Oceans, Seas, River and Water bodies

While buffers exist, the interplay of El Niño with other climatic factors underscores the growing importance of climate adaptation in India’s agriculture-dependent economy.

To ensure the new laws do not remain merely symbolic, the CEA has initiated a massive recruitment drive, onboarding 281 new environmental officers to fill a critical staffing void that had persisted for nearly a decade.

For city planners, the cleared riverbanks represent a step toward a cleaner, more resilient Kathmandu. But for thousands of people like Mandira, Lakshmi, and Budhathoki, the demolition drive has simply left them destitute.

Officials say that the TUW Policy 2026 does not exist in isolation; it is deeply aligned with broader national and regional developmental blueprints.

Managing highly radioactive waste safely for decades to come poses a serious logistical challenge, though Bangladesh has established preliminary bilateral agreements with Russia regarding spent fuel handling and potential reprocessing.

As the federal government aggressively abdicates its traditional leadership role in climate science, the burden of addressing global warming is rapidly shifting to state and local governments, as well as the private sector.

Resistance genes are specific DNA sequences that enable bacteria to withstand the effects of antibiotics or other antimicrobial agents. They can spread rapidly between bacteria, causing widespread drug resistance.

MRR is calling for an immediate temporary halt to all dredging and land-reclamation projects until reef conditions normalise, followed by a two-week buffer period.