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First ever photographic evidence of a clouded leopard preying on a Bengal slow loris has emerged from Dehing Patkai National ...
A Liberian-flagged ship sank off Kochi, leaking oil and cargo. While the spill is contained, missing hazardous materials may ...
Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The passage of the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Act of 2023 is now set to dramatically rework the landscape of forest conservation in India, ...
Muppandal in Tamil Nadu is home to India’s largest operational onshore wind farm in terms of installed capacity. Over three decades, there are visible social impacts on the people living in the ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Morning walkers, residents of nearby residential complexes, vouch for the beauty and serenity of Jakkur Lake in Bengaluru and completely endorse ...
Solar parks need 7,000–20,000 litres of water per megawatt (MW) per wash. Many solar installations in India are located in arid and semi-arid areas bringing significant risk to the local ecosystem and ...
Lack of access to solar power in project-affected villages brings out striking similarities between the handling of solar and fossil fuel-based energy systems. In Pavagada, Karnataka, jobs at the ...
Dharnai village in Bihar came into limelight in 2014 when the village got a solar mini-grid and was projected as the state’s “first solar village”. However, after three years due to lack of ...
Migratory raptors, such as harriers, are avoiding areas dominated by wind farms in Tamil Nadu, indicate initial observations, as part of ongoing studies by the researchers of Ashoka Trust for Research ...
The government of India is pursuing a massive development project involving a container terminal, airport, township, and a power plant on the Great Nicobar Island in the strategically important ...
As the world celebrates the Year of the Tiger in 2022, humans continue to threaten the cat’s long-term survival in the wild by killing, buying and selling tigers and their prey, and encroaching into ...