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Nepal tragedy result of decades of engineering mindset that that assumed rivers and mountains could be re-engineered at will: Sunita Narain

Nepal tragedy result of decades of engineering mindset that assumed rivers and mountains could be re-engineered at will: Sunita Narain

12 hours ago

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CSE Director General and Down To Earth Editor made remark while delivering a sharp intervention during the inaugural session of the 8th International Conference on Sustainability Education

Forests

Farmers' group All India Kisan Sabha alleges eviction of 25,000 forest dwellers in Tamil Nadu is illegal

Himanshu Nitnaware

12 hours ago

3 min read

Higher courts should be guided by constitutional morality and not by the colonial legacy of forest governance, AIKS says

Wildlife & Biodiversity

New FAO global assessment recognises loss of soil biodiversity as major threat to soil function

Rajeshwari Sinha

13 hours ago

4 min read

The latest Status of the World’s Soil Resources report finds that soil degradation is worsening, while one of the lesser understood threats — the loss of soil biodiversity — is also deteriorating

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Nepal tragedy result of decades of engineering mindset that assumed rivers and mountains could be re-engineered at will: Sunita Narain

Farmers' group All India Kisan Sabha alleges eviction of 25,000 forest dwellers in Tamil Nadu is illegal

New FAO global assessment recognises loss of soil biodiversity as major threat to soil function

Nepal tragedy result of decades of engineering mindset that assumed rivers and mountains could be re-engineered at will: Sunita Narain

Farmers' group All India Kisan Sabha alleges eviction of 25,000 forest dwellers in Tamil Nadu is illegal

New FAO global assessment recognises loss of soil biodiversity as major threat to soil function

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (September 1, 2026)

Germany’s new export finance rules could cut climate assessments by 40%

India’s 233 GW solar module manufacturing capacity faces demand and upstream integration challenges

Daily weather tracker: Low-pressure system moves towards Uttar Pradesh, heavy rain and thunderstorms likely across several states

With the monsoon in its final month, nearly half of El Niño-vulnerable districts across 25 states/UTs face deficient rainfall: DTE analysis

Nepal floods expose climate finance delay: GCF took seven years to approve glacier-risk project while lenders backed hydropower in vulnerable basin

Climate change is strengthening El Niño, corals reveal

Low pressure areas, western disturbances cause most rainfall in one of the warmest August months

Vapour on the rise

World

660 children acquired HIV every day in 2025, while 200 died from AIDS-related causes: UNICEF

Extreme heat costs Bangladesh $4.1 billion in lost wages each year: Study

Ageing with HIV: Global report highlights the need to prepare health systems

Five African countries mark end of polio outbreak: WHO

China is launching a Moon mission to find water ice. It’s unlike anything NASA has done

Governments shouldn’t rely on AI to decide who gets a social grant: Inside a South African court case

The soil’s early warning system: microbes can predict desertification before plants start to die

Lithium in the Sahel: How armed groups are exploiting the global scramble for the critical mineral

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