New Delhi: Mother Dairy unveiled India’s first naturally degradable milk pouch on June 2, 2026, at the Taj Mahal Hotel in Delhi. The new packaging — being rolled out with the company’s cow milk variant across Delhi-NCR from June 5, World Environment Day — breaks down in soil within a few years without leaving behind…
The India Meteorological Department’s revised forecast for 2026 places the southwest monsoon at its weakest in over a decade and the consequences will ripple from paddy fields to grocery shelves. The onset of the monsoons is as significant an annual event as the results of any election and as much talked about as any budget…
An Orange Alert warning of thunderstorms, lightning, rainfall, and gale-force winds has been declared in Gautam Budh Nagar. It is important to note that such alerts highlight the growing danger caused by adverse weather conditions and the significance of being alert through early-warning systems, such as Damini and Sachet. There is an announcement from Gautam…
President Min Aung Hlaing of Myanmar paid a visit to the NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance (NETRA) in Greater Noida, India, on May 31, 2026. The visit, which was accompanied by a high-level ministerial group, offered a chance to highlight India’s accomplishments in renewable energy research and innovation. Senior NTPC executives, including Chairman and Managing…
The Alert That Nobody Sent, But Everyone Received On the night of August 16, 2024, flash floods struck three villages in Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi district. Families were woken by the sound of water, not by a warning. Evacuation was reactive, not planned. Two people did not make it out. In the inquiry that followed, the…
How India’s 2026 Waste Rules are turning delivery apps into waste management giants. For the past few years, the convenience of 10-minute delivery has felt like magic. We tap a screen, and a brown paper bag or a plastic-wrapped bundle of groceries arrives at our door. But for companies like Blinkit, Zepto, and Swiggy Instamart,…
However, India’s dialogue on air pollution is far more developed than a decade ago. Air quality monitors display real-time PM2.5 figures on public websites. Cities release their respective plans on clean air action. People examine the pollution index before going out. However, amidst all this progress, there has been one particular aspect of the ongoing…
The Temple That Nobody Photographed There is a 9th century temple in a village in Odisha that receives no tourist buses, no CISF security detail, and no World Heritage plaque. Its sanctum holds a damaged but intact icon. Its walls carry inscriptions that have not been fully transcribed. Twice in the past decade, local residents…
The River That Remembers Nothing The Brahmaputra does not follow instructions. It shifts its course seasonally, erodes its banks annually, and has consumed Majuli by roughly 1/3rd of its original area over the past century. The communities on its banks have adapted as best they can, building on stilts, relocating seasonally, and accepting a negotiation…
She has been watching the river her entire life Annapurna Devi has lived on the ghats of Varanasi for sixty-three years. She has watched the river in every season and every decade. She watched it in the years when it ran dark with effluents from tanneries upstream. She watched it after Namami Gange was launched…
