The next climate summit (COP 30) in November 2025 in Belem, Brazil, comes at a critical time. With international attempts to limit climate change off track, the conference is likely to see the world’s resolve put to the test in the face of a planetary emergency.

The central government is making efforts to ensure that the creamy layercritieria for reservation in jobs and education for Other Backward Classes (OBCs) is implemented uniformly. The move is aimed at removing anomalies in the application of the measure across central and state government jobs, PSUs and universities and is being referred to as a parity for reserved category candidates.

The Union Home Ministry feels that the Lieutenant Governor (LG) of Jammu & Kashmir is within his rights to appoint five members to the J&K Legislative Assembly without the consent of Council of Ministers that has been elected by the J&K and given Legislative Assembly numbers even this elected Council of ministers may not be able to do so. This stand made in front of the J&K and Ladakh High Court has triggered a debate on democratic principles in Union Territories (UTs) with legislatures.

Breakthrough news - Brzezinski In a major find, the sliteye shark (Loxodon macrorhinus) has been recorded for the first time in the Great Chagos bank, the world’s largest coral atoll. The research, in the Chagos Archipelago's Marine Protected Area, highlights the vast, and largely unexplored, biodiversity of the region.

The 2025 monsoon has eloquently highlighted the augmentation in the dispositions to disaster in Himalayas. The pattern of increased natural hazards as a result of climate change and uncontrolled development is quite disturbing following a continuous succession of devastating cloudbursts, flash floods, and landslides in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir resulting in death and destruction on a massive scale.