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Development is hard power, clean energy is security: Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026 sounds the alarm on a fractured world
Governance

Development is hard power, clean energy is security: Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026 sounds the alarm on a fractured world

Shagun
3 min read
Compounding weight of conflict, energy shocks and shrinking development finance demands not a retreat from multilateralism, but a reinvention of it, say speakers
Labourers working for a water conservation project under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district.
Governance

Centre unveils VB-GRAMG planning framework with focus on water, roads and climate resilience

Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
Geospatial, outcome-based framework to steer 125-day rural jobs scheme towards water, roads and resilient livelihoods
Is Bundelkhand again heading towards drought?
Climate Change

Is Bundelkhand again heading towards drought?

Vikas Choudhary
1 min read
After experiencing a deluge last year, the region is in for water scarcity in the year of Super El Nino
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Development is hard power, clean energy is security: Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026 sounds the alarm on a fractured world
Governance

Development is hard power, clean energy is security: Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026 sounds the alarm on a fractured world

By
Shagun
3 min read
Labourers working for a water conservation project under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) in Rajasthan’s Dungarpur district.
Governance

Centre unveils VB-GRAMG planning framework with focus on water, roads and climate resilience

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
A foundry in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. The facility uses electric furnaces to melt iron for the production of cast metal components.
Renewable Energy

Maharashtra’s clean industry plan runs into funding and policy gaps in Kolhapur foundries

By
Varsha Torgalkar
7 min read
Global climate finance tops $2 trillion for first time, but growth slows as investment gap widens
Climate Change

Global climate finance tops $2 trillion for first time, but growth slows as investment gap widens

By
Puja Das
4 min read
EV freight transition gains urgency as 16,900 trucks entering Delhi daily generate 23% of transport emissions
Energy

EV freight transition gains urgency as 16,900 trucks entering Delhi daily generate 23% of transport emissions

By
Puja Das
4 min read
Daily weather tracker: North India sweats under severe heatwave, while Northeast and Coastal states face heavy rain threat; IMD issues multiple weather alerts
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: North India sweats under severe heatwave, while Northeast and Coastal states face heavy rain threat; IMD issues multiple weather alerts

By
Dayanidhi
3 min read
Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026 to confront a world where 266 million go hungry
Governance

Hamburg Sustainability Conference 2026 to confront a world where 266 million go hungry

By
Shagun
5 min read
Hamburg Sustainability Conference: India climbs to its highest-ever rank in the 2026 UN SDG Index, but hunger remains a major challenge
Governance

Hamburg Sustainability Conference: India climbs to its highest-ever rank in the 2026 UN SDG Index, but hunger remains a major challenge

By
Kiran Pandey
4 min read
Daily weather tracker: As monsoon advances, heavy rains lash Eastern India; Delhi-NCR awaits relief while severe heatwave grips Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: As monsoon advances, heavy rains lash Eastern India; Delhi-NCR awaits relief while severe heatwave grips Eastern Uttar Pradesh

By
Dayanidhi
3 min read
Azim Premji University launched Realising Rights: A Handbook of Welfare in India at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, on June 26, 2026. From left to right: Dipa Sinha, Arjun Jayadev, AK Shiva Kumar, Arti Ahuja, PV Ramesh, Shobhana K Nair, and Rajendran Narayanan.
Governance

From right holders to beneficiaries: New handbook raises questions over India’s changing welfare model

By
Vivek Mishra
6 min read
Hamburg Sustainability Conference bets on collective action to rescue SDGs, amid growing multilateral fatigue
Climate Change

Hamburg Sustainability Conference bets on collective action to rescue SDGs, amid growing multilateral fatigue

By
Shagun
3 min read
$57 billion. That’s how much extreme heat costs women informal workers every year
Climate Change

$57 billion. That’s how much extreme heat costs women informal workers every year

By
Preetha Banerjee
3 min read
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