Priyanka Thirumurthy is an award-winning multimedia journalist with a focus on the impact of climate change and excessive ...

As trees disappear and concrete expands, India's urban heat crisis is costing billions—but Tier 2 cities still have time to ...

Gautam Menon, professor at Ashoka University, and his team modeled a potential H5N1 spillover in a poultry district. Their ...

New Delhi: “I know ASHAs who have walked through snake-infested fields in the rains to visit women who gave birth in hospitals just to make sure that the newborn has a birth certificate,” said Suvarna ...

Mumbai: As 2025 draws to a close, India’s environmental story was defined by policies pulling in opposite directions and citizens taking to the streets—from protests against air pollution in the ...

As the year comes to a close, we explain how deeper problems persist, including a delayed census weakening survey estimates ...

Pune: Indian firms spend about Rs 34,000 crore on corporate social responsibility (CSR), but most of this flows into low-poverty areas, and larger firms are leaving funds unspent. Many large companies ...

Mount Abu, Rajasthan: Rice and wheat, protected by extensive irrigation and relatively resilient to climate variability, form the backbone of India’s food security, preventing millions of Indians from ...

Zokhawthar, Mizoram: Wiry men, some hefting planks of wood, others struggling with heavy backpacks or sacks, move across the white and red-brown iron bridge, the spaces between its girders offering a ...

Anita and her husband farm about 25 kani (roughly 10 acres) and run a roadside tea stall, but most of her waking hours are spent on water. The 40-year-old who lives in Rajadhan Para (village) in ...