We looked at studies that analysed data from nine cities spanning up to five decades. The images reveal three patterns: extreme sprawl that replaced natural landscapes with concrete, the paradox of ...

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 ...

While the release of key datasets marks progress, experts caution that deeper problems persist—methods that break comparability with past data, delayed census weakening survey estimates, and selective ...

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 ...