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India launches e-truck initiative

12 Aug 2025

The Indian government has launched a groundbreaking scheme to provide financial incentives for electric trucks (e-trucks), aiming to accelerate the country’s transition to clean, efficient, and sustainable freight mobility,...

Making India a ‘Weather-Ready, Climate-Smart’ nation

05 Aug 2025

Aimed at transforming the country into a “weather-ready and climate-smart” nation, the Indian government has launched the ambitious ‘Mission Mausam’ initiative, as per a DD News press release. The...

Indian auto industry emissions could reduce drastically

29 Jul 2025

A new study released by India’s Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) has said that India’s automobile industry — the third-largest in the world — could cut its...

Shifting monsoons: adapting challenges

22 Jul 2025

India is facing a new climate challenge — its shifting monsoon patterns. Highlighting this, a recent study, ‘Weathering the Storm: Managing Monsoons in a Warming Climate’, points out the...

Expanding and melting glacial lakes pose huge dangers

15 Jul 2025

Glacial lakes and water bodies across the Himalayan region have expanded by 11% since 2011, according to a report by India’s Central Water Commission (CWC). The report, highlighted in...

Indian fauna portal records several new entries

08 Jul 2025

India’s faunal database has 683 new entries, including 459 newly-discovered species and 224 species. These findings were published in Animal Discoveries-2024, released recently to mark the Zoological Survey of...

Proper urban green space placing could save lives

01 Jul 2025

Five cities from India were part of a recent study — Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Mumbai. Part of a group called the C40 cities, these were among 96...

Revamped Green India Mission a sound move

24 Jun 2025

An updated National Mission for Green India document, highlighting the Mission’s aim to restore degraded forest ecosystems in the Western Ghats, the Himalayas and the Aravalli mountain range was...

India’s solar potential could far exceed previous assessments

18 Jun 2025

A recent study estimates that India’s total solar potential could reach 10,830 gigawatts (GW), far exceeding previous assessments and identifies new opportunities across both conventional and innovative applications of...

Troubling climate, health and development indicators

10 Jun 2025

India is facing a mounting crisis on multiple environmental and development fronts. This is the warning that the Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has sounded as a...

Meena Janardhan

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

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