Quotes/ Mentions in Media

Last updated 01 April 2026

Assam’s move to deploy forest force for polls sparks wildlife security fears | The Federal | 01 April 2026
Former civil servants oppose ‘illegal’ deployment of Assam forest force on poll duty | The Hindu | 31 March 2026
Ex-civil servants ask Assam Chief Secy to withdraw order deploying forest guards for poll duty | The Print | 31 March 2026
Forest protection body seeks withdrawal of Assam order deploying 1,600 personnel for poll duty | India NE | 31 March 2026
Ex-bureaucrats oppose forest guards’ poll duty in Assam, cite ECI norms violation | The Assam Tribune | 31 March 2026Deploying forest guards ‘concerning’, say wildlife conservationists | Millenium Post | 30 March 2026
Experts oppose Assam’s move to deploy forest personnel for election duties | The Sentinel Assam | 30 March 2026
Conservationists Seek Immediate Withdrawal of Orders to Deploy 1,600 Forest Personnel for Assam Elections | The Wire | 30 March 2026
Maharashtra’s downgrading of legal protection for leopards symbolic, aims to facilitate Vantara: experts | Down-To-Earth | 13 March 2026
Real Estate Projects Worth Thousands of Crores Faced Demolitions—Until the Supreme Court Stepped In | Article 14 | 12 March 2026
Judiciary is Sadly Stepping Back When it Comes to the Environment, Says Former SC Judge | The Wire | 26 February 2026
Access open: Why opening forestlands to commercial plantations would prove disastrous | Down-To-Earth | 04 February 2026
MoEF affidavit to Supreme Court noted wide variations in Aravali height, yet proposed 100m definition | The Times of India | 25 December 2025
Proposed sloth bear reserve caught between courts and a thermal power project | Mongabay India | 18 December 2025
Bhiwadi pollution nightmare is worse than Delhi. Nobody wants to talk about it | The Print | 09 December 2025
Experts: Supreme Court verdict recall on technical grounds, not endorsement of post-facto approvals | Indian Express | 19 November 2025
Retrospective green clearance weakens framework: Experts | Hindustan Times | 19 November 2025
Waiver for stalled projects in green nod validity | Hindustan Times | 07 November 2025
Global biodiversity assessment counters Supreme Court’s clean chit to Vantara | Mongabay India | 05 November 2025
External auditors to ‘supplement’ monitoring efforts of pollution authorities | Mongabay India | 17 September 2025
Centre forms environment auditing framework | Hindustan Times | 04 September 2025
India is Losing Forests Faster Than it Can Replace Them | Outlook Business | 01 September 2025
Maharashtra moves SC to regularise Zudpi jungle encroachments; contradicts expert report, own laws | Economic Times | 25 August 2025
Maharashtra Asks Supreme Court To Exempt 86,409 ha Of Zudpi jungles From Forest Act | Outlook India | 25 August 2025
From Extraction To Regeneration: How India’s Coal Mines Are Being Reimagined | Carbon Copy | 31 July 2025
An Investigative Report on Modi Government’s Extralegal Manoeuvres in Infrastructure Projects | AIDEM | 25 July 2025
At the mercy of mining lobbies | National Herald | 06 July 2025
60 Former Civil Servants Write to CJI Citing Conflicts of Interest in Central Empowered Committee | The Wire | 02 July 2025
Odisha may have a plan to boost wildlife tourism, but it raises conservation concerns in protected areas | CNBC TV18 | 25 June 2025
Odisha plans to ease forest, wildlife restrictions to boost tourism; experts call it dangerous | The Tribune | 23 June 2025
Upholding the law, Supreme Court halts amnesties for EIA violators, jolts industry | Mongabay India | 10 June 2025
Even as SC hears case, road from Haryana to Rajasthan for illegal mining rebuilt | The Times of India | 03 June 2025
SC nixes retrospective green nods, but loophole still open | Hindustan Times | 30 May 2025
Supreme Court slams door on post-facto environmental approvals | Media India Group | 29 May 2025
As state finalises its terms, will Aravalis be defined by height? | The Times of India | 25 May 2025
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
SC bans retrospective environment permits | Hindustan Times | 17 May 2025
SC order on retrospective environmental clearances a step forward but gaps remain: Experts | The Economic Times | 17 May 2025
They give two hoots for Supreme Court’: Green clearances order prompts cheer and fears in experts | The Telegraph | 17 May 2025
CEC: Hry should be proactive in clearing Aravali encroachments | The Times of India | 12 May 2025
