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Holi celebration at Visva-Bharati restricted

March 9, 2025, 07:39 PM - 3 min read

Visva-Bharati's Holi celebrations face new restrictions, with no spring festival in Sonajhuri forest this year due to environmental concerns.

Wood-burning stoves: Pollution and health impacts

January 27, 2025, 01:10 PM - 5 min read

Wood burning produces a complex chemical mixture of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and gases, which can be breathed deep into the lungs.

In 2025, let’s make it game on – for our precious nature

December 31, 2024, 02:01 PM - 8 min read

Let us also set a New Year’s resolution for nature. Let’s make a personal pledge to care for beetles and butterflies, rainforests and reefs, for ourselves, and for future generations.

Forever chemicals, technically known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have been linked to cancer. This makes their widespread presence in water sources particularly alarming.

From water to makeup: 'Forever' chemicals are causing alarm

August 23, 2024, 06:14 PM - 6 min read

Forever chemicals, technically known as per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), have been linked to cancer. This makes their widespread presence in water sources particularly alarming.

K'taka: Belagavi water project raises environmental concerns

July 8, 2024, 05:41 PM - 2 min read

The project — proposed as an answer to the problem of drought — will eat on to 1,500 acres of forest cover.

In May 2022, the state government sought to acquire 2,500 bighas of land for the airport, igniting protests among tea garden workers fearing eviction and job loss. Tensions peaked as bulldozers moved in to clear the plantation, leading to clashes with security forces.

SC halts Assam's greenfield airport project over environmental concerns

April 10, 2024, 06:04 PM - 2 min read

This judgement comes on the back of a petition filed by Tapas Guha, Pradip Roy and Baidyanath Sengupta, challenging the large-scale uprooting of trees and eviction of workers at the tea estate without requisite environmental clearances.