Quotes/ Mentions in Media

1. External auditors to ‘supplement’ monitoring efforts of pollution authorities | Mongabay India | 17 September 2025
2. Centre forms environment auditing framework | Hindustan Times | 04 September 2025
3. India is Losing Forests Faster Than it Can Replace Them | Outlook Business | 01 September 2025
4. Maharashtra moves SC to regularise Zudpi jungle encroachments; contradicts expert report, own laws | Economic Times | 25 August 2025
5. Maharashtra Asks Supreme Court To Exempt 86,409 ha Of Zudpi jungles From Forest Act | Outlook India | 25 August 2025
6. From Extraction To Regeneration: How India’s Coal Mines Are Being Reimagined | Carbon Copy | 31 July 2025
7. An Investigative Report on Modi Government’s Extralegal Manoeuvres in Infrastructure Projects | AIDEM | 25 July 2025
8. At the mercy of mining lobbies | National Herald | 06 July 2025
9. 60 Former Civil Servants Write to CJI Citing Conflicts of Interest in Central Empowered Committee | The Wire | 02 July 2025
10. Odisha may have a plan to boost wildlife tourism, but it raises conservation concerns in protected areas | CNBC TV18 | 25 June 2025
11. Odisha plans to ease forest, wildlife restrictions to boost tourism; experts call it dangerous | The Tribune | 23 June 2025
12. Upholding the law, Supreme Court halts amnesties for EIA violators, jolts industry | Mongabay India | 10 June 2025
13. Even as SC hears case, road from Haryana to Rajasthan for illegal mining rebuilt | The Times of India | 03 June 2025
14. SC nixes retrospective green nods, but loophole still open | Hindustan Times | 30 May 2025
15. Supreme Court slams door on post-facto environmental approvals | Media India Group | 29 May 2025
16. As state finalises its terms, will Aravalis be defined by height? | The Times of India | 25 May 2025
17. Ground Report: Adani plant ignites Mirzapur, calls protest ‘hooliganism’:Land taken without job offers or compensation; locals feel ‘forced to commit suicide’ | Dainik Bhaskar | 24 May 2025
18. SC bans retrospective environment permits | Hindustan Times | 17 May 2025
19. SC order on retrospective environmental clearances a step forward but gaps remain: Experts | The Economic Times | 17 May 2025
20. They give two hoots for Supreme Court’: Green clearances order prompts cheer and fears in experts | The Telegraph | 17 May 2025
21. CEC: Hry should be proactive in clearing Aravali encroachments | The Times of India | 12 May 2025
22. Industry pushes for reinstatement of amnesty for environmental violations | Mongabay India | 25 April 2025
23. Toxic Air, Idle Funds: How India’s Pollution Battle Is Lost In Red Tape | Feminism in India | 08 April 2025
24. The great Indian bustard is on the precipice | Current Conservation | 30 March 2025

25. Adani battles charges of key India projects breaching environmental laws | Deccan Herald | 21 March 2025

26. Adani defending key India projects against environmental challenges | Reuters | 21 March 2025

27. The Shrinking Forests In India’s Green Frontier | India Spend | 07 March 2025
28. PM announces expansion of wildlife conservation efforts | Hindustan Times | 04 March 2025
29. New features on Parivesh 2.0 to help fast-track forest clearance | Hindustan Times | 27 February 2025
30. Hesaraghatta grassland now declared a reserve | Hindustan Times | 27 February 2025
31. SC stays order exempting green clearance for construction sites | Hindustan Times | 25 February 2025
32. Supreme Court Halts Exemption of Environmental Clearances for Construction Projects | Law Trends | 25 February 2025
33. Ken-Betwa link project politically motivated should’ve never been approved Experts | The Week | 21 February 2025
34. Ken-Betwa linking project: Experts claim project ‘politically motivated’, shouldn’t have been approved | The Times of India | 21 February 2025
35. Petition seeks immediate stay on Adani company’s ‘illegal’ construction without green nod | Newslaundry | 20 February 2025
36. EXPLAINER | Why amended forest laws are under judicial lens | The New Indian Express | 09 February 2025
37. Budget 2025: The Environment Lags Behind as Energy Security, Development Schemes Take Centre Stage | The Wire | 02 February 2025
38. Why the push by India’s tiger conservation body to relocate forest-dwellers is contentious | Scroll.in | 30 January 2025
39. Ministry eases afforestation process for coal blocks | Hindustan Times | 08 January 2025
40. India’s latest forest cover report hints at countrywide degradation | Mongabay.com | 07 January 2025
