State governments and organisations are increasingly experimenting with parametric insurance to cope with losses from natural disasters.

Around 66 percent of hydropower plants in Himalayan states fall in glacial lake outburst floods (GLOF) tracks, finds a 2016 study.

Odanthurai, a model village in Tamil Nadu that adopted a renewable energy mix, offers several lessons on the challenges of implementing a community initiative on renewable energy. While solar lights ...

Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for Pune’s River Rejuvenation Project in March, announcing the commencement of the ambitious project that aims to redesign and reengineer ...

Muppandal wind farm, home to India's largest operational onshore wind farm in terms of installed capacity has led to a huge social impact in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu.

Dharnai village in Jehanabad district of Bihar came into limelight in 2014 when the village got a solar mini-grid and was projected as the state's first solar village. However, after three years due ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Uttarakhand, there is a strong drive to displace the nomadic pastoral tribe of Van Gujjars in order to protect wildlife. ‘Van’ means forest. It ...

The ‘Swamini’ self-help group have made mangvove safari as a means to conserve the mangroves of Vengurla taluka in Sindhudurg.

The biodiversity-rich Himalayan alpine meadows or bugyals are facing threats from overgrazing, tourism-related garbage and climate change.

A great Indian bustard conservation project, involving the local community, protects the critically endangered bird while giving locals monetary benefit.

Cyclone Amphan hit West Bengal on May 20 claiming 86 lives so far and affecting over 10 million people in the eastern Indian state.