India, June 17 -- We do not find any plausible reason as to why the Committee ought not to have made an assessment of the forest rights of the forest dwellers, without taking into account the object a... Read More
India, June 17 -- Rural workers' groups warn that under the new Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar & Aajeevika Mission (Gramin), states may shoulder up to 90% of costs despite a legal 60:40 Centre-sta... Read More
India, June 16 -- Heatwaves in India may have intensified ground-level ozone exposure linked to more than 26,500 deaths in 2024, an IIT Kharagpur-led study says. The study linked ozone exposure durin... Read More
India, June 15 -- Climate change intensified rainfall from Cyclone Senyar may have killed 58 Tapanuli orangutans, the world's rarest great ape, a new study says. The suspected deaths represent about ... Read More
India, June 8 -- Climate change could expand chikungunya risk into parts of North America, Europe and East Asia by the end of the century, a new study says. The mosquito-borne disease is currently co... Read More
India, June 8 -- The NREGA Sangharsh Morcha has demanded an immediate halt to the implementation of the VB-GRAMG Act, which is set to replace MGNREGA. The workers' platform says the new rural employm... Read More
India, June 2 -- Wildfires in 2025 were the costliest on record, even though the global area burned was 16% below the long-term average, a new review says. The review found that 335 million hectares ... Read More
India, June 2 -- During a routine patrol in Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve in May, the state's forest department team came across an adult tiger carcass. This was the third such case reported fr... Read More
India, June 1 -- Adivasi and forest rights groups have called for the dissolution of task forces on FRA and PESA in Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh. The Campaign for Survival and Dignity alleges that... Read More
India, May 31 -- Eight Asiatic lions have died, and 17 others have been infected by an outbreak of Babesia disease in the past few days in the Gir forest, the species' last refuge in Gujarat. Babesia... Read More