41. India’s forest cover increases but declines in biodiversity-rich areas | Scroll.in | 03 January 2025
42. Forest Cover Claims Mask Deeper Crisis: ISFR 2023 Reveals Large-Scale Forest Degradation | The Wire | 02 January 2025
43. On shaky ground | DowntoEarth Print Edition | 01 January 2025
44. MoEFCC pushes for night safaris in zoos, backed by global tech expertise | Mint | 29 December ’24
45. What are the Concerns Around the India State of Forest Report 2023 | One World South Asia | 27 December ’24
46. Forest Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to natural ecosystems | Mongabay India | 27 December ’24
47. How dense is India’s forest cover, really? To critics, new data hides more than tells | India Today | 26 December ’24
48. PM to lay foundation stone of Ken-Betwa river project today | Hindustan Times Print Edition | 25 December ’24
49. Arunachal Pradesh lost 6,539 sq km forest in last 10 years: Report | Northeast Times | 24 December ’24
50. India loses over 46,000 sq km of forest land in a decade, Arunachal Pradesh worst affected | Vartha Bharati | 24 December ’24
51. Hry sees twofold increase in forests fires in a year | The Times of India | 23 December ’24
52. Forest fires increased 1,339% in Himachal Pradesh, 2,822% in J&K: SOFR 2023 | Down To Earth | 23 December ’24
53. India plans to import 20 more Cheetahs, 2 African elephants by March | Mint | 23 December ’24
54. Experts claim latest govt data on India’s forests ‘inflated’ | The Economic Times | 23 December ’24
55. Over 46,000 sq km forest became non-forest land in 10 years, Arunachal lost most green cover: Report | Deccan Herald | 23 December ’24
56. Latest govt data on India’s forests ‘inflated’, say experts | Deccan Herald | 23 December ’24
57. ‘जंगलों के क्षेत्रफल के साथ उनकी गुणवत्ता देखना बहुत ज़रूरी है’ | Carbon Copy Hindi | 22 December ’24
58. Haryana lost 14sqkm of forests in 2 years, Gurgaon saw a marginal increase | The Times of India | 21 December ’24 
59. To speed up clearance, India’s polluting industries no longer need dual approvals | Scroll.in | 17 December ’24
60. Nicobar report not public due to strategic info: Centre | Hindustan Times | 06 December ’24
61. Streamline approvals for exploratory drilling, states told | Hindustan Times | 10 December ’24
62. Green credit plantations get big push by Centre, to cover thousands of ha | Hindustan Times | 06 December ’24
63. There’s no will to save the Great Indian Bustard. ‘The government wants it gone’ | The Print | 29 November ’24
64. Supreme Court’s 40-year quest to clean Delhi’s toxic air and why it falls short | The Hindu | 25 November ’24
65. Haryana lost both forest & tree cover in 2023″ Report | The Times of India | 24 November ’24
66. Indian experts hail breakthrough in bid to save huge native bird | BBC.com | 08 November ’24
67. India commits to protect 30% land, marine area in upgraded biodiversity plan | Mint | 03 November ’24
68. Bandhavgarh deaths: Experts probe nature of toxins consumed by elephants | Hindustan Times | 03 November ’24 | Print Version-A + Print Version-B
69. India has new national policy in the works- for its wild animals | Mint | 31 October ’24
70. Why India ranks among the bottom five countries in new global nature conservation index | The Telegraph India | 30 October ’24
71. The Great Indian Bustard is on a precipice | Current Conservation | 29 October 2025
72. Six states traversed by Western Ghats not ready to propose ESAs | Hindustan Times | 16 October ’24 | Print Version
73. NGT tells Adani company to address claims that it is illegally building power plant on forest land | Scroll.in | 27 August ’24
74. Notified Aravali forest portion sold for mining | The Times of India | 15 September ’24
75. Soon, tyre companies to pay for flouting waste management guidelines | Business Standard | 06 September ’24 | Print Version
76. Police battalions in Assam’s forests may be regularised | Hindustan Times | 28 August ’24 | [Print Version]
77. Non-ferrous metal products to have 5% recycled content from FY28 | Business Standard | 22 August ’24 | [Print Version]
78. Deadline to declare and register exotic animals to expire Aug 28, says environment ministry | Hindustan Times | 21 August ’24 | [Print Version]
79. Adani’s Mirzapur coal-power project could impact threatened wildlife | Adani Watch | 20 August ’24
80. ‘As Soon as Possible’: Govt Panel on Move to Notify Fragile Western Ghats as ‘Ecologically Sensitive Area’ | Exclusive | News 18 | 03 August ’24
