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India had made significant strides in improving life expectancy at birth—from just 49.7 years in the early 1970s to 70 years by the 2016–20 period. This steady upward trend, sustained for nearly five decades, was abruptly interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. During 2017-21, life expectancy at birth declined to 69.8 years. The drop, though seemingly…
New climate states are emerging in India, with the country entering a novel climate regime owing to climate change factored by local anomalies (SLA), the emergence of non-analogue climates (NCS), and the changing probability of extremes, scientist Arpit Tiwari revealed at the ongoing Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2026 in Nimli, Rajasthan. Tiwari, project scientist, BIMSTEC Centre…
India is home to some of the world’s richest biodiversity — but it is also witnessing a sharp rise in human-wildlife conflict. As conservation efforts expand and habitats shrink, how can India balance ecological protection with the needs of communities? In this conversation at AAD 2026, we speak with Qamar Qureshi about India’s long-term strategy…
Justice Deepak Gupta, former Judge of the Supreme Court of India; Ashok Lavasa, former Secretary, Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India; and Sunita Narain, Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), released CSE and Down To Earth’s flagship publication, the annual State of India’s Environment (SOE) report at the…