Vimla Bahuguna (1932- 2025), the veteran environmentalist, combined grounded constructive work with far-reaching sociopolitical activism. From her home in the Himalayas, she built up resistance to deforestation, big dams, destructive mining, commercial forestry, violence and abuse. During the 1970s,along with thousands of local women, she created the Chipko movement, which reverberated across the globe. Today,…
THE ROOM WHERE IT HAPPENED Indore, June 13, 2026. Eleven nations. One room. One unanimous vote. The 16th BRICS Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting produced the Indore Declaration. It was a farmer-centric compact, adopted without dissent, binding nearly half the world’s agricultural land under a shared commitment to food security, climate resilience, and seed sovereignty. Under India’s…
Every AI query has a physical footprint – and it is measured in something far more scarce than electricity The query you send to a chatbot seems like nothing. Not using any paper, fuel or obvious resources in any way. However, behind your query, deep inside some climate-controlled data centre full of buzzing computers, there’s…
Internet addiction among children is becoming an emerging problem due to the link between high levels of screen time and anxiety, low academic performance, and ill health. Since most teenagers spend their time on smartphones for social interaction rather than learning, the government is considering stringent measures such as banning social media based on age…
Rahul has a degree. He has sent 200 applications. He is twenty-three years old, and he is still at home in Indore, waiting for the market to catch up to what he was told he was worth. According to PLFS (2023-2024), India’s overall unemployment rate is 3.2%, which, by global standards, sounds like progress. But…
Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Prize, and 51 million Trees The Child Who Was Told Not to Disturb the Fig Tree In the hills of Nyeri, in central Kenya, a fig tree grew near the home of a young girl’s family. Her grandmother told her it was sacred and must not be disturbed. As a child,…
Menopause is one of the most ignored health issues for women nowadays. Despite millions going through uncomfortable symptoms like hot flashes, insomnia, anxiety, memory problems, and achy joints, lots struggle to get the right help. Because of stigma, lack of awareness, and healthcare shortcomings, tons of women face this big life change solo. Sunita Sharma,…
Climate change is not something that will happen someday. It is happening now. It is changing the way people live in India. The temperature is getting higher, the air is getting thicker because of the humidity, and the heat is staying longer every year. This is a problem for a lot of people, especially those…
In Geneva, on the sidelines of the WTO Trade and Environment Week 2026, India did something that would have seemed improbable a decade ago. Officials from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change walked into a multilateral forum and presented India not as a developing country seeking climate exemptions, but as one showcasing a…
Statistical revision rarely makes headlines. But this one should. On June 2, 2026, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) released a new Index of Industrial Production (IIP) series with 2022–23 as the base year, replacing the 2011-12 series that had become increasingly obsolete. Along with it came April 2026 data: industrial output grew…
