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Food

India’s poorest ration-card holders may see cereal quota tied to family size under new draft law

Shagun
5 min read
New food security amendment rationalises cereal quota for country’s most destitute households, but ignores nutritional, coverage and access barriers
Banda first sizzled; now it is drying up
Climate Change

Banda first sizzled; now it is drying up

Vikas Choudhary
1 min read
Water scarcity remains a major challenge for Banda and the broader Bundelkhand region’s agriculture and rural livelihoods
Prescription for safer food
Food

Prescription for safer food

Sunita Narain
3 min read
India’s food-safety policy must work for all consumers 
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A women verifing her fingerprint on an e-POS at a fair price shop in Rajasthan.
Food

India’s poorest ration-card holders may see cereal quota tied to family size under new draft law

By
Shagun
5 min read
A jhiriya deep inside the Kulhadighat Range of Chhattisgarh's Udanti-Sitanadi Tiger Reserve. These traditional water sources are created by digging into sandy layers that naturally store subsurface water.
Climate Change

At 3,000 ft, a tiny waterhole is helping elephants survive summer in a Chhattisgarh tiger reserve

By
Purusottam Singh Thakur
3 min read
Mangrove forests showing remarkable recovery worldwide, study finds
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Mangrove forests showing remarkable recovery worldwide, study finds

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Farmers in Junnar taluka of Pune district, Maharashtra, wear collars with metal spikes during the sugarcane harvest season to protect themselves from leopard attacks.
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Conflict in the backyard: In Maharashtra’s sugarcane belt, farmers wear spiked collars as leopard attacks rise

By
Mayur Bargaje
5 min read
What exactly happened at the NEEPCO colony in Arunachal? Investigations on as flash flood claims one life, with four disappearances
Natural Disasters

What exactly happened at the NEEPCO colony in Arunachal? Investigations on as flash flood claims one life, with four disappearances

By
Sandipan Talukdar
6 min read
Unpaid care keeps millions of women out of work. UN Women says investment could change that
Governance

Unpaid care keeps millions of women out of work. UN Women says investment could change that

By
DTE Staff
2 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 24, 2026)
Governance

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 24, 2026)

By
Susan Chacko
5 min read
Daily weather tracker: Delhi-NCR sweats under humid heat as 17 states brace for rain and storms; floods in Arunachal leave several injured and missing
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: Delhi-NCR sweats under humid heat as 17 states brace for rain and storms; floods in Arunachal leave several injured and missing

By
Dayanidhi
4 min read
Hundreds of fruit and medicinal trees in the Parson Temple complex in Faridabad have died after coming into contact with water from Barkal Lake.
Water

Treated sewage water in Faridabad’s Badkhal Lake blamed for tree deaths and groundwater fears

By
Bhagirath
3 min read
State Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta presenting the budget on June 22, 2026.
Climate Change

West Bengal links 69% of budget to SDGs, with focus on Sundarbans, climate finance and solar power

By
Jayanta Basu
5 min read
A drying and heating up Europe is deepening poverty and inequality: Study
Climate Change

A drying and heating up Europe is deepening poverty and inequality: Study

By
Susan Chacko
3 min read
Stem cell transplant keeps two patients with rare autoimmune disease relapse-free for 15 years
Health

Stem cell transplant keeps two patients with rare autoimmune disease relapse-free for 15 years

By
Pulaha Roy
3 min read
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