environment

Imphal’s streets reveal how convenience and social hesitation undermine the fight against single-use plastics, reflecting a deeper environmental crisis unfolding across Manipur. By Salam Rajesh The vegetable vendor on the street…

The nemesis of Loktak Pat is primarily referred to Ithai Barrage, a man-made structure designed to store water for generating hydro electricity for the 105 megawatt capacity Loktak Hydroelectric Power Project – a ‘green energy’ project has…

No single continent on Earth was spared from crippling climate disasters during 2025, with at least one disaster in each of the six populated regions of the world making the report. Drought in Brazil, summer wildfires in Spain and Portugal,…

The global climate and weather monitoring organization observed that during El Niño years, CO2  levels tend to rise because the efficiency of land carbon sinks is reduced by drier vegetation and forest fires, as was the case with the…

The megaflash lightning that occurred in October 2017, during a major thunderstorm complex, extended from eastern Texas to near Kansas City, equivalent to the distance between Paris and Venice in Europe, the WMO report (postmarked 31 July,…

As the Loktak Lake Faces Imminent Threat, Experts Warn of Disappearance Within 50 Years Without Immediate Scientific and Social Intervention TFM Report In a stark warning that has reignited concerns over the future of one of Northeast…

The damage caused by illegal poppy cultivation goes far beyond floods. The use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides pollutes soil and waterways, harming wildlife and local populations. The loss of biodiversity from forest clearing…

New global findings in the 8th Annual Indicator Report of the ‘Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change’ revealed that the people in every country face record-breaking threats to health and survival from the rapidly changing climate,…

Both tropical and sub-tropical rainforests in various pockets of North East India are currently under tremendous pressure from different anthropogenic activities of which submergence by artificial flooding for large dams, uncontrolled…

The WISA and LDA noted that the hydro project ‘had led to inundation of agricultural and settlement lands, and displacement of a large population of humans from frequently impacted areas in both the upstream and the downstream areas’ while…