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BRICS nations stress on environment goals

04 Aug 2020

The five BRICS nations have called for improving the environment and promoting a circular economy in national plans as steps towards recovery in the fight against COVID-19. At a recent...

India’s digital approach to turtle conservation

28 Jul 2020

A mobile-based application called KURMA was launched for turtle conservation in India on May 23, 2020, which is celebrated globally as World Turtle Day. A 2019 report by TRAFFIC,...

Indian youth rise against plastic pollution

21 Jul 2020

The Virtual Youth Summit in India brought together 1900 young people on June 30, 2020 to celebrate their completion of the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge in India. The challenge is...

Indian tiger survey sets a Guinness record

14 Jul 2020

India enters the Guinness World Records for the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey. The All India Tiger Estimation 2018, released last year, has set the world record. The results...

Lockdowns have exacerbated e-waste crisis

07 Jul 2020

India, with 3.2 million tonnes, was the third biggest contributor to global e-waste according to the Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report released recently. The United Nations (UN) report found that...

Ozone level highs dampen air pollution lows

30 Jun 2020

Lower levels of suspended particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels during the lockdown cleared air quality across India. But a new analysis of 22 mega and metropolitan cities...

Vector-borne diseases’ threat worsens situation

23 Jun 2020

The monsoon season has hit India and several states have been lashed by torrential yet seasonal rain. A good monsoon is always the harbinger of hope for thousands of farmers...

India’s dismal environmental performance

17 Jun 2020

India comes in almost at the bottom of the global rankings at 168th place worldwide according to the 12th edition of the Environment Performance Index (EPI 2020) released by Yale...

Topsy-turvy and troubling weather patterns

02 Jun 2020

Scorching heat waves, then deafening thunderstorms – India’s weather woes continue even as the country is attempting to open up after a series of lockdowns. While many parts of...

COVID-19, super cyclone, and now locusts!

26 May 2020

India is bracing for a desert locust invasion. Already battling the coronavirus pandemic and the devastation wreaked by cyclone Amphan, this threat could have disastrous consequences to agriculture and to...

Meena Janardhan

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

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