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India readies confidential fast-track plan for critical minerals push; Ottawa signals sovereign fund match

India, Feb. 19 -- The Union government is preparing a confidential fast-track framework to compress approvals and crowd in private capital for critical minerals, even as it scales up publicly funded e... Read More


IEA State of Energy Innovation 2026: Competitiveness, security drive global clean energy race

India, Feb. 19 -- Energy innovation is increasingly being shaped by geopolitics, competitiveness and energy security, alongside climate goals, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s The ... Read More


The macaque that refused to disappear

India, Feb. 19 -- A recent scientific analysis of lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) across fragmented landscapes of the Western Ghats has produced an unexpected finding. Instead of declining unifo... Read More


Coffee crops are dying from a fungus with species-jumping genes - researchers are 'resurrecting' their genomes to understand how and why

India, Feb. 19 -- Coffee wilt disease has cost more than $1 billion since the 1990s and devastated African harvests New genetic research shows the fungus evolved by acquiring genes from other plant p... Read More


Forest fires rage in Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland for nearly a week

India, Feb. 19 -- Forest fires burn for nearly a week across Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland Indian Air Force helicopters deploy thousands of litres of water in high-altitude operations Blazes report... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 18, 2026)

India, Feb. 19 -- NGT halts Punjab river desilting auctions pending clearances. NGT grants MoEFCC time to verify Stage-I compliance violations in four-laning project of Sirhind-Patiala road. NGT ord... Read More


Circular economy in agriculture: Wealth on paper, waste on the ground

India, Feb. 19 -- India's ambitious circular economy plan aims to transform agricultural waste into wealth, projecting a $2 trillion market by 2050 and creating 10 million jobs. Despite substantial i... Read More


Guns, laws and crop raids: Kerala's wild boar culling policy caught in regulatory crossfire

India, Feb. 18 -- Kerala's long-running struggle with wild boar crop raids has entered a new phase of policy uncertainty after the state's Left Democratic Front government put on hold a controversial ... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 17, 2026)

India, Feb. 18 -- Front-of-pack warning labels The Supreme Court (SC), on February 10, 2026, expressed dissatisfaction with the compliance affidavit filed by the Food Safety and Standards Authority o... Read More


International Solar Alliance launches global AI-for-Energy mission to accelerate clean power in 120+ countries

India, Feb. 18 -- ISA launches global AI-for-Energy mission at India AI Impact Summit 2026 Initiative aims to align policy, data systems and finance across 120+ member countries AI seen as key to im... Read More