Egg, chicken, milk prices: Why they remain high, Pg16
Soaring maize and soyabean feed costs, coupled with El Niño impacts, drive up egg, chicken, and milk prices, challenging India's growing livestock sector.
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Soaring maize and soyabean feed costs, coupled with El Niño impacts, drive up egg, chicken, and milk prices, challenging India's growing livestock sector.
India launches advanced ORV Sagar Manthan, built by GRSE, to boost indigenous maritime research, deep ocean exploration, and climate studies under Deep Ocean Mission.
Chinese experts link rising temperatures to significant glacial retreat on the Tibetan Plateau, warning of increased glacial lake outburst flood risks for India and Nepal.
Five critically endangered baby orangutans found in Odisha forest, prompting a major investigation into suspected international wildlife smuggling racket.
Nepal's catastrophe highlights urgent need for community-centric disaster preparedness, transboundary cooperation, and climate justice in vulnerable mountain regions globally.
UN adopts Equal Earth map, replacing Mercator projection to accurately depict Africa's vast size and correct colonial distortions.
Nepal demands climate compensation from major emitters like US, China, and India for devastating floods, citing moral and legal liability via UN fund.
CJI Surya Kant's bench denies extension to Aravali panel, mandating final report by November 30 on ecological definition and mining regulation.
West Asia conflict causes India's LPG imports from US to surge over 50%, replacing Gulf suppliers and highlighting Strait of Hormuz vulnerability.
Iran threatens retaliation against US energy sites in the Gulf, escalating regional tensions after recent strikes and pushing global oil prices higher.
Union Environment Minister leads International Vulture Awareness Day 2026, inaugurating a national workshop on vulture conservation and recovery efforts in Panchkula.
China advances its 1.2 trillion Yuan Yarlung Zangbo mega dam project, raising India's concerns over downstream water flow and ecological impacts.
UN General Assembly backs Equal Earth map, promoting accurate global landmass representation, correcting Mercator's distortion of Africa's true size.
India's striped hyenas, vital scavengers keeping ecosystems clean, remain misunderstood and lack a unified conservation plan despite legal protection.
Dragonflies, ancient insect predators, serve as crucial ecological bellwethers, with dwindling populations signaling environmental degradation from pesticides and climate change.
Coal India's output and dispatch accelerate as monsoon recedes, boosting power sector supplies and overcoming operational challenges for energy security.
Over one-third of Uttar Pradesh's districts are grappling with severe floods, affecting 3.53 lakh people as relief operations intensify.
Supreme Court's expert panel requests six-month extension to scientifically define Aravallis with ecosystem-based framework, rejecting single terrain criteria for conservation.
Yemen's Houthis and government forces clash near Bab el-Mandeb, killing over 120 in deadliest fighting in years, threatening Red Sea shipping.
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