From Delhi’s clogged drains to Mumbai’s filthy beaches, from Himalayan trekking trails to the holy ghats of Varanasi, plastic is everywhere—poisoning soil, choking rivers, killing cattle, and defiling sacred shrines.

Over the past few decades, industrialisation has propelled India's economic progress to new heights. Factories, infrastructure, and technological advancements have employed millions and strengthened India's position in the global market.

Agricultural waste has been used to create essential medications for treating hypertension and edema by researchers from Nazarbayev University School of Engineering and Digital Sciences.

In the lofty heights of the Himalayas, where clouds drift over snow-capped peaks, a dangerous secret is being carried on the wind. A new scientific study has found that clouds—once believed to offer the purest drinking water—are silently ferrying toxic heavy metals from polluted lowlands to some of Earth’s highest, most fragile ecosystems.

The first global stocktake of urban climate change research has found a critical blind spot, with rapidly growing cities from the Global South underrepresented in studies.

The India Meteorological Department has issued an extremely encouraging and relieving forecast for 2025. This year, the southwest monsoon is expected to be above normal, with an estimated rainfall of about 105 per cent of the average. This good news brings a new ray of hope, especially for the agrarian regions of Uttar Pradesh and the Agra division, where farming is heavily dependent on rainfall.