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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 1, 2026)

India, Sept. 2 -- DJB blames DUSIB for delay in Delhi's sewage treatment plants The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is taking all necessary and expeditious steps to ensure complete interception, diversion and ... Read More


Germany's new export finance rules could cut climate assessments by 40%

India, Sept. 2 -- Germany is facing renewed scrutiny over its international climate commitments as a proposed overhaul of export finance rules could eliminate 40 per cent of climate assessments for pr... Read More


India's 233 GW solar module manufacturing capacity faces demand and upstream integration challenges

India, Sept. 2 -- India's solar PV module manufacturing capacity reached 233GW by June 2026, but upstream capacity in cells, wafers, ingots and polysilicon remained far lower. Module factories were o... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Low-pressure system moves towards Uttar Pradesh, heavy rain and thunderstorms likely across several states

India, Sept. 2 -- Summary Low-pressure system moves towards Uttar Pradesh, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to several states, with weather conditions likely to intensify. Orange alert issued f... Read More


Nairobi's expansion is swallowing up rural land: new book reveals the impacts on families

India, Sept. 2 -- Nairobi's transformation into a "world-class city" is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya's media. A new book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, exa... Read More


Nepal tragedy result of decades of engineering mindset that assumed rivers and mountains could be re-engineered at will: Sunita Narain

India, Sept. 2 -- At the ICSE 2026 conference in New Delhi, CSE chief Sunita Narain linked Nepal's flash flood to decades of hubristic engineering that tried to bend rivers and mountains to human will... Read More


Farmers' group All India Kisan Sabha alleges eviction of 25,000 forest dwellers in Tamil Nadu is illegal

India, Sept. 2 -- The All India Kisan Sabha has alleged that attempts to evict forest dwellers from 5,072.653 hectares in the Meghamalai-Varusanadu area of Tamil Nadu are illegal. AIKS says the area,... Read More


New FAO global assessment recognises loss of soil biodiversity as major threat to soil function

India, Sept. 2 -- The loss of soil biodiversity is among the most deteriorating soil threats globally, although confidence in the trend remains low, according to the latest global assessment of the wo... Read More


Vapour on the rise

India, Sept. 1 -- Wildfires and volcanic eruptions have long been known to affect the Earth's climate by releasing smoke, greenhouse gases and aerosols into the atmosphere. A new study has found that ... Read More


Sandalwood, reborn

India, Sept. 1 -- While announcing the Union Budget for 2026-27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted sandalwood as an integral part of India's social and cultural heritage and announced fo... Read More