Industry pushes for reinstatement of amnesty for environmental violations | Mongabay India | 25 April 2025
Toxic Air, Idle Funds: How India’s Pollution Battle Is Lost In Red Tape | Feminism in India | 08 April 2025
The great Indian bustard is on the precipice | Current Conservation | 30 March 2025
Adani battles charges of key India projects breaching environmental laws | Deccan Herald | 21 March 2025
Adani defending key India projects against environmental challenges | Reuters | 21 March 2025
The Shrinking Forests In India’s Green Frontier | India Spend | 07 March 2025
PM announces expansion of wildlife conservation efforts | Hindustan Times | 04 March 2025
New features on Parivesh 2.0 to help fast-track forest clearance | Hindustan Times | 27 February 2025
Hesaraghatta grassland now declared a reserve | Hindustan Times | 27 February 2025
SC stays order exempting green clearance for construction sites | Hindustan Times | 25 February 2025
Supreme Court Halts Exemption of Environmental Clearances for Construction Projects | Law Trends | 25 February 2025
Ken-Betwa link project politically motivated should’ve never been approved Experts | The Week | 21 February 2025
Ken-Betwa linking project: Experts claim project ‘politically motivated’, shouldn’t have been approved | The Times of India | 21 February 2025
Petition seeks immediate stay on Adani company’s ‘illegal’ construction without green nod | Newslaundry | 20 February 2025
EXPLAINER | Why amended forest laws are under judicial lens | The New Indian Express | 09 February 2025
Budget 2025: The Environment Lags Behind as Energy Security, Development Schemes Take Centre Stage | The Wire | 02 February 2025
Why the push by India’s tiger conservation body to relocate forest-dwellers is contentious | Scroll.in | 30 January 2025
Ministry eases afforestation process for coal blocks | Hindustan Times | 08 January 2025
India’s latest forest cover report hints at countrywide degradation | Mongabay.com | 07 January 2025
India’s forest cover increases but declines in biodiversity-rich areas | Scroll.in | 03 January 2025
Forest Cover Claims Mask Deeper Crisis: ISFR 2023 Reveals Large-Scale Forest Degradation | The Wire | 02 January 2025
On shaky ground | DowntoEarth Print Edition | 01 January 2025
MoEFCC pushes for night safaris in zoos, backed by global tech expertise | Mint | 29 December ’24
What are the Concerns Around the India State of Forest Report 2023 | One World South Asia | 27 December ’24
Forest Survey reveals India’s shift towards plantations, a threat to natural ecosystems | Mongabay India | 27 December ’24
How dense is India’s forest cover, really? To critics, new data hides more than tells | India Today | 26 December ’24
PM to lay foundation stone of Ken-Betwa river project today | Hindustan Times Print Edition | 25 December ’24
Arunachal Pradesh lost 6,539 sq km forest in last 10 years: Report | Northeast Times | 24 December ’24
India loses over 46,000 sq km of forest land in a decade, Arunachal Pradesh worst affected | Vartha Bharati | 24 December ’24
Hry sees twofold increase in forests fires in a year | The Times of India | 23 December ’24
Forest fires increased 1,339% in Himachal Pradesh, 2,822% in J&K: SOFR 2023 | Down To Earth | 23 December ’24
India plans to import 20 more Cheetahs, 2 African elephants by March | Mint | 23 December ’24
Experts claim latest govt data on India’s forests ‘inflated’ | The Economic Times | 23 December ’24
Over 46,000 sq km forest became non-forest land in 10 years, Arunachal lost most green cover: Report | Deccan Herald | 23 December ’24
Latest govt data on India’s forests ‘inflated’, say experts | Deccan Herald | 23 December ’24
‘जंगलों के क्षेत्रफल के साथ उनकी गुणवत्ता देखना बहुत ज़रूरी है’ | Carbon Copy Hindi | 22 December ’24
Haryana lost 14sqkm of forests in 2 years, Gurgaon saw a marginal increase | The Times of India | 21 December ’24
To speed up clearance, India’s polluting industries no longer need dual approvals | Scroll.in | 17 December ’24
Nicobar report not public due to strategic info: Centre | Hindustan Times | 06 December ’24
Streamline approvals for exploratory drilling, states told | Hindustan Times | 10 December ’24
Green credit plantations get big push by Centre, to cover thousands of ha | Hindustan Times | 06 December ’24
There’s no will to save the Great Indian Bustard. ‘The government wants it gone’ | The Print | 29 November ’24
