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Farmer suicides in India: What 28 years of data shows

India, Dec. 31 -- Maharashtra and Karnataka have recorded farmer suicide rates 2.5 times the national average since the mid-1990s, according to a 28-year analysis of NCRB data. More than 3.9 lakh far... Read More


Obesity prevalence among adults varies widely across African countries: Study

India, Dec. 31 -- A new cross-sectional descriptive study published in the journal PLOS One on December 22, 2025, has revealed significant obesity variation in Africa. South Africa had the highest pr... Read More


Bread of the Tropics: Fungal contamination of cassava very high across Africa, finds study

India, Dec. 31 -- The overall level of contamination of cassava by various types of fungus is very high across Africa, ranging from 85 per cent to 95 per cent, with an average contamination rate of ab... Read More


West Coast levee failures show growing risks from America's aging flood defenses

India, Dec. 31 -- Atmospheric river storms in the US West have exposed the fragility of ageing levees Many levees were never designed to protect today's dense towns and cities Failures disproportion... Read More


Why so many young people in China are hugging trees

India, Dec. 31 -- In Beijing, young people are increasingly embracing tree hugging as a form of therapy to combat loneliness and stress, especially post-COVID. Forest therapist Xiaoyang Wong leads se... Read More


Delhi experienced more intense, widespread smog in December 2025 than previous 2 months: CSE analysis

India, Dec. 31 -- Delhi and the National Capital Region (Delhi-NCR) have experienced intense, widespread smog in December than the peak stubble burning months of October and November, according to a n... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 29, 2025)

India, Dec. 30 -- NGT flags repeated violations of environmental norms by the NOIDA Authority, with poor recovery of imposed compensation UPPCB assures regular monitoring and recalculation of environ... Read More


Young, angry, and betrayed

India, Dec. 30 -- In 2024, when the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) released "Navigating New Horizons: A Global Foresight Report on Planetary Health and Human Wellbeing," it warned of an emerging cris... Read More


Centre readies PM-KUSUM 2.0 as focus shifts to feeder-level solarisation

India, Dec. 30 -- In the lead up to the union budget 2026-27, the Union government is preparing to roll out PM-KUSUM 2.0, a successor to the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan ... Read More


Energy storage, offshore wind now central to Tamil Nadu's clean power future

India, Dec. 30 -- Tamil Nadu is entering a critical phase in its clean energy transition, as rising electricity demand tests the state's grid, storage and evacuation capacity Once India's wind power ... Read More