India on e-wheels: Gujarat ranks 16th in Electric Mobility Index as EVs make up 1.36% of vehicle fleet

India, Aug. 17 -- Despite policy incentives and rising registrations, Gujarat's EV transition remains modest. Out of 29.2 million vehicles, only 398,582 are electric, and the state scores 42 in the I... Read More

My unfinished agenda

India, Aug. 17 -- It's just over 20 years now. In August of 2005, we handed over the Tiger Task Force report to the then prime minister, Manmohan Singh. His government had asked me to chair this commi... Read More

DRC faces its deadliest ebola outbreak as virus spreads to 6th province

India, Aug. 17 -- The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has entered a more dangerous phase after spreading to a sixth province, with health authorities warning that the epid... Read More

Kerala's recent floods show Pamba river, Vembanad-Kuttanad wetland system under enormous strain: Experts

India, Aug. 17 -- Kerala's July 2026 floods expose a river-wetland system pushed to breaking point. Experts say the Pamba and the Vembanad-Kuttanad complex have lost most of their natural capacity to... Read More

Major US study finds undocumented immigration does not increase neighbourhood crime

India, Aug. 17 -- A study of 11,500 US neighbourhoods found no evidence that rising unauthorised immigration drives up crime. Researchers found neighbourhoods with growing undocumented populations sa... Read More

European cities plan to offset a fifth of emissions through carbon removal, but few have clear strategies

India, Aug. 17 -- An analysis of 103 European cities' 2030 climate neutrality plans, including 22 capital cities, shows that municipalities plan to rely on carbon removal to compensate for about a fif... Read More

Daily weather tracker: Heavy rains trigger red alert in Bengal and Odisha; Delhi-NCR among 18 States under weather warning

India, Aug. 17 -- West Bengal and Odisha face red alert as depression intensifies, bringing extremely heavy rain, strong winds and flooding risks nationwide. Delhi-NCR remains under yellow alert with... Read More

Rural Odisha's PM2.5 pollution exceeds national standard even as urban-rural gap remains below 10%

India, Aug. 17 -- Rural areas across India often record PM2.5 concentrations close to those in cities, with Odisha among seven states where rural pollution exceeded the national annual standard and an... Read More

High-risk human-elephant conflict areas in Southern Africa could expand by 33%-100% by 2085, a new study forecasts

India, Aug. 17 -- A new PNAS Nexus study warns that high-risk human-elephant conflict zones in Southern Africa could grow by 33-100% by 2085, driven mainly by population growth, cropland expansion and... Read More

Can the Great Indian Bustard reclaim the Deccan part of its range? Yes, provided traditional agriculture is promoted, says study

India, Aug. 16 -- A new study in PLOS One finds that the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard could reclaim parts of the Deccan if traditional, low-intensity agriculture is revived. Modelling s... Read More

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