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Development is hard power, clean energy is security: Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026 sounds the alarm on a fractured world

India, June 29 -- Fossil fuel subsidies, which had been on a downward trend globally, are on track to reach US$1.1 trillion in 2026 - US$410 billion more than in 2025 - since the West Asia conflict an... और पढ़ें


Centre unveils VB-GRAMG planning framework with focus on water, roads and climate resilience

India, June 29 -- The Centre has released the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan framework for implementing VB-GRAMG, the new rural jobs and livelihoods mission. The framework prioritises water security, rur... और पढ़ें


Is Bundelkhand again heading towards drought?

India, June 29 -- These images show buffaloes cooling off in one of the last remaining pools on the Yamuna riverbed near Mahoba in the Bundelkhand region of north-central India. Bundelkhand is notori... और पढ़ें


Maharashtra's clean industry plan runs into funding and policy gaps in Kolhapur foundries

India, June 29 -- Maharashtra's energy efficiency plan aims to help Kolhapur's foundry cluster cut energy use and emissions by 2031. Foundry owners say poor awareness, limited access to subsidised fi... और पढ़ें


Arunachal flash floods trigger high alert in Assam

India, June 28 -- Yazali in Arunachal Pradesh's Lower Subansiri district experienced catastrophic flash floods and landslides triggered by an intense, cloudburst-like downpour. In just 24 hours, Yazal... और पढ़ें


Hamburg Sustainability Conference: India climbs to its highest-ever rank in the 2026 UN SDG Index, but hunger remains a major challenge

India, June 28 -- India has secured its highest-ever position in the global UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Index, climbing to 94th among 167 countries in the 2026 edition of the index. With an... और पढ़ें


Beyond green symbolism: Environmental security must be a national priority

India, June 27 -- Every era inherits a defining national challenge. For independent India's early decades, it was food security. Later came industrialisation, poverty reduction and economic reform. To... और पढ़ें


David Attenborough, the man who brought the wild home

India, June 27 -- This month we commemorate the hundredth birthday of Sir David Attenborough. We are not merely celebrating a broadcaster, a writer, or a natural historian, but celebrating the way of ... और पढ़ें


$57 billion. That's how much extreme heat costs women informal workers every year

India, June 26 -- Extreme heat is costing women informal workers an estimated $57 billion in lost earnings each year outside Europe and the US. Without urgent climate and urban policy interventions, ... और पढ़ें


"We saw a state apparatus completely subordinated to corporate interests"

India, June 26 -- As India rapidly expands its data-centre infrastructure and courts AI investment, it is also creating increasingly favourable conditions for global technology companies. Most recentl... और पढ़ें