81. Proposed luxury hotels in and around Kaziranga threaten wildlife conservation, livelihood | Mongabay India | 31 July ’24 
82. Credit Risk (Green Credit Programme | DownToEarth Print Edition | 16-31 July ’24
83. ERF sees no payouts since 2019, fund reaches Rs 1,062 cr: MoS tells RS | 30 July ’24 | [Print Version]
84. Centre expands area limits by over 4x to boost critical minerals mining | Business Standard | 17 July ’24
85. স্লথ বিয়ার না থার্মাল পাওয়ার? সংঘাত বাস্তবের মির্জ়াপুরেও | Ei Somoy (Bengali) | 16 July ’24  | Print Version
86. Adani power plant will destroy more forests than projected, experts say | Scroll.in | 12 July ’24
87. Wildlife Board will now take 1st call on clearance to projects in protected area: MoEFCC | Hindustan Times | 11 July ’24 | [Print Version]
88. Experts flag large-scale clearing of vegetation in Mirzapur forest | Hindustan Times | 03 July 2024 | [Print Version]
89. ‘Just want to convert Nicobar into Singapore’ — why the island project is a ‘monumental folly’ | The Print | 10 July ’24
90. Experts flag large-scale clearing of vegetation in Mirzapur forest | Hindustan Times | 03 July 2024 | [Print Version]
91. Halt encroachments in Mirzapur sloth bear reserve, government told | The New Indian Express | 01 July ’24 | [Print Version]
92. Centre to weigh in after Maha seeks to use pvt forest land for residential project | Hindustan Times | 28 June ’24  | [Print Version]
93. Many state reports documenting “unclassed forests” are incomplete | Mongabay India | 23 May ’24
94. Urgent need to halt deforestation, check further land degradation by 2030: UN forum on forests | Hindustan Times | 13 May ’24
95. Can green credits benefit India’s forests? | The Hindu parley podcast | 26 April ’24 | Print Version
96. New rules spell giant troubles for jumbos | Mongabay India | 23 April ’24
97. India heads to the polls as ruling party promises more of the same, lacks specifics on climate policies | Carbon Pulse | 19 April ’24
98. Climate litigation has entered the room. But could great Indian bustards be inched out? | Mongabay India | 19 April ’24
99. The Great Indian Bustard and climate action verdict | The Hindu | 18 April ’24 [Print Version]
100. Environment, climate change gain prominence in manifestos but experts question follow-through | The Times of India | 17 April ’24
101. What is a citizen’s ‘right to be free from the adverse effects of climate change’, underlined by Supreme Court? | The Indian Express | 09 April ’24 [Print Version]
102. Experts hail SC ruling on climate change but warn against impacts of renewable energy projects | Economic Times | 09 April ’24
103. Animal Rights Groups Write to Centre to Strengthen Captive Elephant Transfer and Transport Rules | The Wire | 05 April ’24
104. Walls come down to make way for elephants | Mongabay India | 03 April ’24
105. Wildlife clearance for projects only after green nod, says panel | Hindustan Times | 21 March ’24 [Print Version]
106. The Costs of Reliance’s Wildlife Ambitions | Himal South Asia and Pulitzer Centre | 20 March ’24
107. Govt set to finalise norms for greenwashing, seeks feedback | Hindustan Times | 19 March ’24
108. Political disconnect: Why environmental issues are not winning votes in India | Economic Times | 18 March ’24 
109. Experts criticize govt’s rules for transportation of captive elephant | The New Indian Express | 16 March ’24 
110. Captive elephant transfer rules notified | Hindustan Times | 16 March ’24 [Print Version]
111. New central rule makes it must for people to register their exotic pets | Hindustan Times | 07 March ’24 [Print Version]
112. Panel clears widening of road in core of Kaziranga | Hindustan Times | 07 March ’24 [Print Version]
113. पवित्र वन भूमि ओरण को डीम्ड फॉरेस्ट में बदलने के फैसले का ग्रामीणों ने शुरू किया विरोध | DownToEarth Hindi | 06 March ’24
114. Villagers oppose declaring ‘orans’ as deemed forests, fearing loss of access and livelihood | DownToEarth | 06 March ’24
115. Greens uneasy over Green Credit rules | The New Indian Express | 02 March ’24
116. India’s Green Credit Scheme could spell disaster for ecosystems, experts warn | Carbon Pulse | 28 February ’24
117. Green Credit rules may damage forests, say experts | The New Indian Express | 28 February ’24
118. Govt permits planting of trees on degraded land parcels for credits | Business Standard | 28 February ’24 | [Print Version]
