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An elephant at the waterhole | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT A herd of thirsty elephants, a water source across a human settlement, worried locals and concerned forest department officials,  might sound like the perfect template for human-animal conflict. Forest department officials of the Inchathotty Forest Station under the Munnar Forest Division in Kerala, however, flipped … Read more

In one of his first acts in his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump fired several hundred employees of the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The move triggered a lot of discussion in the climate community and beyond about how it will hurt critical weather and climate services. The … Read more

Inauguration of the workshop on Panchayats and Climate Action at the Fireflies Intercultural Centre on February 25, 2025. C Narayanaswamy, Chairman of the 5th Finance Commission of Karnataka, Siddhartha, founder at Pipal Tree, and Chandan Gowda Ramakrishna Hegde Chair professor at ISEC light the lamp. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Representatives from around 80 gram … Read more

Brazil’s Minister of Environment Marina Silva. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Threats from a global tariff war and the U.S.’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement were inimical to progress at the 30th edition of the Conference of Parties (COP), the annual global climate meet, set to be held at Belem, Brazil in November, the country’s … Read more

CPCB ranked Byrnihat, an industrial town about 25 k.m. from Guwahati on the highway to Shillong, as the urban space with the worst air quality. File | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR GUWAHATI Assam and Meghalaya need to work together to make India’s most polluted town on the border between the two States more breathable, … Read more

Fit with Fab Farzana Begum walks into Fit with Fab every morning in Visakhapatnam, her hijab neatly tucked in place, a symbol of her identity. “My hijab is a part of me, just like my strength. It doesn’t limit me; it empowers me,” she says. In a field where women are often under-represented, she stands … Read more

Green Humour | Photo Credit: Rohan Chakravarty Green Humour | Photo Credit: Rohan Chakravarty Rohan Chakravarty is a cartoonist and illustrator from Nagpur. His series, ‘Green Humour’, consists of cartoons and comics on wildlife, nature conservation, environmental issues, sustainability, and all things green. Published – March 06, 2025 03:34 pm IST

If you live in an apartment (as most of us do), it is easy to understand how it takes all kinds to make any world — the brash and the hardworking, the domineering and the docile, where each type plays a part. The analogy is quite apt when one wants to describe the Insect Cafe. … Read more

Tipping Point: Unusually early heatwaves in India | Video Credit: The Hindu India recorded its warmest February this year in the last 124 years. March is looking even worse, as the India Meteorological Department has already warned about an unusually warm month with quite a few heatwave days. Heatwaves in India typically occur between March … Read more

Representational file image. Photo: Special Arrangement Maharashtra Forest Minister Ganesh Naik on Wednesday, replying to a debate, said that the State’s tiger count had increased to 444 this year from 101 in 2000. The increase in the tiger population was one of the reasons for the rise in man-animal conflicts, with fatal attacks on humans, … Read more

One of Africa’s giant beetles is just one step away from extinction. New research has found that one species of the enormous Goliath beetles has been almost wiped out by the west African cocoa industry and, to a lesser extent, by the international trade in dried insects. Luca Luiselli, a professor of biostatistics and ecology at the … Read more

From seed distribution to crop calendars, the Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST) has an action plan to tackle the dry conditions it expects in Kashmir this summer. Kashmir has had a dry winter this year with the months of January and February recording a rainfall deficit of around 80%. Even though the … Read more

Gujarat is the world’s last abode of Asiatic lions. | Photo Credit: VIJAY SONEJI At least 286 lions, among them 143 cubs, died in Gujarat over the last two years, and 58 of these fatalities were due to unnatural causes, state Forest Minister Mulubhai Bera informed the legislative assembly on Tuesday (March 4, 2025). Responding … Read more

The Centre’s law officer informed that most States had also not completed the exercise of consolidation of records of their forest lands under Rule 16(1) of the Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam Rules, 2023.  | Photo Credit: NAGARA GOPAL The Supreme Court on Tuesday (March 4, 2025) issued a stern warning that Chief Secretaries of … Read more

Ruellia elegans, an invasive plant from Brazil recorded for the first time in Assam | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement GUWAHATI A new study has flagged the threat to native biodiversity from a botanical Brazilian beauty. Ruellia elegans derives its name from its pleasing appearance or elegance but its presence in eastern Assam’s Digboi could be unpleasant … Read more

The Farmers Producers’ Organisations (FPOs) being promoted by NABARD, in collaboration with other stakeholders, have proven effective in integrating small and marginal farmers into the agri value chain and enhancing their income. | Photo Credit: SAMRAJ M Of the estimated credit potential of ₹4.47 lakh crore for priority sector lending in Karnataka during 2025-26, the … Read more

