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Choked: Where Is New Delhi’s Response to Air Pollution?
April 21, 2023

Choked: Where Is New Delhi’s Response to Air Pollution?

By Aditya Srinivasan
Each year, Delhi spends the winter choked in dangerous smog. So why is the scale of the problem not matched by a desperate, crisis-mode policy response?

Cups, Straws, Spoons: India Starts on Single-use Plastic Ban
July 01, 2022

Cups, Straws, Spoons: India Starts on Single-use Plastic Ban

By Aniruddha Ghosal
As a first step, India has identified 19 plastic items that aren't very useful but have a high potential to become litter, including plastic cups, straws, and ice cream sticks.
Decades of Resistance: An Indian Community’s Struggle Against a Polluting Steel Plant
June 01, 2022

Decades of Resistance: An Indian Community’s Struggle Against a Polluting Steel Plant

By Prasant Paikray
For two decades, the village of Dhinkia has pushed back against plans for destructive, polluting “development projects” in the area.

Loktak Lake: The Human and Environmental Costs of Hydropower
December 11, 2021

Loktak Lake: The Human and Environmental Costs of Hydropower

By Eileen McDougall
A dam in Manipur showcases the long-term impact on both ecology and local communities.

Mystery Disease in Indian Town Leaves Experts Baffled
December 14, 2020

Mystery Disease in Indian Town Leaves Experts Baffled

By Sudha Ramachandran
While the situation in Eluru in Andhra Pradesh is now contained, the disease has once again drawn attention to water contamination, a common Indian problem.

New Strategy to Tackle Floods and Erosion in India’s Disaster Prone Northeast
December 11, 2019

New Strategy to Tackle Floods and Erosion in India’s Disaster Prone Northeast

By StoriesAsia
New measures can work to prevent disaster in this region.

Mumbai's Last Jungle Under Threat
September 06, 2019

Mumbai's Last Jungle Under Threat

By Angel L Martínez Cantera
A metro project threatens one of the city’s last green spaces and the tribal people who live there.
The Bishnoi: India's First Environmentalists
August 08, 2019

The Bishnoi:
India's First Environmentalists

By Sugato Mukherjee
Since the 15th century, the Bishnoi community in Rajasthan has been devoted to environmental protection.

A Man on a Mission to Save India's Sparrows
May 29, 2019

A Man on a Mission to Save India's Sparrows

By Avinash Giri and Vishal Arora
Sparrows are threatened with extinction. One lawyer from Uttar Pradesh is trying to prevent that.

The Taj Mahal: Monumental Neglect
July 19, 2018

The Taj Mahal: Monumental Neglect

By Neeta Lal
India's top court threatens to “shut down” India's most iconic monument unless action is taken to restore it.

Rooting for the Trees: India’s Capital Awakens to Its Ecological Challenges
July 02, 2018

Rooting for the Trees: India’s Capital Awakens to Its Ecological Challenges

By Krzysztof Iwanek
Recent protests against tree cutting underline Delhi’s problems with pollution.
Assam’s Elephant Emergency
May 15, 2018

Assam’s Elephant Emergency

By Bikash Kumar Bhattacharya
In northeastern India, human-elephant conflict is getting worse as forest resources dwindle.

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