The recent announcement by India’s Geological Survey of India (GSI) on its preliminary exploration of lithium reserves has excited many industries dependent on the scarce alkali metal. According to ...

All photos by Narayana Swamy Subbaraman/Mongabay. While the CAA regulations mandate farms above five hectares area to set up effluent treatment systems (ETS) to reduce the nutrient levels of the water ...

Illustrations by Nithya Subramanian/Mongabay. Shade, ventilate, insulate. The apartment complex, with buildings designed to be cooler, will be designed for thermal comfort, a somewhat subjective ...

Over two decades, between 2000 and 2019, India faced the third most number of natural disaster events in the world. Future prospects are grim – with the frequency and intensity of many natural ...

A glacial lake outburst flood at South Lhonak lake and the failure of the Teesta III Hydroelectric Project together killed at least 30 people and damaged over a thousand homes in Sikkim. Scientists ...

As temperatures rise in Karnataka’s Malenadu region, located along the Western Ghats, the residents remain on high alert due to the resurgence of a tick-borne illness endemic to India—Kyasanur Forest ...

The quiet do-ers. Jockim, 45, has a quiet, confident presence. He takes a long time to open up and even after that, he speaks little. He is well aware of the role he and his people play in keeping ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Sixth Schedule of the Indian Constitution aims to protect tribal populations and their interests through autonomous governance. It is ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Sridhar Jayagouda, a young farmer in Alarwada village on the outskirts of Belagavi city in Karnataka, is preparing for the monsoon crop of paddy by ...

Ambikapur, located in Chhattisgarh’s Surguja district, is a small city that houses about 200,000 people.In the recent years, the city has become synonymous with ‘cleanliness’, as the decentralised ...

Ten state pollution control boards across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, which faces severe air pollution, have a surplus of funds each year, finds a recent report by the Centre for Policy Research (CPR)..

Jalku Netam, the Sarpanch of the village of Dotometa in the Kanker district of Chhattisgarh, is rejoicing over the fact that his people will get the right price for tendu leaves this year. The ...