tribunal has sought responses over allegations of poor cleanliness and improper waste disposal at Rani Kamlapati Railway Station in Bhopal. The tribunal directed a... Read More

The sleep sweet spot: Study links six to eight hours of slumber with slower biological ageing

India, May 14 -- A large study of about half a million UK Biobank participants has linked both short and long sleep with faster biological ageing across several organs. Researchers found the lowest s... Read More

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5
• 6
• 7
• 8
• 9
• 10
• »
• »»