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Avian flu outbreak highlights scary linkages

13 Apr 2021

Towards the end of 2020 and early 2021, avian or bird flu swept through India and affected states scrambled to institute measures to control the spread of the disease. ...

India-UK team to tackle climate challenge

06 Apr 2021

An international multidisciplinary chemistry network providing a training and research environment for future international chemistry leaders in India and United Kingdom has been set up. Scientists from India and...

Heatwaves set to rise in India, South Asia

30 Mar 2021

A new study has projected a grim prospect, particularly for the South Asian region. The details sketched out by the research state that with a global 2°C rise, this region’s...

Groundwater depletion in India spells danger

23 Mar 2021

A country that produces 10 per cent of the world’s crops is now the world’s largest consumer of groundwater, and aquifers are rapidly becoming depleted across much of India. ...

Reason behind India’s lowest carbon footprint

16 Mar 2021

A new study by the US-based Tulane University in the Nutrition Journal, shows that the carbon footprint associated with India’s dietary guidelines was equivalent to 0.86 kg CO2 per day....

India to witness hotter summer this year

09 Mar 2021

The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast that after intense cold waves sweeping parts of the country, the mercury is set to soar in the coming months. The latest...

Indian glacier collapse a worrying sign

23 Feb 2021

United Nations experts have warned that the deadly flood in northern India, sparked by a cratering glacier, was not an isolated incident but the result of a rapidly warming planet....

Boosting Indo-French ties on environment

02 Feb 2021

Indian Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar recently launched the Indo-French Year of the Environment, along with Barbara Pompili, the French Minister for Ecological Transition in...

Draft Indian Arctic policy explores future path

26 Jan 2021

The Government of India is in the process of formulating an Arctic Policy and had sought comments on its draft from interested parties on its website. While commenting on the...

Indian big cats thrive under conservation

19 Jan 2021

After the tiger conservation success story in India reported earlier, we now have good news about Indian leopards. In December, the latest report released by the Indian Ministry...

Meena Janardhan

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

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