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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Around 190 countries have assembled in Geneva for what is seen as a make-or-break round of...
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The Centre was responding to criticism over the low utilisation of the pollution control...
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Countries will push to address plastic pollution right from the production stage, which uses...
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The boundary rationalisation of Sariska Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan has been recommended for...
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The committee has proposed a set of mitigation measures and restrictions based on zonal...
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The 3,087-MW Etalin hydel project in Dibang valley, Arunachal Pradesh, involves the construction of...
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Union minister Kirti Vardhan Singh was replying to a question from Congress MP Sukhdeo Bhagat, who...
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In 2015, the Environment Ministry notified the first-ever emission norms for control of SO2 and...
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Before the National Green Tribunal, the UP government denies allegations of large-scale tree...
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