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.
Apr 21, 2025 12:18 IST
To tackle the snow crisis, we urgently need to embrace science-based policies and foster regional...
Tue, Apr 22, 2025
Apr 20, 2025 22:51 IST
Though the forest department has denied the charges, a three-member team of NTCA is investigating...
Mon, Apr 21, 2025
Apr 18, 2025 11:42 IST
The wildlife board standing committee also discussed the need to have standard guidelines for...
Fri, Apr 18, 2025
Apr 17, 2025 17:57 IST
The study builds on the idea of emissions trading, which has been in operation in Europe since 2005...
Tue, Apr 22, 2025
Apr 15, 2025 19:13 IST
The The Surat Emission Trading Scheme (ETS) launched in 2019 seeks to curb air pollution by...
Wed, Apr 16, 2025
Apr 15, 2025 04:20 IST
The decision, taken at a meeting last week, comes even as concerns linger over availability of...
Tue, Apr 15, 2025
Apr 10, 2025 13:10 IST
Questions Centre over action taken for violation of forest...
Thu, Apr 10, 2025
Apr 08, 2025 21:15 IST
Cities covered under the clean air programme have been given the target to reduce levels of...
Wed, Apr 09, 2025
Apr 04, 2025 12:55 IST
The Centre introduced the star-rating system on January 17, 2022, to reward states for quickly and...
Fri, Apr 04, 2025
Apr 02, 2025 19:22 IST
Slug: BJP MPs from Telangana go to Environment Minister seeking...
Wed, Apr 02, 2025
Apr 02, 2025 15:24 IST
The Centre’s ambitious scheme seeks to invite voluntary participation in sectors ranging from...
Wed, Apr 02, 2025
Mar 31, 2025 04:00 IST
Under the programme, individuals, communities and private industries that engage in...
Mon, Mar 31, 2025
Mar 29, 2025 04:05 IST
The project seeks to monitor the tiger population outside the reserves, check poaching, address...
Sat, Mar 29, 2025
Mar 28, 2025 13:59 IST
The National Tiger Conservation Authority, which will implement the project, has identified 80...
Fri, Mar 28, 2025
Mar 25, 2025 18:15 IST
Environment ministry officials stated that funds could not be utilised as approval for the 'Control...
Tue, Mar 25, 2025
Mar 24, 2025 14:21 IST
The National Green Tribunal is examining the issue of the use of freshwater for maintaining cricket...
Mon, Mar 24, 2025
Mar 19, 2025 14:12 IST
Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar also spoke about the disparity in pensions and perks for MLAs...
Thu, Mar 20, 2025
Mar 19, 2025 07:46 IST
“Aurangzeb came to conquer Maharashtra but was foiled multiple times by Marathas… If you...
Wed, Mar 19, 2025
Mar 19, 2025 04:20 IST
The CSE’s Urban Labs assessed annual and seasonal trends in PM 2.5 concentrations for the October...
Wed, Mar 19, 2025
Mar 18, 2025 18:26 IST
The Central Pollution Control Board had submitted to the National Green Tribunal that faecal...
Wed, Mar 19, 2025
Mar 18, 2025 11:25 IST
Five years after Covid-19 was declared a pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus that likely...
Wed, Mar 19, 2025
Mar 17, 2025 08:30 IST
India is home to an estimated 3,681 tigers (range 3167-3925), as per the last population estimation...
Fri, Mar 21, 2025
Mar 13, 2025 04:00 IST
Speaking during Question Hour, Oram said the project — involving construction of a transshipment...
Thu, Mar 13, 2025
Mar 13, 2025 02:24 IST
A total of 30 tonnes of the 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste transported from the Union Carbide...
Thu, Mar 13, 2025
Mar 12, 2025 17:18 IST
The last full-body meeting of the National Board for Wildlife was held on September 5, 2012,...
Wed, Mar 12, 2025