An award-winning journalist with 14 years of experience, Nikhil Ghanekar is an Assistant Editor with the National Bureau [Government] of The Indian Express in New Delhi. He primarily covers environmental policy matters which involve tracking key decisions and inner workings of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He also covers the functioning of the National Green Tribunal and writes on the impact of environmental policies on wildlife conservation, forestry issues and climate change....Read More
An award-winning journalist with 14 years of experience, Nikhil Ghanekar is an Assistant Editor with the National Bureau [Government] of The Indian Express in New Delhi. He primarily covers environmental policy matters which involve tracking key decisions and inner workings of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change. He also covers the functioning of the National Green Tribunal and writes on the impact of environmental policies on wildlife conservation, forestry issues and climate change.
Nikhil joined The Indian Express in 2024. Originally from Mumbai, he has worked in publications such as Tehelka, Hindustan Times, DNA Newspaper, News18 and Indiaspend. In the past 14 years, he has written on a range of subjects such as sports, current affairs, civic issues, city centric environment news, central government policies and politics.
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Mon, Jun 23, 2025Jun 19, 2025 17:38 IST
The Green India Mission document was revised to account for on-ground climate impacts and feedback...
Fri, Jun 20, 2025Jun 18, 2025 03:52 IST
The revised document stated that a ‘micro-ecosystem’ approach will be adopted to make...
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Sun, Jun 15, 2025Jun 11, 2025 04:03 IST
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Wed, Jun 11, 2025Jun 08, 2025 12:38 IST
Approval for expanding production from 10 to 26 MTPA comes with wildlife safeguards and follows...
Mon, Jun 09, 2025Jun 05, 2025 17:53 IST
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Thu, Jun 05, 2025Jun 04, 2025 02:36 IST
To revive prey populations, the report recommends on-site breeding of chital and sambar in secure...
Wed, Jun 04, 2025May 31, 2025 19:07 IST
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Sun, Jun 01, 2025May 30, 2025 16:33 IST
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Tue, May 27, 2025May 24, 2025 19:39 IST
Except Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland, the remaining 26 SPCBs face recruitment...
Sun, May 25, 2025May 23, 2025 04:01 IST
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Fri, May 23, 2025May 18, 2025 20:03 IST
The SC bench rapped the Centre for issuing orders “to protect those who have caused harm to the...
Tue, May 20, 2025May 16, 2025 13:38 IST
Environment Ministry notification of 2017, office memo of 2021, which opened one-time amnesty...
Sat, May 17, 2025May 15, 2025 16:31 IST
The pumped hydropower project aims to harness the waters of the Upper Bhavani Dam and...
Fri, May 16, 2025May 05, 2025 14:27 IST
Scientific studies have attributed this anomaly to myriad factors such as cooler summer...
Mon, May 05, 2025May 04, 2025 11:43 IST
India’s eastern Indus glaciers are melting faster than Pakistan’s and that will reduce water...
Mon, May 05, 2025May 02, 2025 18:21 IST
The 2011 Census was followed by SECC 2011, under which data on individual castes and tribes was...
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What do the Greenhouse Gases Emissions Intensity (GEI) Target Rules, 2025, say? Why are they...
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