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Arunachal flash floods trigger high alert in Assam

India, June 28 -- Yazali in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Subansiri district experienced catastrophic flash floods and landslides triggered by an intense, cloudburst-like downpour. In just 24 hours, Yazal... Read More


Hamburg Sustainability Conference: India climbs to its highest-ever rank in the 2026 UN SDG Index, but hunger remains a major challenge

India, June 28 -- India has secured its highest-ever position in the global UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index, climbing to 94th among 167 countries in the 2026 edition of the index. With an... Read More


Beyond green symbolism: Environmental security must be a national priority

India, June 27 -- Every era inherits a defining national challenge. For independent India's early decades, it was food security. Later came industrialisation, poverty reduction and economic reform. To... Read More


David Attenborough, the man who brought the wild home

India, June 27 -- This month we commemorate the hundredth birthday of Sir David Attenborough. We are not merely celebrating a broadcaster, a writer, or a natural historian, but celebrating the way of ... Read More


$57 billion. That's how much extreme heat costs women informal workers every year

India, June 26 -- Extreme heat is costing women informal workers an estimated $57 billion in lost earnings each year outside Europe and the US. Without urgent climate and urban policy interventions, ... Read More


"We saw a state apparatus completely subordinated to corporate interests"

India, June 26 -- As India rapidly expands its data-centre infrastructure and courts AI investment, it is also creating increasingly favourable conditions for global technology companies. Most recentl... Read More


Only 42 in 120 years: Why Venezuela's doublet earthquake stands out

India, June 26 -- Two major earthquakes struck northern Venezuela on 24 June 2026 just 39 seconds apart, in what seismologists call a doublet earthquake. The first quake, measuring magnitude 7.2, hit... Read More


Higher Body Mass Index (BMI) linked to 19 types of cancer, finds study

India, June 26 -- A large international study has strengthened the evidence that excess body weight can raise the risk of several types of cancer. Researchers reviewed decades of peer-reviewed literat... Read More


Conflict in the backyard: In Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris, forest corridors run through homes, estates and roads

India, June 26 -- In Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris, fatal tiger and elephant attacks have exposed how homes, tea estates, roads and wildlife corridors now overlap. The death of 51-year-old Nagiyammal near Mu... Read More


From right holders to beneficiaries: New handbook raises questions over India's changing welfare model

India, June 26 -- Azim Premji University's new handbook examines how India's welfare model is shifting from rights-based entitlements towards cash transfers, digital delivery and the language of "bene... Read More