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India’s urban transition needs stronger waste systems and better green jobs, studies find
Waste

India’s urban transition needs stronger waste systems and better green jobs, studies find

Puja Das
6 min read
Two WRI India working papers say open waste burning is higher in winter and concentrated in poorer neighbourhoods, while Bengaluru’s green buildings transition still leaves construction workers facing ...
August 2026 joint hottest month on record: Copernicus
Climate Change

August 2026 joint hottest month on record: Copernicus

Akshit Sangomla
3 min read
Observations show how climate change is driving extremes across both the atmosphere and the oceans, say experts
Munnar’s elephant problem is really one of a landscape under siege
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Munnar’s elephant problem is really one of a landscape under siege

K A Shaji
6 min read
As Kerala’s celebrated hill station expands as a tourism and plantation economy, elephants and people are being pushed into an increasingly crowded and fragmented landscape
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India’s urban transition needs stronger waste systems and better green jobs, studies find
Waste

India’s urban transition needs stronger waste systems and better green jobs, studies find

By
Puja Das
6 min read
August 2026 joint hottest month on record: Copernicus
Climate Change

August 2026 joint hottest month on record: Copernicus

By
Akshit Sangomla
3 min read
Munnar’s elephant problem is really one of a landscape under siege
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Munnar’s elephant problem is really one of a landscape under siege

By
K A Shaji
6 min read
‘Rikwich pakode’ are fritters that are almost a family heirloom
Food

‘Rikwich pakode’ are fritters that are almost a family heirloom

By
Anshu Singh
2 min read
Daily weather tracker: Low-pressure system to intensify rainfall across Eastern and Central India; Odisha under red alert
Climate Change

Daily weather tracker: Low-pressure system to intensify rainfall across Eastern and Central India; Odisha under red alert

By
Dayanidhi
3 min read
Indigenous territories conserve Ecuadorian Amazon as effectively as protected areas, study finds
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Indigenous territories conserve Ecuadorian Amazon as effectively as protected areas, study finds

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Addis Ababa call to action for early warnings to reach every African community
Africa

Addis Ababa call to action for early warnings to reach every African community

By
Kiran Pandey
4 min read
Green hydrogen hubs: Gujarat leads, while water and demand shape site choices, finds study
Energy

Green hydrogen hubs: Gujarat leads, while water and demand shape site choices, finds study

By
Puja Das
5 min read
India’s protein demand set to triple by 2070: Emissions could soar, but the transition won’t look like West’s
Agriculture

India’s protein demand set to triple by 2070: Emissions could soar, but the transition won’t look like West’s

By
Shagun
6 min read
Members of the Van Suraksha Samiti found five orangutans early on September 9, 2026 in an open area of a casuarina plantation near the Udayapur-Talsari border in Balasore’s Bhograi area.
Wildlife & Biodiversity

Rescued orangutans in Odisha likely spent time with humans, officials say

By
Himanshu Nitnaware
3 min read
Lakes alter the global carbon cycle: Research
Climate Change

Lakes alter the global carbon cycle: Research

By
Susan Chacko
2 min read
A woman, Nour, stands amid the rubble of her home in Beit Lahia, North Gaza, after being displaced by the war. Nour’s husband, a nurse, was detained during the war and she hasn’t seen nor heard of him since. February 2025.
Governance

Women head one in four Gaza households as war reshapes families, UN Women says

By
DTE Staff
2 min read
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