119. Plantations to be taken up on wastelands for green credits | Hindustan Times | 28 February ’24 [Print Version]
120. Plantations to be taken up on open, scrub forests to generate green credits | Hindustan Times | 27 February ’24
121. Centre allows plantation for green credits on open forests, scrubland | Deccan Herald | 27 February ’24 | also in The Print, 27 February ’24
122. Green Credit Rules will negatively impact forest ecology, say experts | Down To Earth | 27 February ’24
123. Uphold definition of forests as per 1996 judgement: SC tells states, UTs | Business Standard | 21 February ’24
124. SC ruling throws cover back on unprotected Aravali tract | The Times of India | 21 February ’24 [Print Version]
125. Go by dictionary definition of forest as per ’96 judgment: SC | Hindustan Times | 20 February ’24 [Print Version]
126. Govt-certified auditors can assess environment projects: Ministry | Hindustan Times | 15 February ’24 [Print Version]
127. Reserve forest: Govt allows delay in notification of compensatory land | Business Standard | 09 February ’24 [Print Version]
128. Centre permitted 43 projects in eco-sensitive zones in the last 5 years | Hindustan Times | 09 February ’24 
129. India’s Eco-Sensitive Zones: A Delicate Balance Between Development and Conservation, BNN News, 08 February ’24
130. Bill to decriminalise small offences cleared, Hindustan Times, 07 February ’24 [Print version]
131. How Modi Govt Gave Early Permissions for Rs 19,000-Cr Adani Energy Projects in India’s Oldest Forests | Article 14 | 07 February ’24
132. ‘Farmhouses to banquet halls, rush for post facto nod to Aravali real estate | The Times of India | 26 January ’24 [Print Version] 
133. Amended biological diversity law raises fear of loss for tribals | Business Standard | 23 January ’24
134. Centre lays out guidelines for 4G tower installation in protected areas | Business Standard | 17 January ’24
135. Reserve forest: Govt allows delay in notification of compensatory land | Business Standard | 10 January ’24 [Print Version]
136. After mining curb, post-facto forest clearances next? Hindustan Times | 04 January ’24
137. Hydro projects can get in-principle clearance before impact study: Govt to states | 01 January ’24 [Print Version]
138. University on Aravali forest land gets post-facto nod, first in Haryana after Forest Act amended | The Times of India | 28 December 2023 [Print Version]
139. Delhi asks if certain deemed forests can be used for works | Hindustan Times | 29 December 2023 [Print Version]
140. The wild world at bay | Fountain Ink | 28 December 2023 [View as PDF]
141. Panel Discussion on the nominations for their ‘Indian of the Year’ award under category ‘social change’ and ‘climate warriors | CNN News 18 | 22 December 2023
142. List deemed forest areas identified by expert committees in a year, say new rules | Hindustan Times | 01 December 2023
143. Farm Fires Rise Again: Wilful Defiance of Supreme Court Orders? | CNN News 18 | 16 November 2023
144. Delhi Air Toxic Again After Diwali | CNN News 18 | 13 November 2023 
145. Apna Mulk Apna Aaeen- Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 (Video) | DD Urdu | 15 September 2023
146. Experts irked over revised structure of Central Empowered Committee | Down to Earth | 08 September 2023
147. Supreme Court’s environment monitoring committee now under Centre | Scroll.in | 08 September 2023
148. Central Empowered Committee: Govt to Now Appoint Members of New Environment Monitoring Body | Outlook India | 08 September 2023
149. Environment ministry sets up new panel replacing SC’s Central Empowered Committee | Press Trust of India | 08 September 2023 | Republished in The Times of India, Economic Times, National Herald, The Week, Vartha Bharati
150. Green watchdog committee will now report to Environment Ministry | Ground Report | 08 September 2023
151. Centre’s Notification Constituting New Environment Monitoring Body Draws Criticism | The Wire | 07 September 2023
152. Govt to now nominate all members of top panel on environment issues | Hindustan Times | 07 September 2023 [Print version attached]
153. Vedanta ‘Covertly Lobbied’ Centre to Weaken Environmental Laws | News Click | 01 September 2023
154. Inside Indian Energy and Mining Giant Vedanta’s Campaign to Weaken Key Environmental Regulation | OCCRP | 31 August 2023 
155. State government passes resolution to reject India’s controversial new forest act | Carbon Pulse | 24 August 2023 [PDF download]
