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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 9, 2025)

New Delhi, July 11 -- Aurangabad MSW facility discharging leachate into Sukhna River The municipal solid waste (MSW) processing facility at Chikalthana, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, is clearly violating t... Read More


Warming planet opening Pandora's Box of microbial dangers long frozen: UN Frontier report

New Delhi, July 11 -- As the planet warms, Earth's ice masses are vanishing at an alarming rate. This rapid thaw is not only raising sea levels but also reactivating ancient and modern microorganisms,... Read More


Daily Heat Tracker: Puducherry, Chennai record highest day-time temperatures

New Delhi, July 11 -- Data for capital cities of 27 states (data not available for Goa) and 8 union territories. In certain states where data is not available for the capital city, data for one of the... Read More


BRICS rallies Global South cooperation as it sees western influence wane

New Delhi, July 11 -- Leaders of 10 emerging and developing economies met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on July 6-7, 2025 for the 17th annual meeting of the BRICS countries. Opening the summit, Brazilian... Read More


Once-in-a-billion event: Intense marine heatwave in Mediterranean shocks with 8 degrees C warming

New Delhi, July 11 -- The Mediterranean Sea is undergoing an extremely intense marine heatwave, which scientists say could be a one-in-a-billion climatological event. This means that the observed temp... Read More


Hindu Kush Himalayas seeing dramatic rise in glacial-origin floods, recent events triggered by nascent glacial lakes: ICIMOD

New Delhi, July 10 -- Hindu Kush Himalayas are experiencing an alarming rise in glacial-origin floods, according to scientists from the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 8, 2025)

New Delhi, July 10 -- Inadequate capacity of proposed STP in Jalaun The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on July 7, 2025 heard a matter concerning the construction of a sewage treatment plant (STP) follo... Read More


Plant treaty: Global talks trigger sovereignty concerns over weak benefit-sharing proposals

New Delhi, July 10 -- Global treaty talks on plant genetic resources have reignited concerns among scientists about weakening national sovereignty and farmers' rights, as countries push to expand acce... Read More


Daily Heat Tracker: Itanagar sees highest jump over normal maximum temperature

New Delhi, July 10 -- Data for capital cities of 27 states (data not available for Goa) and 8 union territories. In certain states where data is not available for the capital city, data for one of the... Read More


Africa's climate crisis: 2021-2025 marks the deadliest period in 15 years

New Delhi, July 10 -- Africa is facing its deadliest climate crisis in over a decade, with the period between 2021 and 2025 emerging as the most devastating five-year stretch in terms of human toll fr... Read More