A devastating flash flood and mudslide struck the Nepal-Tibet border on 26 August after a high-altitude glacier section collapsed. Part of a glacier broke away near 5,200 metres, generating an ice-rock avalanche that struck the Lhende River, the Bhotekoshi, in Nepal, roughly 20 kilometres northeast of the Rasuwagadhi-Gyirong border crossing. Debris temporarily dammed the river before releasing a powerful surge of water, mud and rock downstream.

India’s farms have sustained agricultural growth, but long-term productivity depends on healthy soils and resilient ecosystems. Regenerative agriculture offers a pathway to restore soil vitality, improve biodiversity, and strengthen resilience against climate stresses.

Fossil leaves recovered from a coalfield in the North East state of Assam have revealed that the Kevda plant, well known for the fragrant kewra essence, used in sweets, traditional medicine and also in temples, has survived in the Indian subcontinent for at least 24 million years and is a living survivor from India's ancient tropical forests.

June has come and gone. The calendar has turned another page, but the fields remain parched.

When did we stop fixing things? When did a loose wire become a death sentence? When did a cracked screen mean goodbye, not repair?

The sky has changed its colour. Blue has given way to a bruised purple. Smoke hangs like a curse over the Persian Gulf. War has paused, but its shadow has not. The guns may fall silent, but the air does not.

The sky's playing us for fools. Once predictable, today's weather is a treacherous trickster; ditching gentle rains for deluges, mild heat for killer heatwaves. It's time to face facts: nature's mood swings are no joke, and our old tricks won't cut it anymore.

One morning, the tap will open… and nothing will come out. No warning. No apology. Just a hollow cough of air. That day has a name. Day Zero. And, don’t be fooled; it isn’t a dystopian story anymore. It is quietly circling India.

The Supreme Court’s recent blunt reminder that rivers like the Yamuna are ‘national assets’ deserving protection should have shaken the political class awake. Instead, it merely restated what every citizen already sees: our rivers have been reduced to open sewers, their floodplains colonised, their beds choked with silt, and their waters poisoned by untreated waste. The court’s observations on the Yamuna could serve as a mirror for every major river in the country.

Navi Mumbai’s Textile Recovery Facility is transforming textile waste into opportunity through circular systems and community participation. The initiative cuts landfill waste, creates livelihoods, and offers a scalable model for urban India.