Zero-emission transport could prevent 1.7 million premature deaths in India by 2050, study says

India, July 29 -- A faster shift to zero-emission vehicles could prevent 1.7 million premature deaths in India by 2050, an ICCT study says. Road transport pollution is linked to about 90,000 prematur... Read More

India's carbon market targets too weak to drive industrial transformation: Report

India, July 29 -- India's proposed Carbon Credit Trading Scheme will not deliver transformational industrial decarbonisation, experts warn. New report shows far more ambitious emissions intensity tar... Read More

Lavender helps Jammu and Kashmir farmers adapt to a warmer, drier climate

India, July 29 -- Lavender cultivation is expanding in Jammu and Kashmir as farmers look for crops better suited to warmer winters, erratic rainfall and shrinking irrigation sources. Scientists say l... Read More

Rethinking conservation: India needs a new framework for conserving tigers

India, July 29 -- This is the fourth of a 4-part series. Read the first, second and third parts. K Ullas Karanth, a Bengaluru-based wildlife biologist, says the first step could be to reduce prey den... Read More

Rethinking conservation: Why India's approach to conserving tigers is essentially flawed

India, July 29 -- This is the third of a 4-part series. Read the first, second and fourth parts. Broadly, India's tiger conservation has focused on increasing tiger numbers by creating protected area... Read More

Rethinking conservation: There is a boom in India's tigers and most of it is outside protected areas

India, July 29 -- This is the second of a 4-part series. Read the first, third and fourth parts. The high density means that some areas have breached their tiger carrying capacity. In overpopulated r... Read More

India's rice yields could fall 6.6% for every 1degC rise in global temperature

India, July 29 -- India could lose 6.6 per cent of its rice yield for every 1degC rise in global mean temperature, a new study estimates. The estimate is more than three times higher than previous pr... Read More

Daily weather tracker: Heavy to extremely heavy rains, lightning and strong winds trigger alerts across several states

India, July 29 -- Deep depression over Odisha moves westward, intensifying rainfall across multiple states with heavy showers, thunderstorms, strong winds and widespread weather alerts. Red alert iss... Read More

Monsoon wreaks havoc in Himachal: Landslides, floods and Rs 20,000 crore damage

India, July 29 -- The mountains are cracking under the weight of the monsoon. In Himachal Pradesh, what should have been a season of relief has once again turned into a season of loss. On July 24, a ... Read More

HIV funding falls by $1.5 billion, putting 2030 AIDS goal at risk: UNAIDS

India, July 29 -- Deep cuts in global HIV funding are putting decades of progress against the epidemic at risk, warned a new report released by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV / AIDS (UNAIDS... Read More

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