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The Bokaro SAIL steel plant in Jharkhand, one of India’s oldest, is severely compromising child health in the surrounding region due to its air pollutant emissions. The plant is emblematic of the fact that India still has no national standards for sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions from steel-producing facilities like sinter plants, mill zones, and refractory

Never has the world been so concerned with discussions on international trade and tariffs as in the past six months. The last time there were such focussed discussions in the media and the public on trade was when the World Trade Organisation (WTO) was agreed upon in April 1994. Even in those heady days, trade

Welcome to another exciting edition of the WPBeginner Spotlight! February 2026 has been an incredible month for the WordPress community. WordPress 7.0 Beta is available for testing, with the first major admin redesign in years, along with built-in AI infrastructure and long-awaited collaboration features. There are also AI-driven optimization tools to help site owners improve

This was first published in the State of India’s Environment 2026 The State of India’s Environment 2026 report is available on sale here: https://csestore.cse.org.in/default/books/state-of-india-s-environment-2026.html

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD)’s saddle dam, the largest and most critical auxiliary dam globally, is an active geohazard hotspot showing critical signs of instability. If breached could threaten downstream regions, threatening millions in Sudan and Egypt warned a study published in International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, March 2026. The team at the

Zimbabwe has rejected a multi-million health funding deal offered by the United States of America — until now the southern African country’s main health and humanitarian aid donor — on account of what Harare has alleged to be the lop-sidedness of the deal. Harare says negotiations over the $367 million health funding package wallowed on

Studies have examined the role of multiple landscape types, such as open natural ecosystems, in supporting biodiversity and species conservation, with findings debunking the long-held assumption that only intensively managed protected areas have the capacity to aid and further the conservation of terrestrial biodiversity. Adding to this narrative is a new study from a semi-arid,

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

From respiratory illnesses and asthma to heart disease, stroke risk, weakened immunity, and long-term impacts on children and the elderly — pediatrician Sanjeev Bagai talks about the growing health burden of toxic air in India at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2026. To access the proceedings and presentations of AAD 2026: https://www.cseindia.org/page/aaddialogue2026