India has diverted 1,734 square kilometers of forest land for development over 10 years, primarily for infrastructure projects. States like Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and Telangana contributed ...

According to government data, India has diverted 1,734 square kilometers of forest land for development activities over the past decade ...

India has diverted 1,733 square kilometres of forest land over the past decade for development initiatives, surpassing Delhi's total geographical area. States like Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, and ...

Experts have been critical of India’s forest cover data because it counts farms, orchards, plantations etc as forests due to its ambiguous definition. (HT Archive) The forest area measuring ...

According to the 2021 State of Forest Report by the Forest Survey of India, the mangrove forest cover in Tamil Nadu stood at 4,500 ha. By 2024, this has more than doubled to 9,039 ha, with new ...

In this book, well-known poet Ashok Vajpeyi writes about his close friend Sayed Haider Raza's evolution as a painter ...

As the world celebrates International Forest Day 2025, it serves as a reminder of the vital role forests play in sustaining life on our planet. From the Sundarbans to the pine forests, here's a ...

In this excerpt, Namita Waikar foregrounds the voices of India’s most marginalised agriculturists—women, Dalits, Adivasis, ...

This article is authored by Heera Lal, special secretary, irrigation, Government of Uttar Pradesh and senior advisor, Model ...

As we observe World Forest Day 2025 on March 21st, the focus is on the theme “Forests and Food”, highlighting the crucial role forests play in ensuring food security and supporting sustainable ...

Madhav National Park declared as India's 58th tiger reserve, part of Project Tiger's successful conservation efforts.

Over the last five years, Bengaluru has lost at least 15,000 trees to various projects Pollution Control Board highlights city has lower proportion of its area under forest cover as compared to ...