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Shrimp, salt & rice can help save mangroves, if they choose to

New Delhi, May 5 -- Mangroves may not look like much at first glance. Their tangled roots grow in muddy water. Their small leaves don't stand out. They grow quietly where the land meets the sea. But m... Read More


We are living through a historic transition. The stakes are not just geopolitical-they are civilisational

New Delhi, May 5 -- President Donald Trump's trade tariff pronouncements, marked with unpredictability, abrupt shifts, and a confrontational and bullying tone, help us realise that we live in "interes... Read More


Project benefits conservation'

New Delhi, May 2 -- Rohini Krishnamurthy (RK): The "de-extinction" of dire wolves took 18 months. What enabled this quick timeline? Beth Shapiro (BS): There is a lot of science that already exists, b... Read More


JSW Steel: Human rights complaint filed against ANZ, Japanese banks over alleged ties to Dhinkia abuses

New Delhi, May 2 -- Today, on May 2, Anti-Jindal & Anti-POSCO Movement (JPPSS), filed a human rights complaint against the Australian bank ANZ and Japanese banks Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (S... Read More


Global trafficking of pangolin scales, elephant ivory plummets post-pandemic

New Delhi, May 2 -- Global trafficking of pangolin scales and elephant ivory has sharply declined since 2020, with a new report attributing the drop to pandemic-related disruption, sustained enforceme... Read More


These regular use items may be killing you: India has highest cardiovascular mortality linked to phthalates, finds study

New Delhi, May 2 -- A recent study published in The Lancet eBioMedicine has identified a significant link between exposure to di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP) - a chemical commonly used to make plasti... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 1, 2025)

New Delhi, May 2 -- Construction of houses in forest area The Supreme Court, on April 29, 2025, asked the Madhya Pradesh goernment and the Centre whether it is permissible to build houses in forest ar... Read More


NGT panel to probe illegal waste dumping near Kashmir wetland

New Delhi, May 2 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) took suo motu cognisance of the unscientific dumping of municipal solid waste (MSW) and the establishment of a waste management plant in a wetland... Read More


Is India understating its warming trend by changing baselines?

New Delhi, May 1 -- In January 2025, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) declared 2024 as the country's warmest year on record, citing an annual mean surface temperature anomaly of +0.65 C above... Read More


Scientists may take at least a year to grasp full scale of world's largest coral bleaching event

New Delhi, May 1 -- The world's coral reefs are in the grip of the most extensive bleaching event ever recorded, but scientists say it may take another year to fully grasp how much has been lost. Th... Read More