An analysis of 20 large corporates in India finds there is potential for more strategic engagement on climate policies.

China’s plans to build a 60,000 megawatt dam on its side of the Brahmaputra has renewed the Indian government’s interest in building its own mega dam, the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project (SUMP) in ...

The Save Silent Valley movement gained momentum as an altruistic people's campaign, involving students, scientists, and citizens.

The National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) recently conducted an exploratory deep-sea mining trial in the Andaman Sea.

In the late nineteenth century, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were introduced to the Andaman Islands to work in timber operations that continued until the early 2000s. On occasions working ...

State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters.

Assam’s Majuli island is dotted with an elaborate network of wetlands of varying sizes and characteristics, a marker of the island’s geological past. A large number of people have historically ...

Some 100 million people in the Hindu Kush Himalaya, depend on water from springs for drinking, cooking, sanitation, livestock rearing and minor irrigation. Nearly half of the springs in the Indian ...

India's environment ministry released the methodology for generating green credits from tree planting. Experts raised concerns about the environmental soundness of the scheme and possible regulatory ...

The Western Indian Himalayas are more prone to climate change risks compared to the Eastern Himalayas, a new climate risk index by Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, shows.

A recent study has highlighted how air pollution impacts crop yields and increases associated economic burdens. The study found that India’s annual wheat yields declined by 14.18% between 2008 and ...

About a third of the total area in India provides suitable habitat for invasive alien fish, aiding their countrywide spread, including in biodiversity hotspots. Using species occurrence records with ...