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My Food Story: A delicacy from the Thar

India, March 16 -- I tasted this recipe for the first time after I got married. It was my first Sheetla Ashtami after the festival of Holi. This dish was prepared in the evening, and after the pooja t... Read More


Oil tops $106 as Strait of Hormuz crisis deepens

India, March 16 -- Oil prices surged past $106 a barrel, as tensions in West Asia escalated, leading to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz. The conflict has intensified fears of a prolonge... Read More


African countries forced to extract fossil fuels to service external debt: Report

India, March 16 -- African governments are expanding fossil fuel production to service mounting external debt. This leads to compromising public services like health and education. The debt-driven e... Read More


Kharg Island: Iran's energy lifeline that has so far escaped attack

India, March 16 -- Kharg Island, a small coral island in the Persian Gulf, handles around 90% of Iran's crude oil exports. Despite US and Israeli strikes on other infrastructure, the terminal has not... Read More


Navigating India's waste management transition: New rules move towards digital traceability and stronger compliance systems

India, March 16 -- India's new Solid Waste Management Rules, notified in January 2026, aim to replace the decade-old 2016 framework from April. The rules introduce a centralised digital portal for re... Read More


Super-efficient air conditioners could cut India's cooling energy use by 60%, experts say

India, March 15 -- A new generation of super-efficient air conditioners could reduce energy use by up to 60 per cent and help India cope with rapidly rising temperatures and surging demand for cooling... Read More


Waste prevention central to UNEP's latest report on safe disposal of unused medicines

India, March 15 -- Waste prevention has emerged as a central recommendation in a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Safe disposal of unused medicines. The report warns that... Read More


The Strait of Hormuz and the revenge of geography

India, March 15 -- The world, and India, today are in the grip of a mounting crisis. All because of a waterway that is just 20 nautical miles wide. The Strait of Hormuz is today on the lips of the ent... Read More


Two kilos of soil with a Rs 68 lakh return: The Maharashtra village that struck biodiversity gold

India, March 15 -- Villagers in Dapur, Maharashtra, received an unexpected Rs 68 lakh payment in their Gram Panchayat account. The money came after a company used bacteria from soil collected in the ... Read More


Thimphu will provide real time rainfall, river discharge data to West Bengal for facilitating timely flood forecast: Indo-Bhutanese high-level meeting decision

India, March 14 -- A late February high-level meeting between the governments of India and Bhutan on trans-boundary water issues has decided that henceforth, adequate real time rainfall and river disc... Read More