For a greener future, environmental concern must become a daily practice rather than a symbolic annual ritual. AI generated image Every year on June 5, the world observes ‘World Environment Day’ with seminars, tree plantation drives, social media campaigns and solemn declarations about saving the planet. Governments issue statements, schoolchildren hold placards, and citizens post photographs of greenery and rivers. For a day, environmental concern becomes fashionable and urg

India’s battle against pollution cannot be won without confronting the social inequities hidden within the smog. Each winter, India’s cities disappear behind a familiar grey curtain. Schools are closed; flights are delayed while hospitals are full of respiratory patients Air pollution has become so common in India that it is like a season in itself. But beneath this ecological catastrophe lies another, less talked-about crisis. India’s pollution is very uneven. Not everyone b

Global warming refers to the gradual increase in the Earth’s average temperature due to the excessive accumulation of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide in the atmosphere. These gases trap heat from the sun, creating a “greenhouse effect” that leads to a steady rise in global temperatures. Over the past century, human activities-particularly the burning of fossil fuels, deforestation, rapid urbanisation, and industrialisation-have significantl