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A marmot on a meadow in Ladakh. Photo: Getty Images/ iStock

beautiful people Environment

In the den of marmots

Delegates rest during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), in Glasgow, Scotland, on November 12.

COP26 Environment

COP26 | ‘Adaptation fund’ from developed countries continues to be a sticking point

Watch | World's largest solar park in Bhadla, India

The Hindu Net Desk

Members of Extinction Rebellion Red Rebel Brigade take part in a protest during the U.N. Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow on November 12, 2021.

Glasgow climate talks Environment

COP26 | Negotiators brainstorm over draft

Solar cell panels being fixed on the thatched roof of a home in Sakthivel’s fishing settlement.

SOLAR ENERGY Environment

How India's fishing industry could be powered by the sun

Watch | Eco-friendly fuel made from olive waste

The Hindu Net Desk

NEW DELHI, 06/11/2021. PWD workers sprinkling water from the tankers which were flagged off from the Delhi Secretariat to curb the Air Pollution in New Delhi on Saturday, November 06, 2021. The AQI remains Hazardous for the second day after the Diwali Celebrations. Photo: R. V. MOORTHY / The Hindu

EXPLAINER | Environment

The distant dream of a clear sky

A panel depicting Planet Earth and a message reading 'While you were Talking', regarding the COP26 Summit is displayed on St John's Church, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2021.

Glasgow climate talks Environment

COP26 draft says climate finance is insufficient

Health workers wearing PPE kit dump medical waste at a COVID-19 hospital in Kolkata.

COVID-19 pandemic generated eight million tonnes of plastic waste: Study

Future course: An aerial view of a solar park in Karnataka.

Explainer Environment

The long road to net zero

G. Ananthakrishnan

A view of the solar panels at the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) site at Bhadla in Rajasthan. Photo used for representation purpose only.

India at COP26 says its solar energy capacity increased 17 times in 7 years; now at 45 GW

A milestone: The U.S. and the EU have pledged to cut methane emissions by 30% compared with the 2020 levels. In California, 35,000 oil and gas wells sit idle. Many of them are unplugged and could leak methane.

Explained | Where does India stand on methane emissions?

Climate protesters gather for the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice march in Glasgow, on November 6, 2021.

Climate march keeps up pressure on leaders at U.N. summit

VISAKHAPATNAM, 27/02/2014: Brahminy ducks and black-winged stilts in flight at a pond near the airport in Visakhapatnam on Thursday, February 27, 2014. Lot of migratory and resident migratory birds are seen in this region. Photo: K.R. Deepak

The winter migratory winged visitors start arriving in Visakhapatnam

Nivedita Ganguly

16K | Chinese vessel Yuan Wang 5 reaches Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port

12K | Terms of Indian Navy’s mega submarine deal unrealistic: Russian official

11K | A Red-Letter day

536 | FIFA suspends Indian football federation over ‘third-party influences’

6K | Data | 75 years of independence: A comparison of India’s growth with other nations across ten indicators

4K | Madras HC stays penalty of ₹1.5 crore imposed on actor Vijay by Income Tax Department

8K | Bilkis Bano case: Eleven convicts walk out of jail

5K | A tryst with the past

4K | Meeting India’s aspirations: On Modi’s ninth I-Day speech

3K | Live ammunition found in handbag of child passenger at Chennai airport

4K | Changing contexts of caste

4K | India must protect its hard-won freedoms

4K | The race of two Asian giants

3K | ‘Shantaram’ first look revealed; Charlie Hunnam starrer to release in October

3K | Five years after Supreme Court’s triple talaq verdict, petitioners living life as ‘half-divorcees’

3K | The power of words: On the assault on Salman Rushdie

3K | The temples that Jawaharlal Nehru built

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3K | How Karunanidhi got CMs the right to unfurl national flag on Independence Day

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