Supreme Court’s 40-year quest to clean Delhi’s toxic air and why it falls short | The Hindu | 25 November ’24
Haryana lost both forest & tree cover in 2023″ Report | The Times of India | 24 November ’24
Indian experts hail breakthrough in bid to save huge native bird | BBC.com | 08 November ’24
India commits to protect 30% land, marine area in upgraded biodiversity plan | Mint | 03 November ’24
Bandhavgarh deaths: Experts probe nature of toxins consumed by elephants | Hindustan Times | 03 November ’24 | Print Version-A + Print Version-B
India has new national policy in the works- for its wild animals | Mint | 31 October ’24
Why India ranks among the bottom five countries in new global nature conservation index | The Telegraph India | 30 October ’24
The Great Indian Bustard is on a precipice | Current Conservation | 29 October 2025
Six states traversed by Western Ghats not ready to propose ESAs | Hindustan Times | 16 October ’24 | Print Version
NGT tells Adani company to address claims that it is illegally building power plant on forest land | Scroll.in | 27 August ’24
Notified Aravali forest portion sold for mining | The Times of India | 15 September ’24
Soon, tyre companies to pay for flouting waste management guidelines | Business Standard | 06 September ’24 | Print Version
Police battalions in Assam’s forests may be regularised | Hindustan Times | 28 August ’24 | [Print Version]
Non-ferrous metal products to have 5% recycled content from FY28 | Business Standard | 22 August ’24 | [Print Version]
Deadline to declare and register exotic animals to expire Aug 28, says environment ministry | Hindustan Times | 21 August ’24 | [Print Version]
Adani’s Mirzapur coal-power project could impact threatened wildlife | Adani Watch | 20 August ’24
‘As Soon as Possible’: Govt Panel on Move to Notify Fragile Western Ghats as ‘Ecologically Sensitive Area’ | Exclusive | News 18 | 03 August ’24
Proposed luxury hotels in and around Kaziranga threaten wildlife conservation, livelihood | Mongabay India | 31 July ’24
Credit Risk (Green Credit Programme | DownToEarth Print Edition | 16-31 July ’24
ERF sees no payouts since 2019, fund reaches Rs 1,062 cr: MoS tells RS | 30 July ’24 | [Print Version]
Centre expands area limits by over 4x to boost critical minerals mining | Business Standard | 17 July ’24
স্লথ বিয়ার না থার্মাল পাওয়ার? সংঘাত বাস্তবের মির্জ়াপুরেও | Ei Somoy (Bengali) | 16 July ’24 | Print Version
Adani power plant will destroy more forests than projected, experts say | Scroll.in | 12 July ’24
Wildlife Board will now take 1st call on clearance to projects in protected area: MoEFCC | Hindustan Times | 11 July ’24 | [Print Version]
Experts flag large-scale clearing of vegetation in Mirzapur forest | Hindustan Times | 03 July 2024 | [Print Version]
‘Just want to convert Nicobar into Singapore’ — why the island project is a ‘monumental folly’ | The Print | 10 July ’24
Experts flag large-scale clearing of vegetation in Mirzapur forest | Hindustan Times | 03 July 2024 | [Print Version]
Halt encroachments in Mirzapur sloth bear reserve, government told | The New Indian Express | 01 July ’24 | [Print Version]
Centre to weigh in after Maha seeks to use pvt forest land for residential project | Hindustan Times | 28 June ’24 | [Print Version]
Many state reports documenting “unclassed forests” are incomplete | Mongabay India | 23 May ’24
Urgent need to halt deforestation, check further land degradation by 2030: UN forum on forests | Hindustan Times | 13 May ’24
Can green credits benefit India’s forests? | The Hindu parley podcast | 26 April ’24 | Print Version
New rules spell giant troubles for jumbos | Mongabay India | 23 April ’24
India heads to the polls as ruling party promises more of the same, lacks specifics on climate policies | Carbon Pulse | 19 April ’24
Climate litigation has entered the room. But could great Indian bustards be inched out? | Mongabay India | 19 April ’24
The Great Indian Bustard and climate action verdict | The Hindu | 18 April ’24 [Print Version]
Environment, climate change gain prominence in manifestos but experts question follow-through | The Times of India | 17 April ’24
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]
Experts hail SC ruling on climate change but warn against impacts of renewable energy projects | Economic Times | 09 April ’24
Animal Rights Groups Write to Centre to Strengthen Captive Elephant Transfer and Transport Rules | The Wire | 05 April ’24
Walls come down to make way for elephants | Mongabay India | 03 April ’24
