A Multi-Modal Terminal constructed in Varanasi, for transportation via National Waterway-1 has not had regular traffic flow as yet. According to an analysis, the cargo transported from this terminal ...

When rooftop solar subsidies were introduced across several Indian states, adoption did not rise gradually with awareness ...

In Jaigaon, West Bengal, poor waste disposal and the lack of waste management is becoming a critical environmental issue.

A new study found twice as many blackbucks outside Karnataka’s Jayamangali Blackbuck Conservation Reserve, compared to inside. Blackbucks thrive in savannah grasslands but the highest land cover ...

On August 5, Dharali, a village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, was hit by a flash flood in the Himalayan stream Kheer Gad, leaving at least 68 people missing and one dead. Rapid construction over the ...

While India has incorporated environmental learning formally in the educational system, progress in integrating climate education into the mainstream syllabus has been slow. Academicians and climate ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Forest ‘encroachment’ under the legal cover of the Forest Act of 1865, commenced with the inception of the Imperial Forest Department in 1864, now ...

Green jobs are evolving beyond technical roles and fieldwork; people with skills or experience in fields such as engineering, finance, architecture, communications, law and others can find positions ...

China’s plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam on its side of the Brahmaputra has renewed the Indian government’s interest in building its own mega dam, the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in ...

The activism around Kerala’s Silent Valley was a grassroots movement to protect the pristine forests from being submerged by a proposed hydroelectric dam, highlighting the conflict between ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Schools in India have seen increasing disruptions due to extreme weather events, over the last few years. Many Indian states witnessed long spells ...

Urban expansion and land use changes in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats, are driving significant forest loss. A recent study by the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS) found a massive ...