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Combat desertification COP17: Experts question why nutrition and land are treated as separate disciplines globally as report reveals soil degradation to be worsening

India, Aug. 28 -- At COP17's Food Systems and Soil Health Day, scientists warned that 95 per cent of our food depends on increasingly degraded soil, yet policies still treat land and nutrition as sepa... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 26, 2026)

India, Aug. 28 -- The National Green Tribunal heard a challenge to an August 7, 2026 amendment that redefines Ganga floodplains and replaces the earlier construction-free mandate with softer, aspirati... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Mercury crosses 41degC in Sri Ganganagar as Odisha braces for very heavy rain; showers likely across Northeast and several states

India, Aug. 28 -- Summary Odisha faces very heavy rain as a new low-pressure system develops over the Bay of Bengal, triggering widespread showers. Uttar Pradesh and Bihar may receive heavy rain, th... Read More


Data centre water consumption could triple to 644 billion litres by 2030

India, Aug. 28 -- Global data centre water consumption could nearly triple from 222 billion litres in 2025 to 644 billion litres a year by 2030 without significant efficiency gains, as rapid capacity ... Read More


Nepal-Tibet tragedy explained: 'Ice-rock avalanche' triggered flash floods

India, Aug. 28 -- Apocalyptic visuals are coming in from Nepal's Rasuwa region. A sudden ice-rock avalanche struck near the mountainous Nepal-Tibet border. A catastrophic flash flood roared down the ... Read More


There is poison everywhere in this central UP district

India, Aug. 27 -- A water body in the Rania industrial area of Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur Dehat lies covered with a thick layer of green algae and plastic waste. Kanpur Dehat is one of three central UP d... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 24, 2026)

India, Aug. 27 -- NGT directed the Ministry of Jal Shakti to examine whether spring water used by industry on private land should be regulated as groundwater. The matter concerns Mohan Meakin's Kasau... Read More


Millet cultivation is thriving in a small Nagaland village, 40 km from Kohima

India, Aug. 27 -- Millet cultivation is being revived in Kezoma, a Nagaland village near Kohima, where the 2nd Kezoma Millet Festival showcased the crop's economic and nutritional potential. Over 2,0... Read More


Africa adopts plan to add 3 million health workers by 2035

India, Aug. 27 -- African health ministers have adopted the Africa Health Workforce Agenda 2026-2035, which aims to educate, employ and retain at least three million additional health workers by 2035.... Read More


Global gas demand hits record 4,202 bcm in 2025, set to fall by 7 bcm in 2026: Report

India, Aug. 27 -- Global natural gas demand reached a record 4,202 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2025, rising 69 bcm or 1.7 per cent from the previous year, but is projected to decline by 7 bcm in 202... Read More