If you liked this story, share it with other people. The finances of Urban Local Governments (ULGs) are constrained by multiple structural issues. Since the 74th Constitutional Amendment, the Central ...

Wind turbines pose threats to bat species in India and around the world, as bats collide with turbine blades and die. Migratory bat species face a higher risk of collision. To understand bat mortality ...

India has withdrawn its bid to host COP33 in 2028, despite earlier interest. Experts cite shifting climate geopolitics, while ...

With broken links and a loosened food web, the Veli-Akkulam estuary now has few top predators. Invasive fish are pushing out native species and reshaping the ecosystem into a simpler, more fragile one ...

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When a thermal power plant in Talcher, Odisha, closed, local markets that once thrived on workers’ daily spending, collapsed, leaving shopkeepers and small vendors struggling to survive. After decades ...

Initiated in the early 1970s, the Mandal dam remains unfinished, displacing hundreds of families without full compensation. Despite fresh clearances and reduced reservoir levels, locals say jobs, land ...

A new study reveals that rising nest temperatures are skewing the sex ratio of gharial hatchlings, tipping the balance more toward females. With fewer males to sustain future breeding, the already ...

A snow leopard population and distribution assessment has found almost 500 of the elusive big cats in trans-Himalayan Ladakh, making up 68% of India’s snow leopard population. The findings show that ...

Nagaland is the first state in India to insure its entire geography against heavy rainfall. The scheme was revised to include a more accurate threshold based on localised meteorological data, and ...

The MSC ELSA-3 shipwreck, off Kerala’s coast, spilled oil and plastic pellets, with potential impacts on marine life, coastal ecosystems and fishing livelihoods. Gaps in maritime law and weak ...

Cotton is one of India’s top agricultural exports and between 2011-12 and 2020-21, the country’s cotton exports consumed roughly 40 trillion litres of water. Top cotton-producing districts in ...