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Dangerous gamble

India, Aug. 20 -- All the hand pumps in Bhikchu Ka Dera village of Bihar provide water; but, residents use them with fear. "Two years ago, my husband died due to stomach cancer, and this year, my brot... Read More


Coal's new flex

India, Aug. 20 -- India's energy transition is at a crossroads. Driven by a changing climate, a growing population and rapid urbanisation, electricity demand has risen sharply over the past decade. Pe... Read More


Platinum pinch

India, Aug. 20 -- The search for two common cancer drugs outside the All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi, leads to the same answer, pharmacy after pharmacy: "No stock." The drugs ... Read More


Beyond the lens

India, Aug. 20 -- For farmer Makhan Singh Mewada, the 2025 kharif season ended long before harvest time. A combination of unseasonal rains and animal attacks destroyed more than a third of the soya be... Read More


A weak legal foundation

India, Aug. 20 -- In an anthropocentric world where man shapes nature to meet his wants. we need to examine the issue through the prism of eco-centric proportionality"-thus opens the Supreme Court's j... Read More


Floods don't move governments

India, Aug. 20 -- As the delayed monsoon revived in India, severe floods gripped 10 states by the first week of August. Over a million people were affected, with 0.3 million evacuated to relief camps.... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Monsoon activity slows in Maharashtra, while heavy rains sweep several states and heighten landslide threats across hill regions

India, Aug. 20 -- Summary Heavy to very heavy rainfall forecast across Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, with thunderstorms, lightning and strong winds. Continuous rainfall raises landslide threats a... Read More


I lived through the first Taliban girls' school ban - watching it happen again is heartbreaking

India, Aug. 20 -- In August 2021, the Taliban recaptured Kabul and, within weeks, barred girls from attending school beyond Grade 6. The ban has not lifted. Afghanistan remains the only country in th... Read More


Himachal forest department to file FIR over alleged glyphosate use on forest land for pea cultivation

India, Aug. 19 -- Environmentalists have raised concern over the alleged use of glyphosate on forest department land for pea cultivation in parts of Himachal Pradesh's Mandi district. Mandi Divisiona... Read More


BRICS ministers link energy access to climate finance as India pushes storage and mineral cooperation

India, Aug. 19 -- Environment ministers of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) have called for greater international cooperation on energy access, conservation, environmentally frien... Read More