ISRO's unmanned test flight for its maiden human spaceflight mission 'Gaganyaan' lifted off from Sriharikota. The flight tested the emergency escape system of the crew module, which separated from the rocket and made a soft sea landing about 10 minutes after the launch.

Taking cognizance of the illegal mining of sand on the Budhabalanga river bed in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, the National Green Tribunal's East Zone has found flouting of regulations of multiple grounds. The tribunal also mentioned that the state authorities have been shielding the accused in the investigation. Details here.

Balinee Milk Producer Company Limited, set up in 2019 and with 40,000 members, has been transforming the lives of rural women in over 800 villages of six districts in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh.

Tourism is a significant contributor to global warming. While many tourist hotspots have managed to keep pollution and resource degradation within check, most are struggling and getting polluted and degraded

Twenty-year-old Nisha and her 50-year-old mother Sarita are Pashu Sakhis who visit goat rearers in Barabanki district of UP and offer a variety of services. The Goat Trust, a Lucknow-based NGO has trained over 25,000 rural women as Pashu Sakhi.

Prakrati Mitra is a campaign which facilitates collaboration of organisations working for environment protection in ensuring that schools in Uttar Pradesh become ‘carbon neutral’. The efforts are aimed at neutralising the carbon emissions of the schools by planting trees and conserving energy.

Dai, the traditional midwives, are still active in the far flung villages of the Valley. Many of them are old and wizened but their years of experience delivering babies at home make them a lifeline.