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Tigers are behaving differently: State of India's Environment report 2026

India, Feb. 25 -- Are tigers more actively preying on human beings for sustenance? The 2026 State of India's Environment (SOE 2026) report, released at Nimli near Alwar on February 25, 2026, by the Ce... Read More


India's conservation success has reached ecological, social limits: Qamar Qureshi at AAD 2026

India, Feb. 25 -- At the Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2026, Qamar Qureshi highlighted India's conservation achievements, particularly in tiger recovery, but warned of ecological and social limits. With rese... Read More


CSE and Down To Earth release the 2026 State of India's Environment report at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2026

India, Feb. 25 -- Justice Deepak Gupta, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India; Ashok Lavasa, former Secretary, Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India; and S... Read More


India's cold wave events shifting or expanding geographically, no longer confined to core winter months: DTE analysis

India, Feb. 24 -- India recorded 24 cold wave/cold day events in January 2026, with no such conditions reported in February, an analysis by Down To Earth (DTE) has found. With the winter season offici... Read More


The paradox of mesquite

India, Feb. 24 -- Very few species possess the ability to thrive under extreme harsh conditions (drought, salinity, pollution etc.) as profoundly as Neltuma juliflora (mesquite). The species was intro... Read More


AAD 2026: Planetary boundaries, public health and policy in focus

India, Feb. 24 -- The Centre for Science and Environment's (CSE) annual Anil Agarwal Dialogue (AAD) returns this year with a sharp focus on a planet under strain and a media landscape in flux. From F... Read More


Assam's Kaziranga is a stronghold of the endangered fishing cat as first scientific assessment finds thriving population

India, Feb. 24 -- Assam's iconic Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve has emerged as a bastion of the endangered fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), with a first-of-its-kind scientific assessm... Read More


Three decades on, PESA struggles to deliver tribal self-governance

India, Feb. 24 -- Nearly three decades after its enactment, PESA remains unevenly implemented across India's Scheduled Areas Several states have delayed or diluted rules, weakening Gram Sabha authori... Read More


The AI-first University is India's next great academic revolution

India, Feb. 24 -- Digital-first is no longer a meaningful aspiration. The institutions that will shape India's future are not merely digitising processes. They are reorganising themselves fundamentall... Read More


A viral monkey, his plushie & a 70-year-old experiment: What Punch tells us about attachment theory

India, Feb. 24 -- Punch, a baby macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, has captured global attention by clinging to an orangutan plushie after being abandoned by his mother. This mirrors Harry Harlow's 1950s ... Read More