156. Amendments to Indian biodiversity laws could open doors to exploitation | Science | 11 August 2023
157. Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023: A New Era or the End for India’s Forests? | The Probe | 11 August 2023
158. Constitutional violations in amended Forest (Conservation and Augmentation) Act, say experts | Down to Earth | 10 August 2023
159. Forest Conservation Act of India: What do the amendments entail? | Ground Tales | 05 August 2023
160. Contentious Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2023 Will Soon Be a Law | The Wire | 04 August 2023
161. Why FCA Amendment bill undermines India’s climate commitments | The Federal | 04 August 2023
162. India’s changes to forest conservation law draw flak from environmentalists | Reuters | 03 August 2023
163. Parliament clears contentious bill that seeks to amend forest act | Hindustan Times | 03 August 2023 | [Print Version]
164. ‘Everyone is aghast.’ India’s move to weaken forest protections outrages conservationists | Science | 01 August 2023
165. Biological Diversity Bill, which facilitates commercial use of traditional resources, passed in Lok Sabha | Mongabay India | 31 July 2023
166. Live News Discussion: वन संरक्षण संशोधन विधेयक 2023 Lok Sabha में पारित – Hum Log (Video) | NDTV India | 30 July 2023
167. Live News Discussion: Forest Bill Cleared: Is This the Law We Need to Fight Climate Change? – We The People (Video) | NDTV 24×7 | 30 July 2023
168. Live News Discussion: Lok Sabha Passes Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023 (Video) | CNBC TV 18 | 28 July 2023
169. Controversial forest amendment bill passed in Lok Sabha, but key questions remain unanswered | Mongabay India | 27 July 2023
170. Lok Sabha clears contentious bill that seeks to amend forest act| Hindustan Times | 27 July 2023 | [Print Version]
171. Analysis: India’s Himalayan forests under threat with new bill | The Third Pole | 26 July 2023
172. Remnants of green India under concerted attack | Deccan Herald | 23 July 2023
173. NE states object to exemption to forest clearance in key bill | Hindustan Times | 22 July 2023 | [Print Version]
174. Environmental activists see red over proposed amendments to Forest Act | The New Indian Express | 22 July 2023 | [Print Version]
175. Parliament panel clears contentious forest law tweaks | Hindustan Times | 21 July 2023 | [Print Version]
176. Concrete vs Jungle | India Today Magazine | Edition of 10 July 2023 | [Print Version]
177. कंक्रीट बनाम जंगल | India Today Magazine (Hindi) | Edition of 10 July 2023 | [Print Version]
178. Compensatory afforestation in certain degraded forests cleared | Hindustan Times | 29 June 2023 [Print Version]
179. Proposed changes to wildlife law may hit research: Experts | Hindustan Times | 17 June 2023 [Print Version]
180. A New Govt Bill Threatens India’s Forests [Video] | Article 14 | 08 June 2023
181. How India is regulating the breeding of exotic species | Hindustan Times Premium | 30 May 2023
182. The forest conservation bill could do more harm than good | The Morning Context | 18 May 2023
183. CBI Case Against Environmental Lawyer Has No Evidence to Back Allegations Made but Will Deter Litigation | Article 14 | 17 May 2023
184. Eco-sensitive zones of 0 km notified by 60 national parks: Study | Hindustan Times | 02 May 2023 [Print Version]
185. ‘Impossible to implement’ — SC order relaxing regulation of activities in eco-sensitive zones | The Print | 27 April 2023
186. SC lifts complete ban on ESZ constructions | Hindustan Times | 27 April 2023 [Print Version]
187. The MoEFCC Portal Is No Longer Providing Info on Environmental Impacts, Claims Report | The Wire | 21 April 2023
188. Govt stops portal to track green impact of projects | Hindustan Times | 21 April 2023 [Print Version]
189. In India, the law that is meant to protect forests is being used to open them up for development | Scroll.in | 08 April 2023
190. Coal blocks within dense forests find place in latest auction list | Hindustan Times, 05 April 2023 [Print Version]
191. Legal protection of certain forest land to be removed as government pushes security projects | Mongabay India, 06 April 2023
192. Large stretches of key forests may be exempted in new Act | Hindustan Times, 31 March 2023 [Print Version]
193. Centre introduces amendment to forest conservation law; experts say move will destroy forests | The New Indian Express, 31 March 2023
194. Forest Conservation Bill 2023: too many exemptions, discretion to Centre | Sabrang India, 31 March 2023 , republished by CJP
