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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 6, 2026)

India, April 7 -- Desilting of Punjab rivers The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on April 2, 2026, modified the interim order passed on February 11, 2026. It permitted the state of Punjab to take furth... Read More


Energy crisis forces India to revisit kerosene, a fuel it had nearly left behind

India, April 7 -- Amid geopolitical shocks and reduced LNG availability from West Asia, India has allowed a short-term return of PDS kerosene for household cooking and lighting in 21 states and Union ... Read More


CAG finds nearly half of Jammu and Kashmir's lakes have vanished since 1967, warns of ecological crisis

India, April 7 -- A CAG audit reveals a deepening ecological crisis in Jammu and Kashmir, where 315 of 697 lakes recorded in 1967 have disappeared. 203 lakes have shrunk, erasing thousands of hectare... Read More


Kalpakkam: India's indigenously developed atomic reactor attains criticality

India, April 7 -- India's indigenously developed atomic reactor, the Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu, has achieved 'criticality', according to a statement by the Centr... Read More


Batteries are now cheap enough to enable solar to meet 90% of India's electricity demand economically, says Ember analysis

India, April 7 -- Battery storage is now cheap enough to enable solar power to meet as much as 90 per cent of India's national electricity demand at a competitive levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) ... Read More


Up to 15% of Sundarbans losing ability to recover from climate stress over 25 years, research shows

India, April 7 -- A new study finds the Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage mangrove forest shared by India and Bangladesh, is losing resilience. 10-15% of its area showing reduced ability to recover... Read More


Caught off-guard: Unseasonal hailstorms, rain wipe out entire fields in Rajasthan, Punjab days before harvest

India, April 7 -- Unseasonal hailstorms and torrential rain have devastated rabi crops across Rajasthan and Punjab. In Bikaner's Arjunsar region, farmers report 100 per cent loss of wheat, mustard an... Read More


Ghaziabad recorded highest PM10 pollution in 2025-26

India, April 7 -- Ghaziabad recorded the highest PM10 pollution among 96 NCAP cities in 2025-26. Delhi and Noida followed closely. 79 cities showed some improvement since 2017-18 and 27 cut PM10 by ... Read More


Sweet potato may be a neglected crop elsewhere; but its cultivation remains a significant part of agriculture in India's rainfed and tribal regions

India, April 6 -- In the remote hills of Swabhiman Anchal in southern Odisha's Malkangiri district, sweet potato quietly anchors the livelihoods of an entire village. In Salgamput, a small tribal sett... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 2, 2026)

India, April 6 -- NGT hears plea against alleged illegal resort construction on Balason riverbank Odisha airport project faces allegations of deforestation and forest land encroachment Tribunal seek... Read More