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84 stories for “Environment” · May 2026
Clear filtersThe Delhi Pollution Control Committee has started the Road RADAR (Real-time Air Pollution Detection Across Roads) initiative, which relies on daily ground-level surveys to pinpoint where air pollution originates in Delhi...
The International Day of Plant Health is marked every year on 12 May to raise public awareness about the need to protect plants from pests and diseases. Healthy plants are central to food production, farmer incomes and t...
A Royal Bengal Tiger has been recorded in the D'Ering Memorial Wildlife Sanctuary in Arunachal Pradesh, the first such sighting in the sanctuary in close to two decades. The sighting is significant for tiger conservation...
Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has been named the Global Environmental Leadership Project of the Year 2026 in the Metro Rail category. The honour was conferred at the GEEF Global Environmental Excellence Awards 2026,...
Nesting Milestone: 50% Reduction in Sea Turtle MortalityThe Tamil Nadu Forest Department has announced a highly successful nesting season for the endangered Olive Ridley Sea Turtles in 2026. A record 1.65 lakh hatchlings...
Workforce Modernization: Transitioning from 29 Laws to 4 Simplified CodesIn a landmark move for the Indian industrial sector, the Central Government has fully operationalised the four new Labour Codes by notifying the fi...
Global Surveillance: Monitoring Methane Super-EmittersThe United Nations has expanded the Methane Alert and Response System (MARS) to include the coal and waste sectors. Satellite monitoring recently flagged India's Kanj...
Space-tech firm Pixxel and AI company Sarvam are jointly developing Pathfinder, India's first orbital data centre satellite. The satellite belongs to the 200 kg class and is expected to be launched in the fourth quarter...
Geological Discovery: Uncovering Earth's Fiery PastScientists from the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeosciences (BSIP), Lucknow, have discovered evidence of ancient wildfires, known as palaeofires, in the Godavari Basin....
India has been ranked 157th out of 180 countries in the World Press Freedom Index 2026 published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF). The country fell from 151st place in 2025 and is placed in the 'very serious' category....
Salween River: A Toxic Threat to Asia’s Last Great Free-Flowing RiverThe Salween River (known as the Nu River in China) is currently facing a catastrophic environmental crisis due to arsenic contamination far exceeding s...
Lumira_E40I50: Indigenizing Surveillance TechnologyHyderabad-based deep-tech startup Eon Space Labs has unveiled Lumira_E40I50, India’s first germanium-free thermal imaging payload for drones. Traditional thermal cameras...
