Reliance plans Rs 1 lakh crore biogas push in Andhra Pradesh using farm waste
Announced at Madanapalle, the compressed biogas plan promises over 3 lakh jobs, and it follows a new Rs 23,731 crore central scheme for the sector.
Wasted food drives up to 10% of global emissions, nearly five times aviation, says UN
On the UN’s food waste awareness day, agencies stressed that food discarded at home, in shops and on farms is a large and fixable climate problem, and India is a big part of it.
Telangana’s water bodies fall from 64,056 to 53,685 in second national census
The second Census of Water Bodies shows a 16.19 per cent drop since 2017-18, with small village ponds the hardest hit and urban counts also lower.
India notifies CAFE-III fuel norms for cars, keeping a 3x credit for battery EVs
The Ministry of Power’s rules, effective April 2027, tighten fleet fuel-consumption targets by 16.7% by 2032 but give small cars no separate concession.
Climate made up just 3.3% of Parliament questions in the decade after Paris, study finds
A Cenfa report on 8,702 Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha questions finds attention is skewed towards clean energy, with climate finance barely discussed.
NGT takes up Sirsa river pollution case linked to Himachal’s Baddi industrial belt
The tribunal has issued notices to Himachal Pradesh and Haryana over alleged effluent flows towards the Sutlej in Punjab, with the next hearing set for 2 December.
Satellite studies show India’s night is getting brighter, and the stars are fading
Research tracks rising outdoor lighting across states and river basins, while Hanle in Ladakh shows how a community can keep its sky dark.
Ten captive-bred Great Indian Bustards set for first release in Rajasthan’s Thar
After months in a rewilding tunnel, the birds head to Desert National Park, where scientists will track whether captive breeding can rebuild the wild population.
Karnataka Draws Up Rs 150-Crore Plan to Revive 500 Lakes in Seven Districts
The World Bank-assisted project targets dried-up lakes in Bengaluru and five other districts, while researchers say real recovery means more than desilting.
Tigress T138 released in Buxa as West Bengal begins first tiger reintroduction
A three-year-old tigress from Bihar’s Valmiki reserve now roams Buxa’s core zone, the first step in a phased plan to rebuild a breeding population.
