Antarctica conjures images of vast expanses of white ice and snow-covered mountains. But parts of the frozen continent are ...

UN-Habitat launched the Catalogue of Solutions 2026-2029 on May 7, 2026, in response to mounting global challenges related to housing, inequality, and basic urban services. The catalogue is a ...

Indian scientists at BARC have developed a cost-effective and eco-friendly method to extract lithium from seawater with 90% efficiency, potentially reducing India's reliance on imports for EVs and ...

Researchers have revalidated and concluded that the Himalayan pangolin (Manis aurita) is a distinct extant species, separate from the Chinese pangolin (Manis pentadactyla). A team of international ...

The IMD has issued heavy rainfall alerts for more than 20 states as the active monsoon continues to influence weather conditions. Delhi-NCR is under a Yellow Alert with forecasts of heavy rain, ...

Record wildfires on Indonesia’s Borneo and Sumatra, intensified by El Niño and human-driven slash-and-burn, have scorched nearly 300,000 hectares and unleashed thick haze across South East Asia.

A significant loss of plant diversity could result in grasslands worldwide, including meadows and pastures, absorbing 15 per cent less CO₂ through photosynthesis, a new study has revealed. These ...

India has notified draft emission-intensity targets for 255 iron and steel units under its Carbon Credit Trading Scheme. This brings the world’s second-largest steel producer formally into the carbon ...

Heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and gusty winds are forecast across several southern Indian states, with Tamil Nadu, Puducherry ...

Large parts of northern India are likely to experience intense rainfall, thunderstorms, hailstorms and gusty winds on ...

Hexavalent chromium contamination in Nashik's groundwater has reached 1,000 times the permissible limit, leading to 109 ...

IN THE 1990s, when Maoist violence was on the rise in Chhattisgarh (then part of Madhya Pradesh), Anup Ranjan Pandey was ...