Wildlife clearance for projects only after green nod, says panel | Hindustan Times | 21 March ’24 [Print Version]
The Costs of Reliance’s Wildlife Ambitions | Himal South Asia and Pulitzer Centre | 20 March ’24
Govt set to finalise norms for greenwashing, seeks feedback | Hindustan Times | 19 March ’24
Political disconnect: Why environmental issues are not winning votes in India | Economic Times | 18 March ’24
Experts criticize govt’s rules for transportation of captive elephant | The New Indian Express | 16 March ’24
Captive elephant transfer rules notified | Hindustan Times | 16 March ’24 [Print Version]
New central rule makes it must for people to register their exotic pets | Hindustan Times | 07 March ’24 [Print Version]
Panel clears widening of road in core of Kaziranga | Hindustan Times | 07 March ’24 [Print Version]
पवित्र वन भूमि ओरण को डीम्ड फॉरेस्ट में बदलने के फैसले का ग्रामीणों ने शुरू किया विरोध | DownToEarth Hindi | 06 March ’24
Villagers oppose declaring ‘orans’ as deemed forests, fearing loss of access and livelihood | DownToEarth | 06 March ’24
Greens uneasy over Green Credit rules | The New Indian Express | 02 March ’24
India’s Green Credit Scheme could spell disaster for ecosystems, experts warn | Carbon Pulse | 28 February ’24
Green Credit rules may damage forests, say experts | The New Indian Express | 28 February ’24
Govt permits planting of trees on degraded land parcels for credits | Business Standard | 28 February ’24 | [Print Version]
Plantations to be taken up on wastelands for green credits | Hindustan Times | 28 February ’24 [Print Version]
Plantations to be taken up on open, scrub forests to generate green credits | Hindustan Times | 27 February ’24
Centre allows plantation for green credits on open forests, scrubland | Deccan Herald | 27 February ’24 | also in The Print, 27 February ’24
Green Credit Rules will negatively impact forest ecology, say experts | Down To Earth | 27 February ’24
Uphold definition of forests as per 1996 judgement: SC tells states, UTs | Business Standard | 21 February ’24
SC ruling throws cover back on unprotected Aravali tract | The Times of India | 21 February ’24 [Print Version]
Go by dictionary definition of forest as per ’96 judgment: SC | Hindustan Times | 20 February ’24 [Print Version]
Govt-certified auditors can assess environment projects: Ministry | Hindustan Times | 15 February ’24 [Print Version]
Reserve forest: Govt allows delay in notification of compensatory land | Business Standard | 09 February ’24 [Print Version]
Centre permitted 43 projects in eco-sensitive zones in the last 5 years | Hindustan Times | 09 February ’24
India’s Eco-Sensitive Zones: A Delicate Balance Between Development and Conservation, BNN News, 08 February ’24
Bill to decriminalise small offences cleared, Hindustan Times, 07 February ’24 [Print version]
How Modi Govt Gave Early Permissions for Rs 19,000-Cr Adani Energy Projects in India’s Oldest Forests | Article 14 | 07 February ’24
‘Farmhouses to banquet halls, rush for post facto nod to Aravali real estate | The Times of India | 26 January ’24 [Print Version]
Amended biological diversity law raises fear of loss for tribals | Business Standard | 23 January ’24
Centre lays out guidelines for 4G tower installation in protected areas | Business Standard | 17 January ’24
Reserve forest: Govt allows delay in notification of compensatory land | Business Standard | 10 January ’24 [Print Version]
After mining curb, post-facto forest clearances next? Hindustan Times | 04 January ’24
Hydro projects can get in-principle clearance before impact study: Govt to states | 01 January ’24 [Print Version]
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]
Delhi asks if certain deemed forests can be used for works | Hindustan Times | 29 December 2023 [Print Version]
The wild world at bay | Fountain Ink | 28 December 2023 [View as PDF]
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
List deemed forest areas identified by expert committees in a year, say new rules | Hindustan Times | 01 December 2023
Farm Fires Rise Again: Wilful Defiance of Supreme Court Orders? | CNN News 18 | 16 November 2023
Delhi Air Toxic Again After Diwali | CNN News 18 | 13 November 2023
Apna Mulk Apna Aaeen- Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 (Video) | DD Urdu | 15 September 2023
Experts irked over revised structure of Central Empowered Committee | Down to Earth | 08 September 2023
