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UN SDG Report 2025 shows progress stalled or reversing in 35% targets. Which goals were most affected?
Governance

UN SDG Report 2025 shows progress towards 35% targets stalled or reversing. Which goals are most affected?

Kiran Pandey
6 min read
Critical goals like Zero Hunger and Clean Water face setbacks, UN calls for multilateral action and financial reform
A variety kinds of natural cereals and grain seeds in sacks
Agriculture

Biofuel demand to consume 27% of global cereals by 2034: OECD-FAO report

Shagun
3 min read
By 2034, human consumption of cereals will drop to 40% of production as demand for biofuels and industrial uses outpaces food needs, driven by emerging economies like India, Brazil and Indonesia, find ...
On World Snake Day, here is a painful fact: ‘Rescuers’ are technically hunting and abusing the reptiles, all for monetary gains
Wildlife & Biodiversity

On World Snake Day, here is a painful fact: ‘Rescuers’ are technically hunting and abusing the reptiles, all for monetary gains

Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
Holding snakes and using them as props is ill-intended and amounts to violation of the Wild Life (Protection) Act
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UN SDG Report 2025 shows progress stalled or reversing in 35% targets. Which goals were most affected?
Governance
UN SDG Report 2025 shows progress towards 35% targets stalled or reversing. Which goals are most affected?
By
Kiran Pandey
6 min read
A variety kinds of natural cereals and grain seeds in sacks
Agriculture
Biofuel demand to consume 27% of global cereals by 2034: OECD-FAO report
By
Shagun
3 min read
On World Snake Day, here is a painful fact: ‘Rescuers’ are technically hunting and abusing the reptiles, all for monetary gains
Wildlife & Biodiversity
On World Snake Day, here is a painful fact: ‘Rescuers’ are technically hunting and abusing the reptiles, all for monetary gains
By
Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
Rural ministry backtracks on digital-first attendance system for MGNREGS workers after ‘misuse and manipulation’ instances
Governance
Rural ministry backtracks on digital-first attendance system for MGNREGS workers after ‘misuse and manipulation’ instances
By
Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
Heat deaths to rise in UK as extreme weather becomes the new normal
Health
Heat deaths to rise in UK as extreme weather becomes the new normal
By
Susan Chacko
3 min read
Why did heart attack deaths surge in a Karnataka district recently?
Health
Why did heart attack deaths rise in a Karnataka district recently?
By
M Raghuram
5 min read
Among the newly discovered species is a snake found in Himachal Pradesh, Anguiculus dicaprioi, named in honour of actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio.
Wildlife & Biodiversity
Kerala emerges as India’s top biodiversity discovery hotspot
By
Jayanta Basu
3 min read
Mozambique LNG projects could use 17% of remaining global carbon budget if fully exploited
Africa
Mozambique LNG projects could use 17% of remaining global carbon budget if fully exploited
By
Maina Waruru
4 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 14, 2025)
Environment
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (July 14, 2025)
By
DTE Staff
2 min read
Daily Heat Tracker: Amravati records highest day-time and night-time temperatures
Climate Change
Daily Heat Tracker: Amravati records highest day-time and night-time temperatures
By
Shagun
1 min read
Ground prepared for important discussions but no final agreement yet on Seed Treaty reforms
Food
Ground prepared for important discussions but no final agreement yet on Plant Treaty reforms
By
Shimali Chauhan
4 min read
African civil society wants AMCEN to prioritise plastics, forests and fossils pollution
Africa
African civil society wants AMCEN to prioritise plastics, forests and fossils pollution
By
Maina Waruru
3 min read
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