Simrin Sirur

Proactive investments in resilience can reduce losses from disasters more than post-disaster aid, says a new study.

A second hydroelectric power project was cleared in September on the fragile Subansiri river basin.

In the forested state of Jharkhand, switching to liquified petroleum gas (LPG) could have inadvertently driven a trend of greening across the state, a new study based on satellite data, and ground surveys says.

Asiatic lions in Gujarat are increasingly occupying landscapes outside the core zones of protected areas as their population grows.

The LPG crisis is forcing the poor to turn to firewood and other polluting sources to feed themselves.

By Simrin Sirur In the streets of Bhalaswa, a neighbourhood in north-west Delhi, Rama is known as “cylinder wali madam”. For years, she has facilitated LPG connections for low-income residents, persuading them to put away their wood and coal-fired stoves and helping them secure subsidies under the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), a government scheme […]

When the worst recorded wildfires ripped through Canada in 2023, scientists didn't expect to see its effects take shape in far corners of the world. Yet, the magnitude of the disaster was so large that it may have interfered with atmospheric circulation systems thousands of kilometers away – in India.

The demand for real estate is being driven by migrants from big metros looking to buy expensive second homes.

Summer months are getting hotter, exposing informal labourers to increased health and occupational risks.