Indian Pitta at Ameenpur Lake | Photo Credit: Symala Rupakala Spur-winged Lapwing | Photo Credit: Jagan Pannala For the birding fraternity, two beautiful birds — Indian Pitta or Navrang at Ameenpur Lake in the City and the Spur winged Lapwing at Ammavaripeta in Warangal — have become the cynosure of all eyes for different reasons! … Read more

The fifth U.N. Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-5) meeting intended to yield a legally binding global treaty in Busan was meant to be the final one | Photo Credit: Reuters The United Nations Environment Programme on Monday (March 4, 2025) said a new round of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty will take place from August … Read more

China has said it lowered its carbon intensity by 3.4% in 2024, missing its target of 3.9% Representative image. | Photo Credit: Chris LeBoutillier/Unsplash Carbon intensity is a useful way to measure how much carbon a particular sector is emitting and how it has increased or decreased over time. Usually, sectors have their own ways … Read more

Indian flapshell turtle (Lissemys punctata), a species of freshwater turtle, found in the Cauvery region. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When we think of wildlife, the iconic images of lions, tigers, and elephants often come to mind. While these big cats and mammals are undoubtedly important, there are countless lesser-known species that deserve equal, if … Read more

The National Horticulture Fair will be held at the Indian Institute of Horticulture Research campus in Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Bottle Gourd of the Arka Shreyas variety, which is resistant to Gummy Stem Blight (GSB) and will provide a yield up to 48 tonnes per hectare, Red Dragon Fruit powder, and Arka Jackfruit … Read more

Bank of Baroda’s Executive Director Beena Vaheed talking with The Hindu after inaugurating the bank’s regional office and Baroda Academy in Mangaluru on February 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: Raghava M Bank of Baroda will shortly launch ‘Baroda Kisan Pride’ scheme in Karnataka to encourage farmers to adopt scientific practices in agriculture, said executive director Beena Vaheed … Read more

Supriya Sahu (second left), Secretary of Environment, Climate Change and Forests Department, reviewing the performance of the AI-based early warning system in Madukkarai forest range in Coimbatore district on March 3, 2025. Photo: Special Arrangement The artificial intelligence (AI) based early warning system implemented by the Tamil Nadu Forest Department in the Madukkarai forest range … Read more

Deputy Commissioner of Mandya, Dr. Kumara, said that the number of farmer producer companies has to increase so that the farmers can market their produce on their own, fixing a suitable price. Speaking after inaugurating a training programme for the heads, executive officers, and resource persons of the farmer producer companies of Mandya district here … Read more

The maximum number of dolphins were reported in Uttar Pradesh, followed by Bihar, West Bengal, and Assam. | Photo Credit: The Hindu The first ever estimate of Gangetic dolphins, the only riverine dolphins in India, has found 6,327 of them in the river Ganga and its tributaries. Previous attempts at mapping the population have relied … Read more

Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal seen at the launch of 12th Regional 3R and Circular Economy Forum in the Asia & the Pacific in Jaipur. Photo: X/@PIBodisha India on Monday (March 3, 2025) launched the Cities Coalition for Circularity (C-3), a multi-nation alliance for city-to-city collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and private sector partnerships … Read more

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu virtually unveiling a plaque to mark the inauguration of Hero Future Energies green hydrogen plant at Tirupati from the Secretariat on Monday (March 03). | Photo Credit: BY ARRANGEMENT VIJAYAWADA Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu virtually inaugurated Hero Future Energies’ (HFE) green hydrogen blending plant at Rockman Industries in Tirupati, … Read more

On April 20, 2010, an explosion occurred on British Petroleum’s offshore drilling rig (a machine that drills holes into the earth’s surface to drill oil and construct wells) in the Gulf of Mexico, located around 65 km off the coast of Louisiana. The explosion triggered a massive spill of crude oil, which flowed into the … Read more

When addressing zoonotic diseases, the focus should be on the interactions between systems rather than isolating diseases within specific groups, whether human or animal, say experts. Photograph used for representational purposes only | Photo Credit: LAKSHMI NARAYANAN E One of the biggest threats in the world today from zoonotic diseases — diseases that jump from … Read more

The suo motu public interest litigation by the Meghalaya High Court very recently, to monitor the conservation of wetlands in the State brings the focus back on this important ecosystem. Since 1971, February 2 is observed every year as ‘World Wetland Day’ to mark the adoption of the Ramsar Convention, an international treaty for the … Read more