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    Greenwashing India: Are we planting the wrong trees in misplaced zeal?

    Rachel Chitra
    23 July 2025 7:08 PM IST

    India is planting millions of trees, but many of them don’t belong. Botanist and ethnobotany expert Prof D Narasimhan explains why this isn’t reforestation—it’s greenwashing

    Prof D Narasimhan is a leading taxonomist and specialist in biodiversity, taxonomy, ethnobotany, medicinal plants and plant anatomy.
    India
    Jagdeep Dhankhar
    India

    Dhankhar to vacate Vice President's residence

    23 July 2025 6:58 PM IST
    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah chairs an official meeting
    Karnataka

    Karnataka waives traders’ old GST dues, but CM says registration must

    23 July 2025 6:46 PM IST
    VS Achuthanandans final journey
    Kerala

    IN PHOTOS | Lakhs bid emotional adieu to comrade VS Achuthanandan

    23 July 2025 6:41 PM IST
    Modi Keir Starmer

    India, UK to sign free trade agreement in London on July 24

    23 July 2025 6:03 PM IST
    Barack Obama

    Obama dismisses Trump's 'coup' claims, Tulsi Gabbard's document

    23 July 2025 5:46 PM IST
    Rahul Gandhi

    Rahul to present ‘evidence of bogus voting’ using Karnataka constituency

    23 July 2025 5:33 PM IST
    Congress hints at far deeper reasons behind Dhankhars resignation as VP

    Jagdeep Dhankhar made unscheduled visit to Rashtrapati Bhavan before resignation

    23 July 2025 5:29 PM IST
    Chaos erupts on Thailand-bound IndiGo flight as pilot refuses to fly beyond duty hours

    IndiGo flight aborts take off at Ahmedabad due to engine fire

    23 July 2025 5:14 PM IST
    Dharmasthala mass graves

    Dharmasthala whistleblower claims trigger locals-visitors trust deficit

    23 July 2025 5:09 PM IST
    Harsh Vardhan Jain

    Fake Westarctica embassy in Ghaziabad busted, 'ambassador' arrested

    23 July 2025 4:43 PM IST
    Karnataka caste survey

    Karnataka to hold fresh caste census in Sep-Oct, this time by mobile app

    23 July 2025 4:30 PM IST
    Lok Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament

    National Sports Governance Bill: Centre to have control over international participation of Indian teams

    23 July 2025 4:28 PM IST
    Indian visa

    India to resume issuing visas to Chinese tourists after 5-year gap

    23 July 2025 4:13 PM IST
    rape, Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh, UP, crimes against women, children, minors, murder, sugarcane field

    Crimes against women increase 17 per cent in the country: Govt tells Rajya Sabha

    The Federal
    23 July 2025 3:33 PM IST

    While 378236 crimes against women took place took place in 2018, the numbers shot up to 445256 in 2022

    Bihar SIR

    Bihar SIR: Public hearing exposes citizens’ hardships; panel criticises EC

    23 July 2025 3:33 PM IST
    Suicide

    Bengaluru: College student dies by suicide; three classmates booked for abetment

    23 July 2025 3:08 PM IST
    Akhilesh and Dimple Yadav in mosque

    Row over Dimple Yadav's mosque visit in saree; 'back, stomach visible', says BJP

    23 July 2025 2:55 PM IST
    How Bengaluru’s garbage is ruining lives of villagers in Karnataka’s Doddaballapur

    How Bengaluru’s garbage is ruining lives of villagers in Karnataka’s Doddaballapur

    23 July 2025 2:50 PM IST
    Modi flight to London

    Modi’s UK-Maldives visit: Political, economic aims beyond mere optics

    23 July 2025 2:39 PM IST
    Keeladi, Indus Valley sites show no evidence of organised religion: Indologist K Balakrishnan

    Keeladi can be delayed but not erased from memory: Indologist Balakrishnan

    23 July 2025 2:23 PM IST
    An Air India Express plane

    Doha-bound AI Express flight returns to Calicut due to technical fault

    23 July 2025 2:20 PM IST
    Dr Amar Agarwal

    The global vision that took Dr Agarwal's Eye Hospital from Chennai to Africa and beyond

    23 July 2025 2:07 PM IST
    Spicejet

    SC dismisses Kalanithi Maran's Rs 1,300-crore damages plea against SpiceJet

    23 July 2025 1:59 PM IST
    Women voters

    Bihar SIR: EC defends voter deletions amid SC scrutiny; what next?

    23 July 2025 1:27 PM IST
    Plane, aircraft India extends airspace ban on Pakistani planes till August 24

    India extends airspace ban on Pakistani planes till August 24

    23 July 2025 1:02 PM IST
    Election Commissions public trust has eroded big time, says activist Anjali Bharadwaj

    EC begins process for Vice President election

    23 July 2025 12:56 PM IST
    Racist attacks in Ireland: 6-year-old Indian origin girl punched in face, told to go back to India

    Indian student brutally assaulted, racially abused in Australia

    23 July 2025 12:32 PM IST
    Cash discovery row: Justice Varma urges SC to accord urgent hearing on his plea

    Cash discovery row: Justice Varma urges SC to accord urgent hearing on his plea

    23 July 2025 11:47 AM IST
    Suriya turns 50: Kollywood star celebrates milestone birthday today

    Suriya turns 50: Kollywood star celebrates milestone birthday today

    23 July 2025 11:28 AM IST
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