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.
Nov 20, 2024 05:30 IST
Of the city’s 40 air quality monitoring stations, 15 had recorded an AQI of 500...
Wed, Nov 20, 2024
Nov 18, 2024 19:43 IST
The Ministry and FSI made the remarks in a joint affidavit filed before the NGT’s principal...
Tue, Nov 19, 2024
Nov 15, 2024 12:11 IST
Staff at Madhya Pradesh’s Bandhavgarh National Park and Tiger Reserve initially found four...
Sat, Nov 16, 2024
Nov 14, 2024 18:15 IST
A bench led by former CJI DY Chandrachud ordered the Centre to frame mandatory accessibility...
Fri, Nov 15, 2024
Nov 13, 2024 04:20 IST
Globally, fossil-based CO2 emissions are set to touch a record high of 37.4 billion tonnes this...
Wed, Nov 13, 2024
Nov 09, 2024 17:02 IST
The MoTA pointed out to the Maharashtra government that the Forest Rights Act recognises the rights...
Sun, Nov 10, 2024
Nov 07, 2024 09:51 IST
Farmers with less than two acres of land will have to pay Rs 5,000, those with two to five acres...
Fri, Nov 08, 2024
Nov 06, 2024 17:59 IST
National Green Tribunal ordered Uttar Pradesh govt to file an affidavit to clearly state the total...
Thu, Nov 07, 2024
Nov 04, 2024 18:13 IST
Commission to seek action-taken report from ministry and NTCA on its recommendations to revise...
Tue, Nov 05, 2024
Nov 02, 2024 17:46 IST
Once draft notification declaring 56,825.7 sqkm of the Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive area...
Sun, Nov 03, 2024
Nov 01, 2024 17:26 IST
India has said it will prioritise effective restoration of at least 30% of degraded terrestrial,...
Fri, Nov 01, 2024
Oct 30, 2024 19:26 IST
The amendments have been made to tighten the application and vetting processes. Recently, IAS...
Fri, Nov 01, 2024
Oct 30, 2024 15:56 IST
The ministry may also revise the existing rules which empower the Commission for Air Quality...
Thu, Oct 31, 2024
Oct 28, 2024 15:35 IST
According to the WMO, the last time the earth had a similar CO2 concentration was 3-5 million years...
Tue, Oct 29, 2024
Oct 26, 2024 04:04 IST
Behind the success is a back-story fraught with challenges. To start with, the bustard handlers had...
Sat, Oct 26, 2024
Oct 24, 2024 01:53 IST
Under the ambitious Project Cheetah, which saw the intercontinental translocation of African...
Thu, Oct 24, 2024
Oct 23, 2024 18:33 IST
The new rules, the National Platform for the Rights of the Disabled has said, make the process of...
Thu, Oct 24, 2024
Oct 21, 2024 15:48 IST
Delhi’s air quality is in the ‘very poor’ category and expected to continue to be so for the...
Mon, Oct 21, 2024
Oct 21, 2024 04:20 IST
Coal will be central to India’s energy mix for at least another decade, and moving away from it...
Mon, Oct 21, 2024
Oct 17, 2024 16:00 IST
The National Board for Wildlife deferred its nod to Cairn Oil and Gas’s proposal for oil...
Fri, Oct 18, 2024
Oct 17, 2024 04:05 IST
The Ministry has proposed to build culverts and bridges for the safe passage of wildlife crossing...
Thu, Oct 17, 2024
Oct 15, 2024 18:08 IST
The primary studies were carried out in coal dependent districts of the country to understand and...
Tue, Oct 15, 2024
Oct 12, 2024 03:45 IST
In its September 3 letter to the Uttarkashi divisional forest officer (DFO), the BRO said that the...
Sat, Oct 12, 2024
Oct 10, 2024 00:04 IST
The castes and sub-castes recommended for inclusion are — Lodh, Lodha, Lodhi, Suryavanshi Gujar,...
Thu, Oct 10, 2024
Oct 07, 2024 18:55 IST
The 76 MW Phata Byung project is a run-of-the-river hydroelectric project located downstream of...
Mon, Oct 07, 2024