195. Will Modi govt’s new bill dilute existing protections for forests? All about proposed law | The Print, 30 March 2023; republished by Al Jazeera
196. Jairam Ramesh Protests as Bill to Amend Forest Act Not Sent to Parliamentary Standing Committee | The Wire, 30 March 2023
197. Bill exempts certain land from forest clearance; Experts wary of ‘dilution’ | Hindustan Times, 30 March 2023 [Print Version]
198. Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023: All you need to know about it | News 9, 30 March 2023
199. ‘But the Sarus Crane Was Free’: Here’s Why Arif Deserves Better… | The Quint, 29 March 2023
200. Environment legal body picks holes in Jan Vishwas Bill | The New Indian Express, 09 March 2023 [Print Version]
201. Relief for elephants with temple’s robotic tusker | The Times of India, 28 February 2023 [Print Version]
202. Green Bench, Grey Future: Supreme Court’s green bench clears 118 pending projects | National Herald, 26 February 2023  [Print Version]
203. Wildlife Act amendment misses chance to free captive elephants | The Hindu Frontline, 29th December 2022
204. Delhi’s blanket ban on firecrackers: A case to make it truly effective | The Federal, 20th September 2022
205. Climate action, pollution control needed to keep sulphur dioxide in check | Mongabay India, 14 September 2022
206. How the pandemic has driven a surge in wildlife smuggling through North East India | Scroll.in, 28 August 2022
207. Songs for the earth: Music and environmental protests in India | Mint Lounge, 06 August 2022
208. Experts hail removal of a clause in wildlife bill over elephant trade | Hindustan Times, 05 August 2022
209. Recategorised animals, more Union govt oversight — amendments wildlife protection bill brings | The Print, 04 August 2022
210. Big firms should be fined more for biodiversity law violation: Parliament panel | Deccan Herald, 03 August 2022
211. Time to arrest a ‘green’ threat to India’s tiger habitat [Video] | The Times of India, 31 July 2022
212. Compensation to blame: Amendments to strengthen law on industrial accidents | Business Standard, 28 July 2022
213. Experts Divided as Government Moves to Decriminalise Environmental Offences | The Wire, 06 July 2022
214. Policies and People | Cheetahs in Kuno: Who gains, who loses | Hindustan Times, 24 June 2022
215. Kangaroos in the street and a suitcase of iguanas: India’s exotic pet problem | The Guardian, 07 June 2022
216. Kangaroo sightings put the spotlight on India’s unregulated exotic wildlife trade | Arab News, 19 May 2022
217. Mechanism to deal with human-animal conflict needs legislative backing, says parliamentary panel | Mongabay India, 09 May 2022
218. Amendments in EIA notification: Can the govt really avoid public notice? Business Standard, 25 April 2022
219. MOEFCC’s Amendments-By-Memo Imperil Ecological and Human Health | The Wire Science, 22 April 2022
220. Why Are Kangaroos Turning Up in India? | The New York Times, 21 April 2022 [Republished version in MoneyControl and Deccan Herald]
221. Bengaluru’s bane, poorly designed environment regulatory systems and outdated land-use models | Citizen Matters, 14 March 2022
222. How Proposed Changes to the Biodiversity Act Lie On the Wrong Side of the Law | The Wire Science, 08 March 2022
223. With aim to avoid bird deaths, wildlife board to draft norms for power lines in protected areas | The Print, 10 February 2022
224. India takes the “office order” route to environmental clearance for businesses | Quartz India, 10 February 2022
225. Environment ministry pursues ‘ease of business’, one office order at a time | Mongabay India, 09 February 2022
226. Did The Union Budget, 2022 Take Into Account Environmental Concerns | Youth Ki Awaaz, 08 February 2022
227. Proposed Amendment to Biodiversity Act Is a Trojan Horse for Businesses, Centre | The Wire Science, 21 December 2021
228. Jairam Ramesh writes to Speaker as govt ‘bypasses’ standing committee on Biodiversity Act tweak | The Print, 18 December 2021
229. Overturn decision to expand mining in Hasdeo Arand: Conservationists to Chhattisgarh CM | The Week, 13 December 2021
230. Neglect shrouds Behali Reserve Forest’s biodiversity along Assam-Arunachal border | Mongabay India, 23 July 2021
231. 148 zebra loaches exported per day from Western Ghats to feed global pet trade | Mongabay India, 01 July 2021
232. An Ecologically Illiterate Budget | The Hindu, 09 February 2021 [Print Version]
