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14 of 36 Nigerian states score average in climate governance performance: Report

India, Oct. 17 -- Fourteen out of 36 states in Nigeria scored average in Climate Governance Performance, according to the 2025 Subnational Climate Governance Rating and Ranking exercise. The rating w... Read More


African languages for AI: the project that's gathering a huge new dataset

India, Oct. 17 -- A team of African experts is tackling the underrepresentation of African languages in AI by collecting diverse speech data for automatic speech recognition. Supported by the Gates F... Read More


The world wide web was meant to unite us but is tearing us apart instead. Is there another way?

India, Oct. 17 -- The world wide web, initially envisioned as a unifying force, is now contributing to societal division through online echo chambers and polarizing content. Studies suggest that soci... Read More


India notifies GHG emission intensity targets for four sectors: Delay derails ambition further

India, Oct. 17 -- Union Ministry of Environment notified greenhouse gas emission intensity targets for aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali, and pulp and paper in October 2025. The delay forced a pro-rata... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 15, 2025)

India, Oct. 16 -- MCD reports Ghazipur landfill shrinking despite daily fresh waste inflow. NGT halts illegal sand mining in Bawanthadi River, Madhya Pradesh. NGT forms committee to probe illegal st... Read More


Trade deals weaponised to enforce strict seed patents, warns new report

India, Oct. 16 -- New report by GRAIN warns of growing corporate control over seeds via free trade agreements. Powerful economies - including the US, EU, Japan and the UAE - are pushing harsh IP rule... Read More


Built to binge

India, Oct. 16 -- The world has long known how cigarettes hijack the brain. Light one, inhale, and the nicotine hit is instant. Within seconds, the chemical acts on the brain to induce a pleasurable s... Read More


Unwilling to share?

India, Oct. 16 -- A statutory body created to ensure that local communities get compensated for their traditional knowledge and products by entities that use them for commercial purposes has fallen mi... Read More


Bone dry to soaking wet

India, Oct. 16 -- The canals and barrages in the village were absolutely dry this summer. But rain in August and September overwhelmed the Sindphana river," says Ganesh Ghodake, a farmer from Kurla vi... Read More


Despair follows deluge

India, Oct. 16 -- The floodwaters that swept across Punjab in late August, triggered by unusually heavy rains in the Himalayan region and the state's own torrential downpours, had begun to recede by t... Read More