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Earth Journalism Network is holding a workshop for social media content creators & communicators on renewable energy in Visakhapatnam May 14-16, primarily for colleagues from Andhra Pradesh & neighboring states. Application deadline April 10. Apply through earthjournalism.net/opportunities/…

The Sri Lanka lesson India must not repeat — and cannot afford to ignore. A fertiliser shortage is coming. The question is whether India announces a transition or stumbles into one. The difference is everything shorturl.at/qrT80

Sharp, brilliant piece by Justice (R) Madan B Lokur on why the Supreme Court must not allow the government to get away with saying the Sonam Wangchuk habeas corpus plea is now infructuous. Preventive Detention Abused: Why the Supreme Court Must Still Rule on Wangchuk thewire.in/law/on-sonam-w…

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Sustainable agriculture requires more than reducing harm to nature. It means making biodiversity a core part of policy, investment, and farm management. Our report presents practical steps to achieve this shift. Download: wrld.bg/8rF550Yuy72

India Submits Seventh National Report to Convention on Biological Diversity ✳ Submission of national reports is a mandatory obligation on Parties to the CBD. As a responsible nation, India has consistently honoured its international commitments and submitted all previous National Reports to the CBD as required under Article 26 in a timely manner ✳ The NR-7 presents a comprehensive, indicator-based national assessment aligned with India's updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (NBSAP 2024-2030) and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF). The Report is based on 142 national indicators mapped against 23 National Biodiversity Targets (NBTs) Read here: pib.gov.in/PressReleseDet… @moefcc

How India Is Powering 1.4 Billion People While Deploying Renewables forbes.com/sites/kensilve… (Photo: AFP via Getty Images)

It’s snowing in Ladakh in March, a season that should be transitioning to spring. The winter snowfall that once recharged our groundwater and fed our springs is arriving late and disappearing fast. The shift is not subtle. Climate change is rewriting the hydrology of the Himalayas, and mountain communities are living it every day. #snowfall

On March 6, Israeli forces struck three sets of oil depots ringing Tehran simultaneously. The explosions were massive. Nearby residential areas were destroyed. Millions of liters of gasoline, diesel, and petroleum derivatives ignited, sending columns of black smoke thousands of feet into the air. Then rain passed through those dark clouds on its way down, absorbing what was suspended there and landing as something that was no longer quite rain, leaving a foul layer on everything it touched. The particles released by this kind of petrochemical fire travel deep into the lungs, into the small airways and the alveoli and lodge there. The acute effects are respiratory distress, chemical bronchitis, and exacerbated asthma. For children, the elderly, anyone with an underlying lung condition, like the tens of thousands of chemical-weapons survivors from the wars of yesteryear who are still alive, the exposure is not an inconvenience. The long-term effects include lasting pulmonary damage. Several of the compounds released by burning petroleum derivatives are also established carcinogens. “What we witnessed on Saturday in Tehran may be the largest release of petrochemical toxins over a civilian population since the Iran-Iraq War,” Narges Bajoghli writes. “To see this as collateral damage, or an unfortunate byproduct of legitimate military operations, requires accepting that 9 million people’s lungs are an acceptable externality of war.” Bajoghli reports on how chemical warfare impacts not just military campaigns, but results in the slow accumulation of harm in bodies and landscapes: nymag.visitlink.me/y2FzMZ

The worsening LPG shortage in the wake of the ongoing West Asia conflict has triggered a sudden surge in demand for firewood, with sawmills and plywood factories reporting a flood of inquiries despite rising prices, reports M.P. Praveen trib.al/nvcuv7n

Israel's bombing of an oil depot in Tehran "may be the largest release of petrochemical toxins over a civilian population since the Iran-Iraq War." Nine million people’s lungs should not be "an acceptable externality of war.” trib.al/wuDSPd5

A new policy document released by environmental groups in Kerala has called for a fundamental shift in governance that recognises the interdependence of forests, rivers, wetlands, farms and coastal ecosystems 🖊️ @KAShaji123 downtoearth.org.in/environment/fr…

Gulf states lose $15bn in energy revenues since start of war ft.trib.al/7CPzJ15

BREAKING: The UN refugee agency says up to 3.2 million people in Iran have been displaced by the ongoing war. Follow AP’s live updates. apnews.com/live/iran-war-…

Iran war causing ‘largest disruption in history’ to oil supplies, says IEA ft.trib.al/zVf5Zyz

After strikes on oil facilities, the World Health Organization is warning that "black rain" poses a respiratory health risk in Iran. "The black rain and the acidic rain coming with it is indeed a danger for the population," a WHO spokesperson said.

For the people of South Asia, already grappling with high inflation, the surge in fuel costs amid the US-Israeli war on Iran is rapidly turning into a complete cost-of-living crisis middleeasteye.pulse.ly/okvvmkr1m6

Breaking News: The U.S. was responsible for a missile strike on an Iranian school, an ongoing military investigation found. The inquiry said the strike — which Iranian officials said killed at least 175 people — was the result of a targeting mistake. nyti.ms/47G2uw2

Shell Plc has declared force majeure on its liquefied natural gas contracts with some of its customers in Asia bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Everything is mighty fine, as per "sources".