India, Sept. 1 -- Pune has kept fares the same for air-conditioned and non-air-conditioned buses, a model aimed at making public transport more accessible. PMPML currently operates about 620 electric... Read More
India, Aug. 31 -- Maharashtra has India's second-largest registered electric vehicle fleet after Uttar Pradesh, but officials say headline numbers do not show how deeply EVs have entered mainstream tr... Read More
India, Aug. 31 -- Coral reefs are facing bleaching events more frequently, leaving them less time to recover between periods of severe heat stress. Global hard coral cover has declined by an estimate... Read More
India, Aug. 19 -- Maharashtra is witnessing a sharp rise in electric vehicle adoption, particularly in the two- and four-wheeler segments. As many as 271,705 electric two-wheelers and 37,556 electric ... Read More
India, Aug. 9 -- A new climatology study finds Maharashtra is facing a sharp rise in compound drought and heatwave events, which now increasingly strike during the monsoon rather than just pre-monsoon... Read More
India, Aug. 5 -- Ahilyanagar, Beed, Dharashiv, Sangli and Solapur have emerged as Maharashtra's most vulnerable flash drought hotspots, according to a 44-year study. The semi-arid districts recorded ... Read More
India, Aug. 4 -- Forest rights experts have raised concern over a July 27 central government letter on Community Forest Resource Management Plans. The letter asks states to align community forest res... Read More
India, July 29 -- This is the fourth of a 4-part series. Read the first, second and third parts. K Ullas Karanth, a Bengaluru-based wildlife biologist, says the first step could be to reduce prey den... Read More
India, July 29 -- This is the third of a 4-part series. Read the first, second and fourth parts. Broadly, India's tiger conservation has focused on increasing tiger numbers by creating protected area... Read More
India, July 29 -- This is the second of a 4-part series. Read the first, third and fourth parts. The high density means that some areas have breached their tiger carrying capacity. In overpopulated r... Read More