233. The Bear Keeper of Mirzapur- Eco Warriors: 6 leading activists, conservationists and scientists on what lies ahead | GQ India, September 2020 [Print Version]
234. How porcupines, nilgai and boars make Indian forest communities poorer | The Dialogue, 19 July 2020
235. Draft dilutes rules to grant env clearance for industries | The Times of India, 01 May 2020 
236. Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award 2019 | Sanctuary Asia Magazine, February 2020 [Print Version]
237.  वन्यजीवों की रक्षा के लिए जनजागरूकता आवश्यक | Navsatta, 15 February 2020 [Print Edition]
238. कटाई के चलते जंगल से विलुप्त हो रहे जीव | Aaj, 15 February 2020 [Print Edition]
239. देबादित्यो को सेंक्चुरी वन्यजीव सेवा पुरस्कार | Hindustan, 23 December 2019 [Print Edition]
240. देबादित्यो को सेंक्चुरी वन्यजीव सेवा पुरस्कार | Amar Ujala, 23 December 2019 [Print Edition]
241. विंध्य बचाओ कार्यकर्ता को सेंक्चुअरी वन्यजीव सेवा पुरस्कार | Dainik Jagran, 22 December 2019 [Print Edition]
242. NGT working with just 6 members instead of at least 21, zonal benches vacant for 2 yrs now | The Print, 04 November 2019
243. 15 Conservationists in India Protecting Endangered Species, Spreading Awareness | Planet Custodian, 22 October 2019
244. Saving wildlife from power lines the focus of a new expert panel in Environment Ministry | Firstpost, 13 September 2019
245. Save wildlife from power lines, says environment ministry’s panel | The Mongabay India, 09 September 2019
246. Declare UP’s Mirzapur forests as a conservation reserve, says study | The Mongabay India, 06 August 2019
247. Sloth bear surprise for experts in Mirzapur forests | The Times of India, 27 July 2019 [Print Version]
248. दुर्लभ प्रजाति के वन्यजीवों की मौजूदगी के मिले प्रमाण | Hindustan, 24 July 2019 [Print Edition]
249. समर्पित संरक्षण रिज़र्व बनाने का प्रस्ताव तैयार | Dainik Jagran, 22 July 2019 [Print Edition]
250. मड़िहान-सुकृत, चुनार रेंज में मिले दुर्लभ वन्यजीव | Dainik Amar Bharati, 22 July 2019 [Print Edition]
251. Batting for wildlife in the Vindhyas | Business Standard, 22 December 2018 [Print Edition]
252. Need for Transparent Pollution Data | Hindustan Times, 21 August 2018 [Print Edition]
253. Experts raise red flag over Centre’s Ganga development plan | Hindustan Times, 22 June 2018 [Print Edition]
254. Govt proposes wide-ranging changes to environmental clearance rules, activists cry foul | Hindustan Times, 21 December 2017
255. Severe air pollution in Delhi, still no criminal cases filed, NCRB data for 2016 shows | Hindustan Times, 05 December 2017
256. रातो रात हटा मुलायम सिंह यादव का नाम | Hindustan, 11 August 2017 [Print Edition]
257. विंध्य के वन पर भू-माफियाओं का क़हर, विलुप्त हो रहे दुर्लभ वन्य प्राणी : बेमतलब सरकार, मतलबी प्रशासन | Chauthi Duniya, 26 July 2017
258. पुलिस ने छीन लिया पैसा चिप | Amar Ujala, 20 June 2017 [Print Edition]
259. सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं को बदमाश समझकर उठाया | Aaj, 20 June 2017 [Print Edition]
260. Welspun’s Mirzapur Power Plant: NGT refuses to review order | DNA, 02 May 2017
261. Ready to rectify lapses in Welspuns power plant in UP: Centre | India Today, 28 April  2017
262. They said it! | India Water Portal, 01 February 2017
263. Five Rare Caracals Seized from Wildlife Traders in Uttar Pradesh | Sanctuary Asia, 09 January 2017
264. मिर्ज़ापुर थर्मल पावर प्लांट की पर्यावरण मंजूरी रद | Amar Ujala, 24 December 2016
265. NGT quashes environmental clearance to Welspun Energy’s UP power plant | Live Mint, 24 December 2016
266. NGT puts brake on Welspun thermal power plant in UP | The Hindu Business Line, 23 December 2016
267. NGT quashes EC to Welspun Energy’s Mirzapur power plant | Business Standard, 23 December 2016
268. NGT sets aside environmental clearance for thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh | The Times of India, 23 December 2016
269. मोदी सरकार को तगड़ा झटका, अदानी का भाड़ी नुक्सान | Patrika, 21 December 2016
270. 1320 मेगावाट बिजली प्लांट पर लगा ग्रहण | Hindustan, 21 December 2016
271. गंगा में बिना बैराज के दौड़ेंगे अडानी के जहाज | Patrika, 19 July 2016
272. Polluters get a breather as green bill loses teeth | Times of India, 04 June 2016
273. Bangladesh to face severe disaster-water withdrawal by India in upstream | The Independent-Bangladesh, 17 May 2016
274. कनहर बांध: जांच समिति की रिपोर्ट से नाराज़ ट्रिब्यूनल | Two Circles, 15 December 2015
275. Neglected And Unprotected | Sanctuary Asia, 26 August 2015
276. कनहर बांध विवाद : एनजीटी के फैसले का क्या असर होगा | Chauthi Duniya, 05 June 2015
