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At 3,000 ft, a tiny waterhole is helping elephants survive summer in a Chhattisgarh tiger reserve

India, June 25 -- A camera trap in Chhattisgarh's Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve has recorded elephants and calves using a small mountain Jhiriya waterhole at about 3,000ft. The reserve has developed ... Read More


Mangrove forests showing remarkable recovery worldwide, study finds

India, June 25 -- Global mangrove forests, long considered among the world's most threatened ecosystems, are showing an unexpected and encouraging recovery, according to a new study led by researchers... Read More


Conflict in the backyard: In Maharashtra's sugarcane belt, farmers wear spiked collars as leopard attacks rise

India, June 25 -- In Maharashtra's Junnar region, farmers in Pimperkhed have begun wearing metal-spiked dog collars while working in sugarcane fields after a series of leopard attacks. Three people w... Read More


What exactly happened at the NEEPCO colony in Arunachal? Investigations on as flash flood claims one life, with four disappearances

India, June 25 -- On June 24, the Poosa area of Arunachal Pradesh's Keyi Panyor district woke up to horror. A huge gush of water washed away houses of the NEEPCO (North Eastern Electric Power Corporat... Read More


Unpaid care keeps millions of women out of work. UN Women says investment could change that

India, June 25 -- Women and girls spend 2.5 times more hours on unpaid care work than men. Around 708 million working-age women are outside the labour market because of unpaid care responsibilities. ... Read More


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

India, June 25 -- Kerala HC bars installation of kiosks on Kochi's Queen's Walkway The right to life and liberty includes the right to walk freely without obstruction, and footpaths cannot be used fo... Read More


Treated sewage water in Faridabad's Badkhal Lake blamed for tree deaths and groundwater fears

India, June 25 -- Environmentalists allege nearly 1,000 trees have dried up near Faridabad's Badkhal Lake after coming into contact with treated sewage water released into the lake. The water is supp... Read More


India's poorest ration-card holders may see cereal quota tied to family size under new draft law

India, June 25 -- The Union government has proposed replacing the fixed 35kg monthly foodgrain quota for Antyodaya Anna Yojana households with a 7kg per-person entitlement. The draft National Food Se... Read More


Banda first sizzled; now it is drying up

India, June 25 -- Farmers in parts of Banda district are increasingly cultivating vegetables and other seasonal crops on the exposed bed of the Ken river as recurring drought and shrinking water avail... Read More


Prescription for safer food

India, June 25 -- A few years ago, the EU issued directives on the use of antibiotics in the food it imports. This meant animal products, including fish, dairy and honey, produced using antibiotics as... Read More