Supreme Court’s environment monitoring committee now under Centre | Scroll.in | 08 September 2023
Central Empowered Committee: Govt to Now Appoint Members of New Environment Monitoring Body | Outlook India | 08 September 2023
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
Green watchdog committee will now report to Environment Ministry | Ground Report | 08 September 2023
Centre’s Notification Constituting New Environment Monitoring Body Draws Criticism | The Wire | 07 September 2023
Govt to now nominate all members of top panel on environment issues | Hindustan Times | 07 September 2023 [Print version attached]
Vedanta ‘Covertly Lobbied’ Centre to Weaken Environmental Laws | News Click | 01 September 2023
Inside Indian Energy and Mining Giant Vedanta’s Campaign to Weaken Key Environmental Regulation | OCCRP | 31 August 2023
State government passes resolution to reject India’s controversial new forest act | Carbon Pulse | 24 August 2023 [PDF download]
Amendments to Indian biodiversity laws could open doors to exploitation | Science | 11 August 2023
Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023: A New Era or the End for India’s Forests? | The Probe | 11 August 2023
Constitutional violations in amended Forest (Conservation and Augmentation) Act, say experts | Down to Earth | 10 August 2023
Forest Conservation Act of India: What do the amendments entail? | Ground Tales | 05 August 2023
Contentious Forest Conservation (Amendment) Bill 2023 Will Soon Be a Law | The Wire | 04 August 2023
Why FCA Amendment bill undermines India’s climate commitments | The Federal | 04 August 2023
India’s changes to forest conservation law draw flak from environmentalists | Reuters | 03 August 2023
Parliament clears contentious bill that seeks to amend forest act | Hindustan Times | 03 August 2023 | [Print Version]
‘Everyone is aghast.’ India’s move to weaken forest protections outrages conservationists | Science | 01 August 2023
Biological Diversity Bill, which facilitates commercial use of traditional resources, passed in Lok Sabha | Mongabay India | 31 July 2023
Live News Discussion: वन संरक्षण संशोधन विधेयक 2023 Lok Sabha में पारित – Hum Log (Video) | NDTV India | 30 July 2023
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
Live News Discussion: Lok Sabha Passes Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023 (Video) | CNBC TV 18 | 28 July 2023
Controversial forest amendment bill passed in Lok Sabha, but key questions remain unanswered | Mongabay India | 27 July 2023
Lok Sabha clears contentious bill that seeks to amend forest act| Hindustan Times | 27 July 2023 | [Print Version]
Analysis: India’s Himalayan forests under threat with new bill | The Third Pole | 26 July 2023
Remnants of green India under concerted attack | Deccan Herald | 23 July 2023
NE states object to exemption to forest clearance in key bill | Hindustan Times | 22 July 2023 | [Print Version]
Environmental activists see red over proposed amendments to Forest Act | The New Indian Express | 22 July 2023 | [Print Version]
Parliament panel clears contentious forest law tweaks | Hindustan Times | 21 July 2023 | [Print Version]
Concrete vs Jungle | India Today Magazine | Edition of 10 July 2023 | [Print Version]
कंक्रीट बनाम जंगल | India Today Magazine (Hindi) | Edition of 10 July 2023 | [Print Version]
Compensatory afforestation in certain degraded forests cleared | Hindustan Times | 29 June 2023 [Print Version]
Proposed changes to wildlife law may hit research: Experts | Hindustan Times | 17 June 2023 [Print Version]
A New Govt Bill Threatens India’s Forests [Video] | Article 14 | 08 June 2023
How India is regulating the breeding of exotic species | Hindustan Times Premium | 30 May 2023
The forest conservation bill could do more harm than good | The Morning Context | 18 May 2023
CBI Case Against Environmental Lawyer Has No Evidence to Back Allegations Made but Will Deter Litigation | Article 14 | 17 May 2023
Eco-sensitive zones of 0 km notified by 60 national parks: Study | Hindustan Times | 02 May 2023 [Print Version]
‘Impossible to implement’ — SC order relaxing regulation of activities in eco-sensitive zones | The Print | 27 April 2023
SC lifts complete ban on ESZ constructions | Hindustan Times | 27 April 2023 [Print Version]
The MoEFCC Portal Is No Longer Providing Info on Environmental Impacts, Claims Report | The Wire | 21 April 2023
Govt stops portal to track green impact of projects | Hindustan Times | 21 April 2023 [Print Version]
