India’s Stand At COP30
India called on nations to uphold the principle of “Common but Differentiated Responsibilities and Respective Capabilities (CBDR-RC)”, which ensures climate…
Category: Environment
Conservation Of Endangered Species
Supreme Court Judge Justice P.S. Narasimha recently observed that environmental principles borrowed from Western legal systems,may not always help in…
Rhesus Macaque
The Standing Committee of the National Board for Wildlife (SC-NBWL) has recommended restoring the Rhesus Macaque to Schedule II of…
Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Decline In India: ICAR Study
A recent ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research) study has found that climate change and imbalanced use of fertilizers are…
CITES Report On India’s Wildlife Imports
A recent CITES verification mission advised India to halt imports of critically endangered species like gorillas and orangutans due to…
Heavy Metals Found In Cauvery Fish
A recent study by Bharathidasan University, Tamil Nadu, reported high levels of heavy metals in sediments and fish from the…
Great Nicobar Project
The Great Nicobar Island mega-infrastructure project has moved a step forward as the A&N administration prepared GIS maps for denotification…
Has Cloud Seeding Been Effective?
Delhi recently carried out cloud-seeding operations with IIT-Kanpur for the first time in almost 50 years to induce artificial rain…
The Case For Energy Efficiency
India’s renewable energy capacity has expanded significantly, yet the carbon intensity of grid electricity has increased in recent years. A…
Amazon Face Project
Scientists in Brazil have recently begun the AmazonFACE Project near Manaus to study how the Amazon rainforest reacts to rising…