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India's 60 million street dogs are turning from village scavengers to city territory defenders

India, Jan. 13 -- Growing up in rural India, my grandmother would feed the village dog half a chapati and a bowl of milk each afternoon, surely insufficient for its needs. The dog survived by scavengi... Read More


Why India's cities struggle to keep tap water safe - and what Odisha did differently

India, Jan. 13 -- At least 21 people are reported to have died in Indore after drinking contaminated tap water, exposing systemic failures in urban water supply Experts link repeated outbreaks to age... Read More


India's EV push accelerates amid debate on cost-effectiveness of incentives

India, Jan. 13 -- India's push for electric vehicles has seen significant progress, with mass adoption and increased investments. However, research highlights that EV incentives are a costlier method... Read More


Across Bengal, Adivasi workers and organisations challenge symbolic politics, wage insecurity through movements and alliances

India, Jan. 12 -- Adivasi workers and organisations across Bengal are mobilising outside party politics to press demands on wages, forest rights and dignity Tea garden workers in north Bengal and pro... Read More


Care for a sip? Tripura villagers complain of contaminated, high iron drinking water supply

India, Jan. 12 -- Residents of Satyaram Chowdhury Para in Dhalai district of Tripura have a strange predicament. The village, with 150 households of the predominantly Reang indigenous tribe, is covere... Read More


Sewage before supply

India, Jan. 12 -- When people die in India's cleanest ranked city, Indore, because of dirty drinking water, shock and condemnation are justified. But this is not really about Indore, nor is it about w... Read More


PESA Act implemented in Jharkhand after 25 years, but will it change tribal lives?

India, Jan. 12 -- Jharkhand has implemented the PESA law 25 years after statehood, promising greater self-governance for tribal communities The move has triggered debate over the powers of the Gram S... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 8, 2026)

India, Jan. 12 -- NGT directs seven-member committee for MP cities' air pollution report in six weeks. NGT forms two-member committee to investigate Richhai rice mill violations. NGT orders KMA to f... Read More


Tree deaths rising across Australian forests as climate stress intensifies, study finds

India, Jan. 12 -- A long-term study finds tree mortality is increasing across all major forest biomes in Australia Researchers link the trend to rising temperatures, drought and growing climate stres... Read More


Pastoralism, a way of life as old as humanity, is vanishing say Maldharis and Rabaris

India, Jan. 12 -- Neelbad is the starting point for entering the Madhya Pradesh capital from the west. It was bitterly cold on January 10, 2026. However, some vacant residential plots were bustling wi... Read More