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Indian agritech start-up among Earthshot Prize winners

14 Nov 2023

An Indian agritech start-up S4S Technologies is among the five green innovators to win the £1 million Prince of Wales’ prestigious Earthshot Prize. On 7 November, at The Earthshot Prize...

India likely to see highest growth in energy demand

06 Nov 2023

The latest edition of the World Energy Outlook (WEO), the most authoritative global source of energy analysis and projections, released by the International Energy Agency (IEA), has said that India...

India heading towards groundwater tipping point

31 Oct 2023

A new report by the United Nations warns that some areas in India have already passed the groundwater depletion tipping point and its entire northwestern region is predicted to experience...

Erratic monsoon after-effects loom large over India

24 Oct 2023

India has had a quite a monsoon season this year. As of October 19, the Southwest monsoon season gave way to the northeast monsoons. However, the erratic nature and underperformance...

Three Indian endemic bird species almost extinct

17 Oct 2023

Seventy-eight out of 1353 bird species in India are endemic to the country; three of them are critically endangered, according to a new book by the Zoological Survey of India...

Joint India-Japan Fund for climate and environment

10 Oct 2023

A $600 million fund for climate and environment projects was launched recently by India’s National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) and Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), according to an...

Voluntary cleanliness tribute drive across India

03 Oct 2023

On the 105th episode of Mann Ki Baat (Talking from the heart) — an Indian radio programme hosted by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in which he addresses the people...

First national map of soil erodibility

26 Sep 2023

Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi have developed a national-scale mapping of soil erodibility, a first of its kind in the country, according to an IIT Delhi...

Balancing renewable energy projects and food requirements

19 Sep 2023

As India plans a diverse energy landscape with capacities from hydro, nuclear, solar, wind, and bioenergy, there are concerns over large-scale renewable energy projects using agricultural and ecologically sensitive land,...

India proposes G20 summit satellite mission

12 Sep 2023

The recent success of India’s historic Chandrayaan-3 landing on the lunar south pole has received international commendation. Following this at the G20 Leaders’ Summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed...

Meena Janardhan

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