In India, the law that is meant to protect forests is being used to open them up for development | Scroll.in | 08 April 2023
Coal blocks within dense forests find place in latest auction list | Hindustan Times, 05 April 2023 [Print Version]
Legal protection of certain forest land to be removed as government pushes security projects | Mongabay India, 06 April 2023
Large stretches of key forests may be exempted in new Act | Hindustan Times, 31 March 2023 [Print Version]
Centre introduces amendment to forest conservation law; experts say move will destroy forests | The New Indian Express, 31 March 2023
Forest Conservation Bill 2023: too many exemptions, discretion to Centre | Sabrang India, 31 March 2023 , republished by CJP
Will Modi govt’s new bill dilute existing protections for forests? All about proposed law | The Print, 30 March 2023; republished by Al Jazeera
Jairam Ramesh Protests as Bill to Amend Forest Act Not Sent to Parliamentary Standing Committee | The Wire, 30 March 2023
Bill exempts certain land from forest clearance; Experts wary of ‘dilution’ | Hindustan Times, 30 March 2023 [Print Version]
Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill 2023: All you need to know about it | News 9, 30 March 2023
‘But the Sarus Crane Was Free’: Here’s Why Arif Deserves Better… | The Quint, 29 March 2023
Environment legal body picks holes in Jan Vishwas Bill | The New Indian Express, 09 March 2023 [Print Version]
Relief for elephants with temple’s robotic tusker | The Times of India, 28 February 2023 [Print Version]
Green Bench, Grey Future: Supreme Court’s green bench clears 118 pending projects | National Herald, 26 February 2023 [Print Version]
Wildlife Act amendment misses chance to free captive elephants | The Hindu Frontline, 29th December 2022
Delhi’s blanket ban on firecrackers: A case to make it truly effective | The Federal, 20th September 2022
Climate action, pollution control needed to keep sulphur dioxide in check | Mongabay India, 14 September 2022
How the pandemic has driven a surge in wildlife smuggling through North East India | Scroll.in, 28 August 2022
Songs for the earth: Music and environmental protests in India | Mint Lounge, 06 August 2022
Experts hail removal of a clause in wildlife bill over elephant trade | Hindustan Times, 05 August 2022
Recategorised animals, more Union govt oversight — amendments wildlife protection bill brings | The Print, 04 August 2022
Big firms should be fined more for biodiversity law violation: Parliament panel | Deccan Herald, 03 August 2022
Time to arrest a ‘green’ threat to India’s tiger habitat [Video] | The Times of India, 31 July 2022
Compensation to blame: Amendments to strengthen law on industrial accidents | Business Standard, 28 July 2022
Experts Divided as Government Moves to Decriminalise Environmental Offences | The Wire, 06 July 2022
Policies and People | Cheetahs in Kuno: Who gains, who loses | Hindustan Times, 24 June 2022
Kangaroos in the street and a suitcase of iguanas: India’s exotic pet problem | The Guardian, 07 June 2022
Kangaroo sightings put the spotlight on India’s unregulated exotic wildlife trade | Arab News, 19 May 2022
Mechanism to deal with human-animal conflict needs legislative backing, says parliamentary panel | Mongabay India, 09 May 2022
Amendments in EIA notification: Can the govt really avoid public notice? Business Standard, 25 April 2022
MOEFCC’s Amendments-By-Memo Imperil Ecological and Human Health | The Wire Science, 22 April 2022
Why Are Kangaroos Turning Up in India? | The New York Times, 21 April 2022 [Republished version in MoneyControl and Deccan Herald]
Bengaluru’s bane, poorly designed environment regulatory systems and outdated land-use models | Citizen Matters, 14 March 2022
How Proposed Changes to the Biodiversity Act Lie On the Wrong Side of the Law | The Wire Science, 08 March 2022
With aim to avoid bird deaths, wildlife board to draft norms for power lines in protected areas | The Print, 10 February 2022
India takes the “office order” route to environmental clearance for businesses | Quartz India, 10 February 2022
Environment ministry pursues ‘ease of business’, one office order at a time | Mongabay India, 09 February 2022
Did The Union Budget, 2022 Take Into Account Environmental Concerns | Youth Ki Awaaz, 08 February 2022
Proposed Amendment to Biodiversity Act Is a Trojan Horse for Businesses, Centre | The Wire Science, 21 December 2021
