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Global Plastic Profiles 2025: Article 18 focuses on fostering public understanding, stakeholder engagement and scientific progress for effective implementation of Treaty

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Summary The global plastic treaty discussions highlight the need for public understanding, stakeholder engagement, and scientific progress. While states agree on the importance o... Read More


Global Plastic Profiles 2025: Article 19 addresses health impacts of plastic pollution

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Summary The global plastics treaty negotiations are grappling with how to address health impacts of plastic pollution. Countries are divided between embedding health language thr... Read More


Air and wastewater may drive H5N1 spread on US dairy farms, warns study

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 can spread through the air in milking parlours, the exhaled breath of cows and contaminated wastewater, researchers have found. The ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 5, 2025)

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Pollution control boards can impose and collect compensatory damages: Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) on August 4, 2025 upheld the powers of pollution control boards to impos... Read More


Global Plastic Profiles 2025: Article 20 establishes the COP as the central governing body of the Treaty

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Summary The Conference of the Parties (COP) is central to the global plastics treaty, tasked with implementation review and international coordination. While its necessity is agr... Read More


NITI Aayog report calls for slew of measures to give a stronger push to India's EV transition

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Summary NITI Aayog's report outlines a strategic plan to accelerate India's electric vehicle (EV) adoption, aiming to reduce reliance on imported fuels and cut emissions. Despite... Read More


Carbon sink declining in European forests: Study

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Summary A study published in Nature revealed that European forests are losing their ability to act as carbon sinks. The main factors behind this are climate change-induced extrem... Read More


Daily Heat Tracker: Bhubaneswar, Amravati and Hisar record highest day-time temperature

New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Note: Data for capital cities of 27 states (data not available for Goa) and 8 union territories. In certain states where data is not available for the capital city, data for one o... Read More


As 'Bangladeshi language' controversy sparks outrage, here is how linguists have classified Bengali dialects

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- The controversy over a police officer's letter to the Banga Bhawan in Delhi, calling Bengali a 'Bangladeshi language', has bowled into a full-fledged political fracas. "Translati... Read More


Global Plastic Profiles 2025: Article 13, on implementation and compliance, has sparked debate

New Delhi, Aug. 5 -- Summary Article 13 of the Global Plastics Treaty draft proposes a compliance mechanism, sparking debate among member states. While many support a transparent, inclusive committee... Read More