Rajkumari Sharma Tankha There was a time when jute was simply associated with gunny bags, grain sacks and the old-world mills of Bengal. Today, it is finding its way into technical textiles, sustainable fashion, infrastructure, packaging and a large number of lifestyle products. India is at the centre of this transformation. The country remains the […]Read More
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How Nature-Based Solutions Are Helping Rejuvenate India’s Rivers: NMCG Launches
Team L&M India’s efforts to revive its rivers are increasingly moving beyond conventional sewage treatment plants towards Nature-Based Solutions (NbS)—an approach that blends engineering with ecological restoration. The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has launched two pilot projects along the Yamuna that demonstrate how natural ecosystems can help […]Read More
Team L&M For generations, the high Himalayas have symbolized purity — snow-fed silence, untouched forests, and air that feels far removed from the pressures of modern life. But new research suggests that even these remote landscapes are no longer fully insulated from human influence. A year-long study conducted by scientists at the Aryabhatta Research Institute […]Read More
Team L&M As India grapples with growing concerns over water scarcity, groundwater depletion, and climate uncertainty, Odisha is quietly demonstrating how sustainable water management can be achieved through a combination of science, policy, and public participation. The state’s ongoing groundwater recharge efforts under the campaign ‘Jal Sanchay, Jan Bhagidari’ offer an encouraging example of how […]Read More
Upasana Kaura As Indian cities struggle with shrinking groundwater reserves, erratic monsoons and increasing urban flooding, the challenge of water security is no longer a distant environmental concern. It is now an urgent civic and ecological crisis. In this context, Raipur’s emerging rainwater conservation model offers not just hope, but a practical and scalable pathway […]Read More
From Oxygen Bank to River Restoration, Noida’s Civic Push Signals a New Model of Environmental Action Team L&M Noida’s Yamuna riverfront is once again at the center of an ambitious environmental conversation. Noida Lok Manch, a civic organisation active in public welfare initiatives, has proposed a large-scale plantation drive aimed at transforming the Yamuna belt […]Read More
Taruna Sharma In a world drowning in waste, real change often begins at home — sometimes right inside your kitchen. Every day, households generate vegetable peels, fruit scraps, leftover food, and other organic waste that usually ends up in overflowing garbage dumps. What many people fail to realise is that this so-called “waste” is actually […]Read More
Team L&M Flowing through the heart of eastern Uttar Pradesh the Tamsa River — an ancient and significant tributary of the Ganga River — has witnessed a remarkable transformation. Once facing challenges of siltation, waste accumulation and encroachments, the river today stands revitalised. This has been achieved through coordinated administrative efforts and strong community participation […]Read More
Team L&M From the mud below the wetlands of Assam’s Kaziranga National Park (KNP), has emerged a story of how residence of the one horned Rhino has evolved through climate change, vegetation shifts, exotic species invasion, and herbivore activity. Rapid urbanisation, industrialisation, and deforestation, together with natural hazards such as floods, droughts, earthquakes, and landslides, […]Read More
Team L&M Among the silt-rich deposits of the Chirang River in Manipur’s Imphal Valley researchers examining fossil plant remains have found an astonishingly intact bamboo stem, carrying the ghostly marks of long-vanished thorns. This earliest thorny bamboo fossil from Asia could rewrite a chapter of the continent’s botanical history. Bamboo fossils are extremely rare because […]Read More