Jairam Ramesh writes to Speaker as govt ‘bypasses’ standing committee on Biodiversity Act tweak | The Print, 18 December 2021
Overturn decision to expand mining in Hasdeo Arand: Conservationists to Chhattisgarh CM | The Week, 13 December 2021
Neglect shrouds Behali Reserve Forest’s biodiversity along Assam-Arunachal border | Mongabay India, 23 July 2021
148 zebra loaches exported per day from Western Ghats to feed global pet trade | Mongabay India, 01 July 2021
An Ecologically Illiterate Budget | The Hindu, 09 February 2021 [Print Version]
The Bear Keeper of Mirzapur- Eco Warriors: 6 leading activists, conservationists and scientists on what lies ahead | GQ India, September 2020 [Print Version]
How porcupines, nilgai and boars make Indian forest communities poorer | The Dialogue, 19 July 2020
Draft dilutes rules to grant env clearance for industries | The Times of India, 01 May 2020
Sanctuary Wildlife Service Award 2019 | Sanctuary Asia Magazine, February 2020 [Print Version]
वन्यजीवों की रक्षा के लिए जनजागरूकता आवश्यक | Navsatta, 15 February 2020 [Print Edition]
कटाई के चलते जंगल से विलुप्त हो रहे जीव | Aaj, 15 February 2020 [Print Edition]
देबादित्यो को सेंक्चुरी वन्यजीव सेवा पुरस्कार | Hindustan, 23 December 2019 [Print Edition]
देबादित्यो को सेंक्चुरी वन्यजीव सेवा पुरस्कार | Amar Ujala, 23 December 2019 [Print Edition]
विंध्य बचाओ कार्यकर्ता को सेंक्चुअरी वन्यजीव सेवा पुरस्कार | Dainik Jagran, 22 December 2019 [Print Edition]
NGT working with just 6 members instead of at least 21, zonal benches vacant for 2 yrs now | The Print, 04 November 2019
15 Conservationists in India Protecting Endangered Species, Spreading Awareness | Planet Custodian, 22 October 2019
Saving wildlife from power lines the focus of a new expert panel in Environment Ministry | Firstpost, 13 September 2019
Save wildlife from power lines, says environment ministry’s panel | The Mongabay India, 09 September 2019
Declare UP’s Mirzapur forests as a conservation reserve, says study | The Mongabay India, 06 August 2019
Sloth bear surprise for experts in Mirzapur forests | The Times of India, 27 July 2019 [Print Version]
दुर्लभ प्रजाति के वन्यजीवों की मौजूदगी के मिले प्रमाण | Hindustan, 24 July 2019 [Print Edition]
समर्पित संरक्षण रिज़र्व बनाने का प्रस्ताव तैयार | Dainik Jagran, 22 July 2019 [Print Edition]
मड़िहान-सुकृत, चुनार रेंज में मिले दुर्लभ वन्यजीव | Dainik Amar Bharati, 22 July 2019 [Print Edition]
Batting for wildlife in the Vindhyas | Business Standard, 22 December 2018 [Print Edition]
Need for Transparent Pollution Data | Hindustan Times, 21 August 2018 [Print Edition]
Experts raise red flag over Centre’s Ganga development plan | Hindustan Times, 22 June 2018 [Print Edition]
Govt proposes wide-ranging changes to environmental clearance rules, activists cry foul | Hindustan Times, 21 December 2017
Severe air pollution in Delhi, still no criminal cases filed, NCRB data for 2016 shows | Hindustan Times, 05 December 2017
रातो रात हटा मुलायम सिंह यादव का नाम | Hindustan, 11 August 2017 [Print Edition]
विंध्य के वन पर भू-माफियाओं का क़हर, विलुप्त हो रहे दुर्लभ वन्य प्राणी : बेमतलब सरकार, मतलबी प्रशासन | Chauthi Duniya, 26 July 2017
पुलिस ने छीन लिया पैसा चिप | Amar Ujala, 20 June 2017 [Print Edition]
सामाजिक कार्यकर्ताओं को बदमाश समझकर उठाया | Aaj, 20 June 2017 [Print Edition]
Welspun’s Mirzapur Power Plant: NGT refuses to review order | DNA, 02 May 2017
Ready to rectify lapses in Welspuns power plant in UP: Centre | India Today, 28 April 2017
They said it! | India Water Portal, 01 February 2017
Five Rare Caracals Seized from Wildlife Traders in Uttar Pradesh | Sanctuary Asia, 09 January 2017
मिर्ज़ापुर थर्मल पावर प्लांट की पर्यावरण मंजूरी रद | Amar Ujala, 24 December 2016
NGT quashes environmental clearance to Welspun Energy’s UP power plant | Live Mint, 24 December 2016
NGT puts brake on Welspun thermal power plant in UP | The Hindu Business Line, 23 December 2016
NGT quashes EC to Welspun Energy’s Mirzapur power plant | Business Standard, 23 December 2016
NGT sets aside environmental clearance for thermal power plant in Uttar Pradesh | The Times of India, 23 December 2016
मोदी सरकार को तगड़ा झटका, अदानी का भाड़ी नुक्सान | Patrika, 21 December 2016
1320 मेगावाट बिजली प्लांट पर लगा ग्रहण | Hindustan, 21 December 2016
गंगा में बिना बैराज के दौड़ेंगे अडानी के जहाज | Patrika, 19 July 2016
Polluters get a breather as green bill loses teeth | Times of India, 04 June 2016
Bangladesh to face severe disaster-water withdrawal by India in upstream | The Independent-Bangladesh, 17 May 2016
