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COP31 timeline: How the world got here and what's at stake in Turkiye

India, Nov. 5 -- COP31 and the road ahead The 31st Conference of the Parties (COP 31) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) will take place from November 9 to November... Read More


Scaling up climate and health measures could prevent 1.56 million deaths annually: WHO

India, Nov. 5 -- Scaling up six climate and health interventions could prevent 1.56 million deaths and 16.67 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, according to WHO. The measures could ... Read More


$305 billion needed, $28 billion delivered: Developing countries face massive climate adaptation funding gap

India, Nov. 5 -- Developing countries need $305 billion annually for climate adaptation, a figure that could rise to $420 billion by 2035. Even tripling international public adaptation finance would ... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Heavy rain in five southern regions, snowfall in Himalayas and showers in Delhi-NCR

India, Nov. 5 -- Cyclone Murasu has weakened into a low-pressure area over eastern Telangana and coastal Andhra Pradesh, but rainfall is expected to continue across southern India. IMD issues yellow ... Read More


India cannot build 2047 agriculture with a 20th-century extension model

India, Nov. 5 -- India's ambition of becoming a developed nation by 2047 requires a fundamental overhaul of its agricultural extension system, moving beyond the traditional top-down model of technolog... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 4, 2026)

India, Nov. 5 -- Supreme Court permits only approved green crackers in Delhi-NCR during specified hours on November 7-8, 2026. Firecrackers are prohibited within 300 metres of hospitals, educational ... Read More


Madhya Pradesh's sal borer control drive fails to curb infestation; can thousands of trees still be saved?

India, Nov. 5 -- Madhya Pradesh's Forest Department trapped nearly two million sal borer insects in Dindori, but the infestation continues. Nearly a third of the approximately 150,000 trees identifie... Read More


Why traffic on Indian roads defies conventional models: What a study of 36,000 vehicles found

India, Nov. 5 -- IIT Guwahati researchers tracked more than 36,000 vehicles using drones on an eight-lane highway near Delhi. The study found that gaps between vehicles shrink as traffic increases bu... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 3, 2026)

India, Nov. 4 -- The Supreme Court directed uniform implementation of the Bonded Labour Act and rehabilitation scheme across all states and Union Territories. Complaints of bonded labour should ordin... Read More


Gaur spotted at 3,542 metres, tiger at 3,966 metres as study reveals new high-altitude wildlife records in Sikkim

India, Nov. 4 -- A new study in eastern Sikkim has recorded a gaur at 3,542 metres, the highest verified photographic sighting of the species globally. A tiger was photographed at 3,966 metres, among... Read More