An award-winning journalist with 14 years of experience, Nikhil Ghanekar is an Assistant Editor with the National Bureau [Government] of The Indian Express in New Delhi. He primarily covers environmental policy matters which involve tracking key decisions and inner workings of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He also covers the functioning of the National Green Tribunal and writes on the impact of environmental policies on wildlife conservation, forestry issues and climate change....Read More
An award-winning journalist with 14 years of experience, Nikhil Ghanekar is an Assistant Editor with the National Bureau [Government] of The Indian Express in New Delhi. He primarily covers environmental policy matters which involve tracking key decisions and inner workings of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He also covers the functioning of the National Green Tribunal and writes on the impact of environmental policies on wildlife conservation, forestry issues and climate change.
Nikhil joined The Indian Express in 2024. Originally from Mumbai, he has worked in publications such as Tehelka, Hindustan Times, DNA Newspaper, News18 and Indiaspend. In the past 14 years, he has written on a range of subjects such as sports, current affairs, civic issues, city centric environment news, central government policies and politics.
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National Board for Wildlife’s panel has recommended reinstating Rhesus Macaque species of monkeys...
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Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra moved the NGT alleging that construction for an MEA project in...
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Nov 10, 2025 19:49 IST
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Thu, Nov 13, 2025
Nov 08, 2025 04:28 IST
Senior officials of the Environment Ministry said reinstating the species under Schedule II of the...
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Nov 05, 2025 17:21 IST
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Oct 23, 2025 16:44 IST
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Oct 21, 2025 16:01 IST
The Supreme Court directed the Jharkhand government to notify an area of 314 sq km as a wildlife...
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Oct 16, 2025 15:55 IST
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Tue, Oct 21, 2025
Oct 16, 2025 03:31 IST
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Oct 14, 2025 15:18 IST
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Tue, Oct 14, 2025
Oct 10, 2025 15:43 IST
The Greenhouse Gas Emission Intensity Target Rules have been notified for 282 cement, aluminium,...
Sat, Oct 11, 2025
Oct 10, 2025 01:38 IST
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Oct 09, 2025 22:30 IST
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Oct 08, 2025 15:15 IST
The ministry issued two separate draft notifications—one on October 3 for CETPs and another on...
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Oct 05, 2025 17:08 IST
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Oct 03, 2025 11:36 IST
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Oct 01, 2025 15:24 IST
Snake bites claimed 10,144 lives while animal attacks killed 1,739...
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Sep 30, 2025 18:54 IST
Data on disease prevalence from National Family Health Survey–5, Indian epidemiological studies...
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Sep 28, 2025 21:50 IST
Government sources said the tweaks will ensure Hindi proficiency is not an impediment, and that the...
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Sep 26, 2025 17:54 IST
The plea endorsed by 57 people, including historian Shekhar Pathak and author Ramachandra Guha,...
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Thu, Sep 25, 2025
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The Oju project is proposed on the Subansiri river, 5 km downstream of Redi village of Taksing...
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