Environment, Ecology and Biodiversity

Species in News: Eurasian Otter

Thought to be extinct, a rare sighting in Kashmir revives hopes of the Eurasian otter’s comeback Context: The Eurasian otter...

Etalin Hydropower Project

Overlooking own concerns in past, Environment Ministry’s forest committee clears Arunachal’s Etalin hydel project Context: The Environment Ministry’s Forest Advisory...

Ungulates in India

Ungulates in India

State of India’s tiger prey, why challenges to their habitat need to be addressed     Context: For the first...

India Adds Two More Ramsar Sites

India Adds Two More Ramsar Sites

Prime Minister hails addition of two New Ramsar Sites in Rajasthan   Context: On the eve of World Environment Day,...

Heatwaves in India

Heatwaves in India

Heatwaves impacting the country’s labour productivity? Context: India has seen an early arrival of the monsoon in 2025, providing a...

India’s Heatwaves: Crisis, Consequences, and the Call for Climate-Smart Action

India’s Heatwaves: Crisis, Consequences, and the Call for Climate-Smart Action

Indian summers are getting hotter, but is it the heat or is it us?     Context: India is undeniably...

Why Technicalising India’s Waste Crisis Is Not the Solution

Why Technicalising India’s Waste Crisis Is Not the Solution

  India’s Waste Crisis: Why Technical Solutions Alone Won’t Suffice Context: India’s mounting waste crisis is often seen through the...

Urban Flooding Solution: Powerful Strategies to Build Resilient Indian Cities

Urban Flooding Solution: Powerful Strategies to Build Resilient Indian Cities

Urban Flooding: Key Opportunities to Transform India’s City Infrastructure Context: Indian cities face recurring flooding during monsoons, with recent incidents...

Bridging with Natural Gas: A Key Opportunity for India’s Clean Energy Transition

Bridging with Natural Gas: A Key Opportunity for India’s Clean Energy Transition

Bridging with Natural Gas: Unlocking Critical Investment Potential in India’s Energy Future Context: Natural gas is globally promoted as a...

Esecaflor Project

Esecaflor Project

WHAT EXPERIMENT SIMULATING DROUGHT IN AMAZON FOUND Context: The Esecaflor project, the world’s longest-running rainforest drought experiment in the Amazon,...

Electric Vehicles and Air Pollution

Tyre particles: How EVs are a climate solution with pollution problem   Context: A new study published in Soft Matter,...

The Growing Threat to Urban Forests in India

Why India needs stable urban forests Context: One of Hyderabad’s last remaining urban forests, Kancha Gachibowli, recently faced an existential...

Asiatic Lion Population (2024)

2025 Lion census shows 32% population rise: Why Asiatic lion’s future can’t be secured by numbers alone   Context: Gujarat...

Olive Ridley Turtles and the Fragile Balance of Conservation

Kurma mela: The science of the mass nesting of Olive Ridley turtles   Context: Earlier this year, Odisha’s Rushikulya beach...

India’s Climate risk for Future

Progress should not just be fast but future-proof Context: India’s Climate risk for Future is being shaped by rising temperatures,...