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Carbon offset schemes prove costly for African communities

India, Dec. 29 -- Carbon offset schemes have expanded rapidly across Africa in recent years. Communities say projects have restricted access to land and traditional livelihoods. Critics argue most f... Read More


Deepfakes leveled up in 2025 - here's what's coming next

India, Dec. 29 -- Deepfakes became dramatically more realistic and widespread in 2025, fooling ordinary users and institutions alike Advances in video generation, voice cloning and consumer AI tools ... Read More


Supreme Court stays its recent verdict on defining Aravalli hills and ranges

India, Dec. 29 -- The Supreme Court has kept in abeyance its earlier order defining the Aravalli hills and ranges. The move follows concerns that the definition was being misconstrued. Large-scale p... Read More


The importance of being a hill

India, Dec. 28 -- Some 45-60 kilometres from my family's home in Vadodara, Gujarat, lies Pavagadh Hill. It is a majestic sight, rising above the surrounding plains to a height of 700 metres. It is par... Read More


Apex court takes suo motu cognizance in Aravalli uniform definition case

India, Dec. 28 -- Amid mass protests, ecological concerns and fear of large-scale unregulated mining in the wake of the recently accepted definition of the Aravalli hills by the Supreme Court of India... Read More


VB-GRAMG Act will impact transparency and public scrutiny: Researchers

India, Dec. 28 -- The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-GRAMG) Act, 2025, which has replaced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), ... Read More


Gobar Times: Disastercard

India, Dec. 28 -- For more such content, head to Down To Earth's sister site Young Environmentalist. Published by HT Digital Content Services with permission from Down to Earth.... Read More


Gobar Times: Be a soil steward and discover soil's magic

India, Dec. 28 -- If we die, we are buried in soil. If soil dies.?... Can you visualize the fallouts? Soil, 'the thin skin of the earth' is indeed a wonderful gift of nature to humankind. It holds an... Read More


Southwest monsoon in India and Pakistan responsible for highest number of fatalities among 2025's major climate disasters: Christian Aid report

India, Dec. 27 -- The 2025 southwest monsoon season in India and Pakistan, that recorded eight per cent more than normal rainfall, has triggered maximum fatalities among 2025's major climate disasters... Read More


Book Excerpt: Conserving the dolphins of a mighty river

India, Dec. 27 -- The presence of dolphins in the Brahmaputra has long been documented. As a child, I would look forward to our visits to Guwahati so we could go to the river bank and watch river dolp... Read More