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April 16, 2026

Protests Halt an Iron Ore Mine That Would Have Split a Tiger Corridor

After weeks of hunger strikes and protests, the Maharashtra government temporarily halted the Lohardongri iron ore minin…

April 14, 2026

In the Land of Mowgli, Women Are Becoming Forest Guides

At Pench Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra — the forest that is said to have inspired Kipling’s The Jungle Book — women from …

April 13, 2026

Delhi's new EV policy: 100% waiver on registration and road tax for Electric 4Ws; only Electric 2Ws to be registered after 2028

Vehicles account for 23% of Delhi's air pollution, and the city's new EV Policy 2026-2030 is making a dramatic move to f…

April 10, 2026

Delhi Drowns in Vehicles; Adds 1,800 New Cars Every Day

Delhi has 15 million registered vehicles — matching the combined total of vehicles in Mumbai, Kolkata, and Chennai put t…

April 09, 2026

Mumbai's April heatwave is leading to surge in gut infections

Hospital emergency wards across Mumbai are seeing a 50% surge in gut infections. Heat speeds up bacterial reproduction i…

April 04, 2026

Meghalaya's Solar Rescue: From Candlelight deliveries to 24X7 power

In Meghalaya's hilly regions, healthcare centers were suffering from unreliable grid electricity: night deliveries by ca…

April 03, 2026

Why is India’s weather behaving like a Rohit Shetty climax?

Yesterday, Pune got battered with intense rain for 2 hours, the highest April rainfall in 128 years! It led to floods, p…

March 30, 2026

Kerala elections: Campaigning in 38°C Heat (Feels Like 50°C)

Kerala's assembly elections (scheduled April 9) are happening during a severe heat wave, with temperatures hitting 38°C …

March 27, 2026

The fuel crisis pushing India in different directions

The ongoing fuel crisis driven by the US-Israel-Iran war has reached our daily lives in India. But the response looks ve…

March 25, 2026

India is the 6th most polluted country globally (2025 World Air Quality Report)

IQAir’s 2025 World Air Quality Report is out — India is the 6th most polluted country in the world. This is not new, it’…

March 23, 2026

El Nino likely in 2026; Hotter summer and weak monsoon for India

Scientists are predicting a 62% chance of El Nino developing by August 2026.

March 18, 2026

Too Hot to Move: How Rising Heat Could Make India Sicker by 2050

A study published in The Lancet Planetary Health (based on data from 1.9 mn adults across 146 countries) found that risi…

November 12, 2025

'I just want to breathe': Rare protests over air pollution in New Delhi

Hundreds of Delhi citizens took to the streets on Sunday Nov 9 to protest against the toxic levels of air pollution in t…

May 15, 2025

Ahmedabad Using Heat Insurance for Informal Workers

Grassroots organizations in Ahmedabad launched parametric heat insurance schemes compensating informal sector women for …