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India on e-wheels: Kochi's electric experiment offers a blueprint for Kerala's EV transition

India, Sept. 29 -- Kochi's Metro Connect shows how electrifying public transport, not just private cars, can reshape urban mobility in Kerala. Its 15 electric feeder buses link neighbourhoods to Metr... Read More


Daily weather tracker: Depression weakens over Myanmar, heavy rain forecast across Northeast and South India

India, Sept. 29 -- Summary Depression weakens over Myanmar, likely becoming a well-marked low-pressure area by evening, while weather activity continues across nearby regions. Northeast India braces... Read More


How a new mining law cuts off the money Jharkhand needs to protect its own people

India, Sept. 29 -- The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026 restricts states from imposing certain taxes, cesses and levies on mineral rights and mineral-bearing land. ... Read More


Drought-driven low river levels hit shipping and trade across major routes: ITF

India, Sept. 28 -- Drought-driven low water levels on major rivers such as the Rhine, Danube, Loire and Po are crippling inland navigation, slashing barge capacity and sharply raising freight costs, t... Read More


Coal-driven electricity growth raises urban air pollution, deaths concerns in India: Study

India, Sept. 28 -- India's electricity demand nearly quadrupled between 2000 and 2020, met largely by coal, which supplied about 76% of power and drove a sharp rise in SO2 emissions, sulphate aerosols... Read More


Delhi targets 2,354 industries with tighter emission norms, APCD and OCEMS enforcement

India, Sept. 28 -- Delhi's 2026 winter air pollution strategy is putting greater emphasis on industrial emissions, with 2,354 targeted industries required to install and connect online continuous emis... Read More


Medical travel costs Indians more than any other type of domestic trip, shows NSO report

India, Sept. 28 -- Health and medical travel is the most expensive category of domestic travel in India, with an average expenditure of Rs 32,167 per trip, according to a government survey. Average e... Read More


CEA panel backs deeper coal flexibility, but concerns over long-term impacts demand stronger evidence

India, Sept. 28 -- India's CEA committee urges deeper flexibility in coal power to support rising renewables, backing two-shift operation for 151 ageing units that could provide 24 GW of flexible capa... Read More


Felling of sal borer-affected trees begins in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori forest division

India, Sept. 28 -- Felling has begun in Madhya Pradesh's Dindori forest division after permission was granted to cut nearly 150,000 sal borer-affected trees. Officials said about 2,000 trees have bee... Read More


India on e-wheels: Kerala is electrifying its vehicles. But is it actually cleaning up transport?

India, Sept. 28 -- Kerala's roads are rapidly filling with electric scooters, cars and three-wheelers, but the state is adding new vehicles faster than it is replacing old ones, diluting environmental... Read More