The railways have planned to double an existing single railway line from Hospet in Karnataka to Vasco da Gama port in Goa, opening it up for coal transport. A portion of the upcoming line will run ...

A new study shows that groundwater, not glaciers, is the lifeline of the Ganga river. Groundwater discharge increases the Ganga river’s volume by about 120% in the Gangetic Plains compared to its ...

Plastic debris and derelict fishing gear are disturbing corals reefs in the Andaman and Nicobar Island, found a survey. Plastic formed more than half of the marine debris in the reefs surveyed.

While India has incorporated environmental learning formally in the educational system, progress in integrating climate education into the mainstream syllabus has been slow. Academicians and climate ...

The activism around Kerala’s Silent Valley was a grassroots movement to protect the pristine forests from being submerged by a proposed hydroelectric dam, highlighting the conflict between ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Recently, the Chinese government approved the construction of a mega-dam at the Great Bend of the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, often described ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Mohammad Shakeel Ahmad, 34, who works at the King’s International Tannery based in Unnao, points to an unusually empty section of the facility ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The external wall of Phulabai Pawar’s house features a washing powder advertisement that reads: ‘Keeps your clothes fresh and clean!’ Phulabai is ...

Rapid urbanisation, population growth, and unplanned development have led to land use and land cover changes in Ladakh, adding stress on groundwater resources in the region, says a new study.

In the late nineteenth century, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were introduced to the Andaman Islands to work in timber operations that continued until the early 2000s. On occasions working ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – ...

A new study has recorded the presence of Gangetic dolphins along several smaller tributaries of the Ganga river, identifying a total of 620 kilometres as priority conservation areas. The Gangetic ...