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AviList: First-ever unified global checklist of bird species is now live

New Delhi, June 12 -- AviList, the first-ever unified global checklist of bird species, became live on June 12, 2025, after four years of work by the Working Group on Avian Checklists. The new checkl... Read More


Countries increasingly embracing carbon pricing to drive emission reduction, raise revenue: World Bank

New Delhi, June 12 -- Countries are increasingly adopting carbon pricing, which now represents almost two-thirds of global Gross Domestic Product, according to a new World Bank report titled State and... Read More


Daily Heat Tracker: 23 cities record above-normal minimum temperature

New Delhi, June 12 -- Data for capital cities of 27 states (data not available for Goa) and 8 union territories. In certain states where data is not available for the capital city, data for one of the... Read More


How India moves: During peak hours, Raipur crawls slower than a bicycle

New Delhi, June 11 -- The growing number of vehicles on the roads of Raipur, the capital of Chhattisgarh, is contributing to an increase in road accidents. According to the Road Accidents in India 20... Read More


How India moves: Delhi's ring railway revival an uphill task

New Delhi, June 11 -- Delhi's Ring Railway network, with 21 stations, ferried passengers in a circular route starting and ending at the Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station since the late 1970's, until t... Read More


Baku to Belem roadmap: Countries diverge on how to mobilise $1.3 trillion climate finance

New Delhi, June 11 -- COP29 witnessed a disappointing outcome on climate finance provisions for developing nations - the New Collective Quantifed Goal (NCQG), wherein developed nations set a target of... Read More


UNOC3: Close to 100 countries sign Nice wake-up call for ambitious plastics treaty

New Delhi, June 11 -- Over 95 countries have endorsed the "Nice Wake-up Call for an Ambitious Plastics Treaty" at the third United Nations Ocean Conference (UNOC3), currently underway in Nice, France,... Read More


Participatory videos can be a tool to revolutionise farmer-led extension in natural farming

New Delhi, June 11 -- Recently, the Union cabinet approved the National Mission on Natural Farming (NMNF) with a total budget outlay of Rs 24.81 billion. The NMNF scheme will be implemented in 15,000 ... Read More


The mammoth in the patent system

New Delhi, June 11 -- This could well be the new century of the woolly mammoth, the most iconic of our extinct species, which is set to make an epic return to our world. The hairy, spiral-tusked humon... Read More


UNOC3: Brazil and France launch initiative to encourage ocean-focused action in national climate plans ahead of UNFCCC COP 30, six countries join

New Delhi, June 10 -- Brazil and France have launched a new initiative to bring oceans to the heart of climate action at the third instalment of the United Ocean Conference (UNOC3) being held in Nice,... Read More