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Nairobi's expansion is swallowing up rural land: new book reveals the impacts on families

India, Sept. 2 -- Nairobi's transformation into a "world-class city" is both anticipated and celebrated in Kenya's media. A new book, Peasants to Paupers: Land, Class and Kinship in Central Kenya, exa... Read More


Nepal tragedy result of decades of engineering mindset that assumed rivers and mountains could be re-engineered at will: Sunita Narain

India, Sept. 2 -- At the ICSE 2026 conference in New Delhi, CSE chief Sunita Narain linked Nepal's flash flood to decades of hubristic engineering that tried to bend rivers and mountains to human will... Read More


Farmers' group All India Kisan Sabha alleges eviction of 25,000 forest dwellers in Tamil Nadu is illegal

India, Sept. 2 -- The All India Kisan Sabha has alleged that attempts to evict forest dwellers from 5,072.653 hectares in the Meghamalai-Varusanadu area of Tamil Nadu are illegal. AIKS says the area,... Read More


New FAO global assessment recognises loss of soil biodiversity as major threat to soil function

India, Sept. 2 -- The loss of soil biodiversity is among the most deteriorating soil threats globally, although confidence in the trend remains low, according to the latest global assessment of the wo... Read More


Vapour on the rise

India, Sept. 1 -- Wildfires and volcanic eruptions have long been known to affect the Earth's climate by releasing smoke, greenhouse gases and aerosols into the atmosphere. A new study has found that ... Read More


Sandalwood, reborn

India, Sept. 1 -- While announcing the Union Budget for 2026-27, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman highlighted sandalwood as an integral part of India's social and cultural heritage and announced fo... Read More


India's sudden baby bust

India, Sept. 1 -- The world's most populous country is in a demographic quagmire. India's birth rate is falling at a baffling pace. The dip is being grudgingly celebrated as the ultimate population co... Read More


Waterborne solar

India, Sept. 1 -- With large tracts of land competing with agriculture, forests and other uses, reservoirs and inland waterbodies are emerging as potential sites for utility-scale solar projects. Indi... Read More


What's in a botanical name

India, Sept. 1 -- If there is one item ubiquitous in grocery stores across cities and villages of India, it is mustard oil. For generations, people have used it for cooking and tempering food, as hair... Read More


India on e-wheels: Pune's uniform fares for AC and non-AC buses could offer model for public transport

India, Sept. 1 -- Pune has kept fares the same for air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned buses, a model aimed at making public transport more accessible. PMPML currently operates about 620 electric... Read More