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Climate change patterns reshaping India’s central forests

24 Mar 2026

A new study finds that the Panchmarhi Biosphere Reserve (PBR) in India lost about 13% of its forest cover between 1972 and 2020, driven by both climate shifts and...

Extreme heat poses great risks in India

17 Mar 2026

A new independent study by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) in India warns that Extreme heat now poses a risk to 57 per cent of Indian...

Record emissions drop in India

10 Mar 2026

Higher renewable energy deployment has resulted in India recording the largest drop in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions among major countries in 2025, even as global emissions rose in several...

Rapid warming a cause of concern

03 Mar 2026

A report that has been published in the State of India’s Environment (SOE) 2026 warns that India is warming fast and questions whether this will it lead to a...

Mumbai to host Earthshot Prize Awards night

24 Feb 2026

The annual environment award of Britain’s Prince William in 2026, the Earthshot Prize, will be hosted by the Indian city of Mumbai this year. Announcing this, the Earthshot Prize...

Bird species' decline causes concern

17 Feb 2026

A recent Mongabay-India (MI) report highlights a two-decade-long bird monitoring study in Trans-Himalayan region of Spiti Valley in Himachal Pradesh, India, which finds that bird densities have declined most...

Digital platform for India’s forestry and afforestation ecosystem

10 Feb 2026

India has launched its first digital platform for seed traceability, in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (UN). This was announced last week...

India’s growing Ramsar network

03 Feb 2026

Two Indian wetlands have been added to India's growing Ramsar Network. Indian Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Mr Bhupender Yadav announced that the Patna Bird Sanctuary...

India’s better energy path using cheap electrotech

27 Jan 2026

A recent report from the think tank Ember says that cheap electrotech is enabling India to industrialize without the long fossil detour taken by China and the West. This...

Focussing on small and modular nuclear reactors

20 Jan 2026

As part of India’s long-term push towards nuclear and renewable energy, there has been a lot of focus on small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs). A key highlight of the...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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