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Treatment and safe disposal are the weakest links in the African sanitation systems

India, Dec. 31 -- Sanitation access has expanded across Africa, but treatment and safe disposal of waste remain dangerously inadequate. Fewer than one in three people in sub-Saharan Africa have acces... Read More


Amazonian stingless bees first insects to get legal rights in the world

India, Dec. 31 -- Bees native to the Peruvian part of the Amazon rainforest, who have no sting unlike their European counterparts, have become the first insects in the world to be granted legal rights... Read More


'Gaushalas' in Rajasthan have stopped using veterinary drugs toxic to vultures: BNHS

India, Dec. 31 -- Gaushalas (Cattle Shelters) in Rajasthan have taken some welcome steps to help save vultures. Most of them have stopped using veterinary drugs that are toxic to vultures. They have a... Read More


Farmer suicides in India: What 28 years of data shows

India, Dec. 31 -- Maharashtra and Karnataka have recorded farmer suicide rates 2.5 times the national average since the mid-1990s, according to a 28-year analysis of NCRB data. More than 3.9 lakh far... Read More


Obesity prevalence among adults varies widely across African countries: Study

India, Dec. 31 -- A new cross-sectional descriptive study published in the journal PLOS One on December 22, 2025, has revealed significant obesity variation in Africa. South Africa had the highest pr... Read More


Bread of the Tropics: Fungal contamination of cassava very high across Africa, finds study

India, Dec. 31 -- The overall level of contamination of cassava by various types of fungus is very high across Africa, ranging from 85 per cent to 95 per cent, with an average contamination rate of ab... Read More


West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America's aging flood defenses

India, Dec. 31 -- Atmospheric river storms in the US West have exposed the fragility of ageing levees Many levees were never designed to protect today's dense towns and cities Failures disproportion... Read More


Why so many young people in China are hugging trees

India, Dec. 31 -- In Beijing, young people are increasingly embracing tree hugging as a form of therapy to combat loneliness and stress, especially post-COVID. Forest therapist Xiaoyang Wong leads se... Read More


Delhi experienced more intense, widespread smog in December 2025 than previous 2 months: CSE analysis

India, Dec. 31 -- Delhi and the National Capital Region (Delhi-NCR) have experienced intense, widespread smog in December than the peak stubble burning months of October and November, according to a n... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 29, 2025)

India, Dec. 30 -- NGT flags repeated violations of environmental norms by the NOIDA Authority, with poor recovery of imposed compensation UPPCB assures regular monitoring and recalculation of environ... Read More