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Ancient humans may have hunted 150 large animal species to extinction over 50,000 years, suggests study

India, July 22 -- Homo sapiens, the ancestors of present-day humans, were responsible for the extinction of megafauna, according to new research. Scientists have revealed that over the past 50,000 yea... Read More


Budget 2024-25: Compensation for crop losses continues to be a distant dream for Indian farmers

New Delhi, July 22 -- The Union Budget 2024 has failed to address the important issue of farmer crop losses yet again. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while presenting the budget for the ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 22, 2024)

New Delhi, July 22 -- Proposed road in Western Ghats falls entirely in Anamalai tiger reserve core zone: Report to NGT Building a new road from the base of the Western Ghats, specifically from the Th... Read More


Economic Survey 2024: 7.85 million non-farm jobs needed for rising workforce annually

New Delhi, July 22 -- The Indian economy needs to generate an average of nearly 7.85 million jobs annually until 2030 in the non-farm sector to cater to the rising workforce, estimated the Economic Su... Read More


Economic Survey 2024 raises questions on India's voluntary carbon market; double accounting & expensive emission reduction activities are concerns

New Delhi, July 22 -- The 2023-2024 Economic Survey Report raises the same concerns highlighted in "Discredited", the Centre for Science and Environment, and the Down To Earth investigation on the vol... Read More


The Mashco Piro may have been escaping logging operations in their territory: Teresa Mayo

New Delhi, July 22 -- Survival International, the global movement for Indigenous and tribal peoples' rights, released a series of photos and visuals from the Peruvian section of the Amazon rainforest ... Read More


Global experts discuss need to inform UNGA high-level meeting on AMR about priorities of LMICs

New Delhi, July 22 -- Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a silent pandemic. Antibiotic resistance in particular is one of the biggest public health threats of current times. The misuse and overuse of a... Read More


A global IT outage brought supply chains to their knees - we need to be better prepared next time

New Delhi, July 22 -- Friday's global IT outage - caused by a faulty software update from cybersecurity firm Crowdstrike - wrought havoc on business operations around the world. Severe disruptions we... Read More


Baby bull sharks are thriving in Texas and Alabama bays as the Gulf of Mexico warms

New Delhi, July 22 -- In late spring, estuaries along the United States Gulf Coast come alive with newborn fish and other sea life. While some species have struggled to adjust to the region's rising w... Read More


'Most polluted' Delhi, Noida among cities with less than 40% National Clean Air Programme fund utilisation: CSE proposes urgent reforms

New Delhi, July 19 -- Is India's National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) achieving its objectives? A new assessment by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) raises concerns, presenting a comprehens... Read More