Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 13, 2026)

India, Feb. 16 -- Ensure waste infra in Bhopal as required by SWM Rules 2026: SC NGT orders MP wetlands demarcation with pillars urgently NGT directs Multai Parishad report legacy waste gaps Provid... Read More

Activists condemn repeal of MGNREGA, warn of "deep rural distress"

India, Feb. 16 -- Activists condemn repeal of India's rural jobs guarantee law, MGNREGA Scheme had guaranteed 100 days of demand-based work per household Women accounted for 58 per cent of person-da... Read More

Trump has scrapped the long-standing legal basis for tackling climate emissions

India, Feb. 16 -- US EPA rescinds its 2009 endangerment finding on greenhouse gases Move removes the federal legal basis for regulating climate emissions The finding underpinned Obama-era vehicle an... Read More

Rajasthan farmers fear wheat losses as February temperatures surge 5-6degC above normal

India, Feb. 16 -- Temperatures in Hanumangarh and Sri Ganganagar have risen 5-6degC above normal in mid-February Wheat covering nearly 481,000 hectares is in the vulnerable milky stage Canal water s... Read More

'No good ground to interfere': NGT approves Andaman-Nicobar port project, dismisses all petitions

India, Feb. 16 -- The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has cleared the way for a controversial mega port project in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, rejecting a series of petitions that warned of potenti... Read More

Summer from February? First 15 days see temperatures soaring across India

India, Feb. 16 -- February 2026 in India feels like summer as temperatures soar above normal across 27 cities, disrupting the usual winter chill. The unusual warmth, particularly in North India, has ... Read More

Gobar Times: The fascinating world of orchids

India, Feb. 15 -- Orchids are one of the largest and most beautiful plant families in the world and are often affectionately referred to as the 'royal family' of plants. According to the Orchid Specia... Read More

Global trade tensions raise strategic value of African minerals, report says

India, Feb. 14 -- A new Africa Finance Corporation report says global trade tensions are increasing the strategic value of Africa's mineral reserves Africa holds an estimated US$29.5 trillion in mine... Read More

Ahmedabad, India's seventh-largest city, has 181 bird species or nearly one-third of Gujarat's avifauna

India, Feb. 14 -- A new atlas released by Ahmedabad University recorded 181 bird species in Ahmedabad, nearly a third of Gujarat's avifauna, in a single winter season. The recently published Ahmedaba... Read More

On relating with & learning from nature

India, Feb. 14 -- Some of my formative memories are that of playing in the mud outside my home, observing the minute world of insects, listening to birdcalls and playing with the neighbourhood cats. G... Read More

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