New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- This is the fifth in a 6-part series. Read the first, second, third and fourth parts On August 11, a 2-judge bench of Justice J B Pardiwala and Justice R Mahadevan directed that... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 21 -- Summary Tigers have gone locally extinct from nearly 18,000 sq km of habitat in India between 2006 and 2018. Poverty, bushmeat hunting, and snares are major drivers of decline i... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Summary Funding freeze: Allocations for MGNREGA have remained static at Rs 86,000 crore since 2023-24 despite rising inflation and demand. Huge dues: Pending liabilities total R... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 12 -- The Supreme Court on August 11, 2025 directed the authorities concerned in the National Capital Territory of Delhi to immediately begin removing free-ranging dogs from localities... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 8 -- Summary Dozens of Jenu Kuruba families have returned to ancestral forest lands in Nagarahole, sparking clashes with Karnataka's forest department. The group, classified as a Part... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 7 -- Summary The Great Barrier Reef has suffered its sharpest coral loss in 39 years, with hard coral cover plunging over 70% in some areas. The 2024 mass bleaching event, the fifth s... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N1 can spread through the air in milking parlours, the exhaled breath of cows and contaminated wastewater, researchers have found. The ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 6 -- Summary A study published in Nature revealed that European forests are losing their ability to act as carbon sinks. The main factors behind this are climate change-induced extrem... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 4 -- Summary Amazon forests in Brazil burned by fires remain up to 2.6 degrees C hotter than intact forests, with heat persisting for at least 30 years. Burned forests show fundamenta... Read More
New Delhi, July 31 -- Summary The central government's refusal to amend the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, has sparked concerns among journalists, whistleblowers and RTI activists Press ... Read More