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If you liked this story, share it with other people. India’s development story, like much of the world, continues to be told through a single number: Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Every quarter, GDP ...

While India has expanded legal protections for sharks and rays, key breeding, nursery, and feeding habitats remain vulnerable. A new study has identified 11 Important Shark and Ray Areas in the Indian ...

In a letter to the Union Tribal Affairs Minister, tribal chiefs of Great Nicobar and Little Nicobar have demanded withdrawal of a 2022 certificate that claimed forest rights had been recognised and ...

Bengaluru’s record-breaking plantation drive has renewed debate over whether mass tree planting is the most effective way to restore urban ecosystems. The Miyawaki method can rapidly create dense ...

India’s environment ministry has proposed extending environmental clearance validity for ports and harbours, citing long project gestation periods. The decision was shaped by two expert committees ...

A new study from the Greater Ranthambhore landscape found that nearly three-quarters of the caracal’s suitable habitat lies outside protected areas. Ravines, scrublands, grasslands and other open ...

Sneha Mahale is a Mumbai-based journalist and editor who covers climate change, wildlife, health, technology, and culture. Her work has been published in Hindustan Times, Moneycontrol, New Indian ...

Climate-driven warming and shifting monsoon patterns are projected to alter the water chemistry, threatening fish habitat and the ecological balance of Manipur’s Loktak lake. A new study finds that ...

More than half of the habitat suitable for muggers falls outside the existing protected areas, leaving much of the species’ potential habitat exposed to human pressures. Smaller, concentrated wetland ...

Communities that live near waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in India complain about the stench and soot. But construction has begun for a new plant in Delhi, despite protests. Meanwhile, with their own ...

Heavy monsoon rains have led to flash floods and landslides across India’s northeast states, leaving at least three people dead in Arunachal Pradesh, inundating villages in Assam, damaging ...