Activists, farmers, workers’ groups and researchers have called for the immediate withdrawal of a proposed law to replace India’s flagship rural jobs programme, warning it would weaken the legal right to work and centralise power with the Union government. At a press conference in Delhi on December 17, 2025, activists and researchers criticised the Viksit…
The NGT, on , directed the constitution of a joint committee to examine a complaint regarding the discharge of sewage on open land from Green Enclave, Mohali, in SAS Nagar district of Punjab. The committee has been directed to conduct a site visit and take preventive, prohibitive and remedial measures to address the discharge of…
An intense surge in flu cases driven by a newly dominant virus strain is sweeping across Europe, placing healthcare systems in several countries under severe pressure, the World Health Organization has said. The WHO said on Wednesday that at least 27 of the 38 countries in its European region were reporting “high or very high…
A Parliamentary Standing Committee report found little improvement in India’s air pollution levels and recommended revisions to standards, better monitoring, and coordinated action across sectors and states. The report highlights gaps in implementation, uneven monitoring networks, and limited scope of current programmes, while urging long-term measures, crop diversification, and incentives for cleaner transport and…
Deep in a sea cave in Greece’s northern Sporades, a bulky shape moves in the gloom. Someone on the boat bobbing quietly on the water close by passes round a pair of binoculars and yes! – there it is. It’s a huge Mediterranean monk seal, one of the world’s rarest marine mammals , which at…
Bihar has positioned itself as a leader among eastern Indian states in promoting decentralised renewable energy and off-grid solar solutions, unveiling an ambitious target of 340 MW of off-grid renewable energy by 2030. The policy places significant emphasis on solar-powered livelihood applications that promise to transform rural economies across the region. The state’s newly unveiled…
To study comet 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object to be found passing through our solar system, NASA is going all out with a solar system wide observation campaign that is unheard of in nature. The comet that was first detected on July 1 by the NASA-funded ATLAS (Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System) telescope in…
One of the first white-tailed eagles to fledge in England for hundreds of years has vanished in suspicious circumstances, alongside two more “devastating” disappearances of the reintroduced raptor. Police are appealing for public help as they investigate the disappearances, which are a setback to the bird’s successful reintroduction. Their disappearance is being investigated by several…
First tree ambulance launched in Kolkata Source link
Beachy Head Woman, a Roman-era skeleton once hailed as the earliest known black Briton and who scientists later speculated could be of Cypriot descent, has now been shown to have originated from southern England. The mystery of the skeleton’s shifting identity was finally resolved after advances in DNA sequencing produced a high-quality genetic readout from…