277. Abandoned dams; abandoned people | India Water Portal, 19 May 2015
278. DAMNED LIES AND RED TAPE | Hindustan Times, 17 May 2015 [Print Edition]
279. Kanhar: To be or not to be? | Indian Water Portal, 17 May 2015
280. कनहर बाँध: नए निर्माण पर रोक, नए सिरे से पर्यावरण, वन अनुमति ज़रूरी | Daily Chhattisgarh, 14 May 2015 [Print Edition]
281. Kanhar project: NGT lets work on continue, stays new construction | Business Standard, 08 May 2015
282. Kanhar Irrigation Project: A lot invested, can’t stop work now, says NGT | The Indian Express, 08 May 2015
283. कनहर बांध में नए निर्माण पर लगी रोक, हाई लेवल कमेटी करेगी जांच | Nai Duniya, 08 May 2015
284. UP govt undemocratically suppressing people’s voices resisting Kanhar dam: Fact Finding team | Two Circles, 24 April 2015
285. Activists and villagers threatened as UP police continues crackdown on anti-dam protest | The Scroll, 21 April 2015
286. Kanhar Irrigation Project: Fact-finding team ‘forced’ to leave village, says ‘police sponsored mob’ | The Indian Express, 20 April 2015
287. India: police shoot eight indigenous protestors against illegal dam | The Ecologist, 15 April 2015
288. Uttar Pradesh police opens fire on anti-Kanhar dam protestors | Down-To-Earth, 14 April 2015
289. Activist skeptical of Gadkari’s ‘no barrage on Ganga’ decision | Business Standard,  30 March 2015
290. Modi budget sends mixed messages on India’s climate commitment | RTCC, 03 March 2015
291. Kanhar dam case: Green panel pulls up environment ministry | The Times of India, 22 February 2015
292. Environmentalists welcome green court ruling on Yamuna | Business Standard, 15 January 2015
293. पीयूसीएल भी कूदा कनहर बचाओ आंदोलनकारियों के साथ | Dainik Jagran, 30 December 2014
294. Our Green Hero! A Story from Mirzapur… | Development Alternative Newsletter, October 2014
295. WB to discuss Ganga Project with River Activists | Hindustan Times, 21 September 2014 [Print Edition]
296. हरित प्राधिकरण में पहुंचा वेलस्पन एनर्जी का मामला | Hindustan, 29 October 2014 [Print]
297. मिर्ज़ापुर के वन्यजीव हो रहे विलुप्त, भालू सब से ज़्यादा प्रभावित  | Pioneer Hindi, 22 August 2014 [Print Edition]
298. साल भर में घट कर आधे रह गए वन्यजीव | Dainik Jagran, 23 August 2014 [Print Edition]
299. तेंदुआ के बाद अब भालू विलुप्त होने के कगार पर | Hindustan, 22 August 2014 [Print Edition]
300. Did Welspun fudge facts for its coal-fired power plant in Mirzapur? | Down To Earth, 20 November 2013
301. नौकरी के बहाने उल्लू सीधा कर रहा वेल्सपन | Chauthi Dunia, October 2013 [Print Edition]
302. थर्मल पावर प्लांट को नहीं मिली मंजूरी | Jansandesh Times, 13 May 2013 [Print Edition]
303. साउथ केम्पस को कूडा मुक्त बनाने पर मंथन | Unknown Newspaper, 10 April 2012 [Print Edition]
304. कूड़ा मुक्त बनेगा साउथ केम्पस | Dainik Jagran, 10 April 2012 [Print Edition]
305. साउथ केम्पस को होगा कचरा मुक्त | Hindustan, 10 April 2012 [Print Edition]
306. अर्थ आवर पर बी एच यू में बुझाई गई लाइट | Amar Ujala, March 2012 [Print Edition]
307. इको वन के प्रयास से मनाया गया अर्थ आवर | Hindustan, March 2013 [Print Edition]
308. एन एस एस के छात्रों ने की परिसर की सफाई | Dainik Jagran, 04 March 2012 [Print Edition]
309. साउथ केम्पस में चला सफाई अभियान | Amar Ujala, 04 March 2012 [Print Edition]
310. साउथ केम्पस को इको फ़्रेंडली बनाएगा इको वन संगठन | Hindustan, 03 March 2012 [Print Edition]
311. पर्यावरण से मिलती है मन को शांति | Amar Ujala, 03 March 2012 [Print Edition]
312. इको वन ने संभाली विंढम फाल की सफाई | Hindustan, 04 February 2012 [Print Edition]
313. विंढम फाल पहुच कर छात्रों ने की गंदगी दूर | Amar Ujala, 04 February 2012 [Print Edition]
314. बी एच यू के छात्रों ने विश्व नम भूमि दिवस मनाया | Dainik Jagran, 04 February 2012 [Print Edition]
315. जलावनी लकड़ी से वनों को सबसे अधिक खतरा, संकट में अस्तित्व | Hindustan, 06 September 2011 [Print Edition]
316. मड़िहान के जंगलों में दिखे प्रकृति के सफाई नायक | Hindustan, September 2010 [Print Edition]
317. BHU South Campus for Plastic Free Zone | The Times of India, 30 March 2010 [Print Edition]
318. प्लास्टिक मुक्त करेगा ग्रीन मिलिशिया | Hindustan, 25 March 2010 [Print Edition]
319. नमभूमि अभियान के तहत चिपकाए गए पोस्टर | Hindustan, 04 October 2010 [Print Edition]
320. पर्यावरण संरक्षण को पहल | Dainik Jagran, 04 February 2010 [Print Edition]
321. Research attracts future scientists to this college | The Times of India, June 2008 [Print Edition] 
322. रस्म अदायगी बन कर न रह जाए यह दिन | Aaj Samaj, May 2008 [Print Edition]

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