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‘Environment treated as secondary concern, not survival infrastructure’: Experts say Union Budget fails to prioritise clean air for Delhi

February 05, 2026 8:17 am

Kothari said air pollution or environment did not find any explicit mention in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech, but large sums were being channelled towards coal, nuclear power and carbon capture technologies.

The Jharkhand High Court said that the reason for creating DMFT is to create a fund to compensate for the loss incurred to the environment due to the mining operations.

World faces environmental decline: Jharkhand High Court rejects pleas of brick kiln owners, backs green taxes

January 19, 2026 12:17 pm

Brick kiln environmental tax: Justices Sujit Narayan Prasad and Arun Kumar Rai heard 16 petitions from East Singhbhum brick kiln owners challenging three specific charges- DMFT contributions, management fees, and environmental cess.

An aerial view of a stretch of the Aravalli range (Photo: ANI)

Lost in definition: Why SC’s reversal of its position on Aravallis is significant

December 29, 2025 5:38 pm

This matter also highlights a fundamental challenge in Indian environmental governance of translating ecological realities into justiciable legal standards

Industry need not celebrate yet. SC has not made retrospective environmental clearance legal

November 20, 2025 12:58 pm

The Vanashakti judgment may be paused, but its underlying principles — precaution, prevention and democratic oversight — must continue to define the legal architecture of environmental decision-making

The urban squeeze: Environmental realities of Pune comes to fore in 2024

December 19, 2024 6:09 pm

Noted ornithologist Dr Satish Pande writes about the challenges that the growing urban infrastructure poses while looking at a few silver linings.

Indian companies lead in emissions control, says annual survey

September 22, 2024 12:14 pm

A global survey shows that China, Brazil and India lead in reporting, target-setting and reduction of carbon emissions.

Why Katy Perry's new music video is under investigation from Spain's government

August 22, 2024 1:43 pm

The controversy surrounding Katy Perry's "Lifetimes" music video deepens as details emerge about the filming location

As concretisation threatens butterfly habitats, an expert shares tips on setting up gardens for the winged pollinators

July 07, 2024 11:00 pm

A garden with a lot of caterpillars might end up having only a single butterfly because birds, ants and other insects prey upon the eggs and caterpillars of butterflies.

Nature conversation effective if people play central role: Key takeaway from Pune workshop

July 07, 2024 10:51 pm

The community representatives discussed surveys, sacred groves and the aspirations for sustainable livelihoods.

Britain's Stonehenge sprayed with paint by environmental protesters

June 19, 2024 8:03 pm

Two protesters dressed in white were seen running towards two of the megaliths and spraying paint as another person attempted to stop them, in the video released by the group.