India, in focus.
Assam's pygmy hog captive breeding effort has raised numbers 32-fold in three decades, but the species' wild future rests on restoring fragmented floodplain grasslands.
Farmers in Washim and Beed protest over a drought-like situation in Marathwada and Vidarbha, where 83 talukas in 19 districts have seen a rain break of over 20 days.
India has launched the Net Zero Portal and NAPCC Dashboard to monitor corporate emission pledges and coordinate national climate missions.
Kerala's tea production slipped 2% between January and August as El Niño-hit rainfall and drought-like conditions hit yields, with Wayanad the worst affected.
A proposal to relocate the Thiruvananthapuram zoo outside the city and build a city square on the freed land has met with concern from activists, environmentalists and residents.
A 45-acre tree park at Panathur in Bengaluru was inaugurated on Wednesday, developed under the Urban Forest Scheme with CSR funding of ₹4.5 crore.
Bengaluru South City Corporation fined PVR INOX ₹75,000 and recovered ₹50,839 from Forum Mall for waste management and plastic ban violations.
The World Circular Economy Forum 2026 ended in Gandhinagar with calls to scale inclusive circular solutions; Columbia University will host WCEF 2027.
CAQM inspected 22 industrial units in Hapur on September 15, 2026; 16 were non-compliant and 12 show cause notices were issued.
A citizens' meeting in Visakhapatnam opposed proposed data centres and beach shacks, citing water, energy and land use concerns and women's safety.
A meeting of J&K and Ladakh clerics under Muttahida Majlis Ulema decides mosques will tackle drug addiction, self-harm and environmental degradation.
EU countries backed a plan to grant heavy industries 121 million extra free CO2 permits over 2026-2030, a move that could save companies about €8.25 billion in carbon costs.
NITI Aayog Member Rajiv Gauba said electric mobility is a strategic imperative for Viksit Bharat 2047, citing oil import dependence and global EV momentum.
Ursula von der Leyen called for deeper EU-Canada ties, a tougher line on China trade, new climate and AI measures, and a social media ban for under-13s.
CM D.K. Shivakumar will launch ₹1,775.41 crore of development work during a two-day Kalaburagi visit for the Kalyana Karnataka Utsav.
A 59-year-old man was injured when a wild boar attacked him on his veranda in Thamarassery, Kozhikode, amid rising wild boar activity in the area.
Ursula von der Leyen told the European Parliament the EU must keep its climate targets, warning this summer's extremes are a preview of worse to come.
A new satellite study finds Greenland and Antarctica lost 12.5 trillion tons of ice since 1979, raising sea levels by roughly an inch.
A new poll shows 53% of Americans are highly concerned about AI's environmental impact, up from 41% last year, amid a data center construction boom.
A major scientific assessment finds the polar ice sheets have shed 12.5 trillion tons of ice since 1979, raising sea levels by about an inch.