Meet the students turning kayaking into a weekly mission to collect plastic waste and keep the backwaters clean — one paddle at a time.

How do people get to work in India? People use all kinds of ways: walking, cycling, riding scooters and mopeds, driving cars and jeeps, taking autos, buses, taxis, metros, trains, and even tempos! Some people even work from home. The way people travel differs a lot between cities and villages. Here’s a surprise from The State of India in Figures 2025, released by the Centre for Science and Environment: More people walk to work in cities than in villages! In cities, 2.6 crore people walk to work, while in villages, it’s 1.8 crore.

Can electric cars outdrive conventional cars in India? Discover how EVs are changing the way we move.

35 Indian cities have recently been listed among the 50 most polluted cities in the world. What's worse, 16 of these cities received nearly Rs 1,000 crore over the past eight years to tackle air pollution. This disturbing finding has placed India’s National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) under intense scrutiny. NCAP is the costliest air pollution control programme ever taken up in India, and one of the biggest globally. But it appears to be non-existent in 19 of the Indian cities that are part of the ‘most polluted’ top 50 list.

A simple, lucid explainer on the ‘what’ and ‘why’ of wildlife corridors.  

Toxic air is seeping into classrooms! From smoky school buses to burning trash, air pollution is harming students. Discover a teacher’s plea for cleaner air and healthier schools.

As millions gather for Maha Kumbh 2025, can we ensure our rivers remain clean? Aarav’s journey reveals the urgent need to protect our sacred waters from pollution and neglect.

Plastic pollution creates an evolutionary trap for young sea turtles, says a new study. The study is done by researchers from the University of Exeter, UK. The study included 121 sea turtles from five of the world’s seven species: green, loggerhead, hawksbill, olive ridley, and flatback. They found plastic inside juvenile turtles along both the east and west coasts of Australia. Sea turtles usually hatch on beaches and spent their early years traveling on ocean currents...