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Workers pluck tea leaves using cutters at a tea estate in Nilgiris district, India, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
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In southern India’s tea country, small but mighty efforts are brewing to bring back native forests

Environmentalists and Indigenous communities restore Nilgiris' native forests, battling tea farms and climate change to revive biodiversity.

New Delhi is regularly cloaked in toxic smog (AFP)
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New Delhi shuts schools as smog exceeds 60 times WHO limit

New Delhi schools shift online as toxic smog hits 60x WHO limits, with PM2.5 levels peaking at hazardous levels, impacting health.

New Delhi and the surrounding metropolitan area, home to more than 30 million people, consistently tops world rankings for air pollution in winter (AFP)
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New Delhi shuts all primary schools due to smog

New Delhi ordered all primary schools to cease in-person classes until further notice on Thursday night due to worsening smog in the sprawling...

A man walks past the logo of Reliance during the company's annual general meeting in Mumbai, India, September 18, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
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India’s top clean energy agency weighs criminal proceedings against Reliance Power

The power producer is alleged to have submitted fake documents for a bid.

FILE PHOTO: A power transmission tower is seen, with the Bharia Icon Tower in the background, a day after a country-wide power breakdown, in Karachi, Pakistan, January 24, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro/File Photo
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Pakistan to slash winter power tariffs to spur demand, cut gas use

Pakistan will cut winter electricity tariffs to reduce gas use and promote a shift toward clean energy.

FILE PHOTO: Vehicles drive past the COP29 United Nations Climate Change Conference posters, in Baku, Azerbaijan October 31, 2024. REUTERS/Aziz Karimov/File Photo
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COP29 climate agenda clouded by trade tensions ahead of summit

China has put trade talks onto the proposed agenda for the COP29 summit, a U.N. document showed, raising the prospect that the issue...

Dung from India's cows, sacred to many in the Hindu-majority country, is being used to power a movement towards biogas fuel (AFP)
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Sacred cow: Coal-hungry India eyes bioenergy to cut carbon

Venerated as sacred, India's cows now fuel energy transition, as biogas plants transform their dung and crop waste into clean energy, reducing reliance...

FILE PHOTO: Different models of Mercedes-Benz cars are parked at the company's vehicle assembly plant in Chakan, in India's Maharashtra state, June 11, 2015. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/File Photo
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India says Mercedes improved pollution management at plant after failing checks

Mercedes is India's top luxury car seller — and it plans to invest $24 million in India this year.

Windmills are seen amongst houses generating electricity in Punniyavalanpuram, Tamil Nadu, India. (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto)
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After sundown: India must ramp up wind energy capacity to meet electricity demand

Ember: Wind energy can play a critical role in India's energy transition, particularly for its complementary role with solar power after sunset.

FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: A student takes part in a global protest against climate change in Mumbai, India, March 15, 2019. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
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BASIC bloc slams ‘leadership void’ on climate change, finance

Ministers from the bloc countries expressed concern that industrialised nations were "backtracking" on their climate pledges.

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