कनहर बांध: जांच समिति की रिपोर्ट से नाराज़ ट्रिब्यूनल | Two Circles, 15 December 2015
Neglected And Unprotected | Sanctuary Asia, 26 August 2015
कनहर बांध विवाद : एनजीटी के फैसले का क्या असर होगा | Chauthi Duniya, 05 June 2015
Abandoned dams; abandoned people | India Water Portal, 19 May 2015
DAMNED LIES AND RED TAPE | Hindustan Times, 17 May 2015 [Print Edition]
Kanhar: To be or not to be? | Indian Water Portal, 17 May 2015
कनहर बाँध: नए निर्माण पर रोक, नए सिरे से पर्यावरण, वन अनुमति ज़रूरी | Daily Chhattisgarh, 14 May 2015 [Print Edition]
Kanhar project: NGT lets work on continue, stays new construction | Business Standard, 08 May 2015
Kanhar Irrigation Project: A lot invested, can’t stop work now, says NGT | The Indian Express, 08 May 2015
कनहर बांध में नए निर्माण पर लगी रोक, हाई लेवल कमेटी करेगी जांच | Nai Duniya, 08 May 2015
UP govt undemocratically suppressing people’s voices resisting Kanhar dam: Fact Finding team | Two Circles, 24 April 2015
Activists and villagers threatened as UP police continues crackdown on anti-dam protest | The Scroll, 21 April 2015
Kanhar Irrigation Project: Fact-finding team ‘forced’ to leave village, says ‘police sponsored mob’ | The Indian Express, 20 April 2015
India: police shoot eight indigenous protestors against illegal dam | The Ecologist, 15 April 2015
Uttar Pradesh police opens fire on anti-Kanhar dam protestors | Down-To-Earth, 14 April 2015
Activist skeptical of Gadkari’s ‘no barrage on Ganga’ decision | Business Standard, 30 March 2015
Modi budget sends mixed messages on India’s climate commitment | RTCC, 03 March 2015
Kanhar dam case: Green panel pulls up environment ministry | The Times of India, 22 February 2015
Environmentalists welcome green court ruling on Yamuna | Business Standard, 15 January 2015
पीयूसीएल भी कूदा कनहर बचाओ आंदोलनकारियों के साथ | Dainik Jagran, 30 December 2014
Our Green Hero! A Story from Mirzapur… | Development Alternative Newsletter, October 2014
WB to discuss Ganga Project with River Activists | Hindustan Times, 21 September 2014 [Print Edition]
हरित प्राधिकरण में पहुंचा वेलस्पन एनर्जी का मामला | Hindustan, 29 October 2014 [Print]
मिर्ज़ापुर के वन्यजीव हो रहे विलुप्त, भालू सब से ज़्यादा प्रभावित | Pioneer Hindi, 22 August 2014 [Print Edition]
साल भर में घट कर आधे रह गए वन्यजीव | Dainik Jagran, 23 August 2014 [Print Edition]
तेंदुआ के बाद अब भालू विलुप्त होने के कगार पर | Hindustan, 22 August 2014 [Print Edition]
Did Welspun fudge facts for its coal-fired power plant in Mirzapur? | Down To Earth, 20 November 2013
नौकरी के बहाने उल्लू सीधा कर रहा वेल्सपन | Chauthi Dunia, October 2013 [Print Edition]
थर्मल पावर प्लांट को नहीं मिली मंजूरी | Jansandesh Times, 13 May 2013 [Print Edition]
साउथ केम्पस को कूडा मुक्त बनाने पर मंथन | Unknown Newspaper, 10 April 2012 [Print Edition]
कूड़ा मुक्त बनेगा साउथ केम्पस | Dainik Jagran, 10 April 2012 [Print Edition]
साउथ केम्पस को होगा कचरा मुक्त | Hindustan, 10 April 2012 [Print Edition]
अर्थ आवर पर बी एच यू में बुझाई गई लाइट | Amar Ujala, March 2012 [Print Edition]
इको वन के प्रयास से मनाया गया अर्थ आवर | Hindustan, March 2013 [Print Edition]
एन एस एस के छात्रों ने की परिसर की सफाई | Dainik Jagran, 04 March 2012 [Print Edition]
साउथ केम्पस में चला सफाई अभियान | Amar Ujala, 04 March 2012 [Print Edition]
साउथ केम्पस को इको फ़्रेंडली बनाएगा इको वन संगठन | Hindustan, 03 March 2012 [Print Edition]
पर्यावरण से मिलती है मन को शांति | Amar Ujala, 03 March 2012 [Print Edition]
इको वन ने संभाली विंढम फाल की सफाई | Hindustan, 04 February 2012 [Print Edition]
विंढम फाल पहुच कर छात्रों ने की गंदगी दूर | Amar Ujala, 04 February 2012 [Print Edition]
बी एच यू के छात्रों ने विश्व नम भूमि दिवस मनाया | Dainik Jagran, 04 February 2012 [Print Edition]
जलावनी लकड़ी से वनों को सबसे अधिक खतरा, संकट में अस्तित्व | Hindustan, 06 September 2011 [Print Edition]
मड़िहान के जंगलों में दिखे प्रकृति के सफाई नायक | Hindustan, September 2010 [Print Edition]
BHU South Campus for Plastic Free Zone | The Times of India, 30 March 2010 [Print Edition]
प्लास्टिक मुक्त करेगा ग्रीन मिलिशिया | Hindustan, 25 March 2010 [Print Edition]
नमभूमि अभियान के तहत चिपकाए गए पोस्टर | Hindustan, 04 October 2010 [Print Edition]
पर्यावरण संरक्षण को पहल | Dainik Jagran, 04 February 2010 [Print Edition]
Research attracts future scientists to this college | The Times of India, June 2008 [Print Edition]
रस्म अदायगी बन कर न रह जाए यह दिन | Aaj Samaj, May 2008 [Print Edition]

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