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India-EU Free Trade Agreement expected by 2027, hailed as strategic partnership for cooperation, resilient supply chains, and addressing green standards.
Wayanad tunnel project landslide kills three, seven missing, days after District Collector's ignored warning on hazardous soil accumulation.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah launches 'Mission 70 Lakh Plantation' and Delhi Ridge revival, targeting 6,300 hectares of green cover in four years.
India's EV transition must embrace retrofitting 30 crore ICE vehicles, offering a cost-effective path to energy security, decarbonization, and decentralized employment.
Europe battles extreme heatwaves with innovative urban planning: Paris uses river-fed district cooling, Berlin maps cool zones, and cities embrace green infrastructure.
MoSPI report demands priority charging for electric 3-wheelers, consuming 61% of EV electricity, crucial for India's 2030 infrastructure push.
Directorate seeks crucial environmental clearance for convention centre, museum at ecologically sensitive Indira Point, Great Nicobar, raising CRZ concerns for India's southernmost tip.
Government re-evaluates E25 ethanol blending target amidst auto industry and consumer concerns over vehicle damage, fuel economy, and rushed transition.
El Nino threatens India's power grid, potentially forcing increased coal use and 17 million tonnes of CO2 emissions by June 2027 due to reduced wind and hydro output.
India's marine fisheries face severe inshore ecosystem degradation and unsustainable mechanised trawling, contradicting government's optimistic sustainability claims.
Gujarat's resistance stalls Supreme Court-mandated Asiatic lion translocation to Kuno National Park, leaving the species vulnerable to extinction from a single habitat.
India's climate fight demands Gram Panchayats as planning partners, urging devolution of funds and authority to tackle local impacts and achieve NDCs.
Direct-seeded rice gains traction amid El Nino, but India's rice policies, driven by MSP and subsidies, fuel environmental crisis and fiscal burden, demanding urgent reforms.
MoEFCC unveils draft emission targets for 255 iron, steel units, mandating 2026-27 compliance under India's Carbon Credit Trading System.
Delhi launches ambitious Rs 8,300 crore, 7-year 'Swachh Hawa, Swasth Delhi' plan, backed by World Bank, to drastically cut air pollution.
Environment Ministry grants controversial clearance for Kente coal block in Chhattisgarh's Hasdeo forests, risking massive deforestation, biodiversity loss, and tribal displacement.
Delhi government implements proactive winter pollution strategy, imposing GRAP-like curbs from November 1 to avert public health crisis.
U.S. pressure forces World Bank to abandon ambitious 45% climate finance targets, threatening critical projects in developing nations like India, sparking global concern.
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