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.
Mar 13, 2025 02:24 IST
A total of 30 tonnes of the 337 metric tonnes of hazardous waste transported from the Union Carbide...
Thu, Mar 13, 2025Mar 12, 2025 17:18 IST
The last full-body meeting of the National Board for Wildlife was held on September 5, 2012,...
Wed, Mar 12, 2025Mar 09, 2025 04:19 IST
On Saturday, the trial was halted for 22 minutes as an internet shutdown affected collection of...
Sun, Mar 09, 2025Mar 07, 2025 04:20 IST
The IPCC prepares crucial scientific reports on the state of the climate, which inform government...
Fri, Mar 07, 2025Mar 05, 2025 04:30 IST
The NGT has earlier constituted a joint committee to probe, among other things, whether trees were...
Wed, Mar 05, 2025Mar 04, 2025 19:15 IST
The estimation survey was done by the Wildlife Institute of India under the Union Environment...
Tue, Mar 04, 2025Mar 04, 2025 04:26 IST
The trial incineration is being carried out on the orders of the Jabalpur bench of the Madhya...
Tue, Mar 04, 2025Mar 04, 2025 04:20 IST
Under Project Cheetah, the wildlife board decided to expand introduction of cheetahs to Gandhisagar...
Tue, Mar 04, 2025Mar 04, 2025 03:59 IST
Conducted between 2021 and 2023, the survey covered 8,406 km long stretches of Ganga and...
Tue, Mar 04, 2025Mar 01, 2025 07:00 IST
Though a total of 337 metric tonnes of waste was transported from Union Carbide’s defunct Bhopal...
Sat, Mar 01, 2025Feb 27, 2025 17:01 IST
The environment ministry’s forest advisory committee had in December last year recommended...
Thu, Feb 27, 2025Feb 22, 2025 04:04 IST
Modi was addressing the inaugural function of the three-day 98th Akhil Bharatiya Marathi Sahitya...
Sat, Feb 22, 2025Feb 19, 2025 14:52 IST
NGT's Sangam Water Report Update: UP’s Additional Advocate General says state’s pollution...
Thu, Feb 20, 2025Feb 19, 2025 07:17 IST
The run-up to the 98th All-India Marathi Literature Conference recently caused a political flutter...
Wed, Feb 19, 2025Feb 14, 2025 13:06 IST
This marks a clear departure from the “clean energy transition” initiatives that found place in...
Sat, Feb 15, 2025Feb 13, 2025 19:27 IST
Kerala MPs have sought amendments to the Wildlife Protection Act to prioritise human safety in...
Fri, Feb 14, 2025Feb 12, 2025 02:14 IST
NGT orders UP govt to take measures to tackle health issues...
Wed, Feb 12, 2025Feb 10, 2025 12:27 IST
NGT had ordered the UP Government to implement measures to tackle environmental health issues in...
Tue, Feb 11, 2025Feb 06, 2025 21:46 IST
Replying to the Rajya Sabha discussion on the Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address, he...
Fri, Feb 07, 2025Feb 05, 2025 07:30 IST
State still recovering from effects of 2023 GLOF disaster, people’s safety should be the top...
Thu, Feb 06, 2025Feb 05, 2025 02:54 IST
RJD’s Manoj Jha and CPI(M)’s John Brittas led the Opposition charge. From the BJP, Ashok Chavan...
Wed, Feb 05, 2025Feb 04, 2025 14:15 IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the IBCA in April 2023 to secure the future of tigers, lions,...
Tue, Feb 04, 2025Feb 01, 2025 19:13 IST
The government has set a target of making 728 Eklavya Model Residential Schools functional by March...
Sun, Feb 02, 2025Jan 31, 2025 10:19 IST
Data from new research published in Science journal said that people-free – and shared spaces –...
Sat, Feb 01, 2025Jan 31, 2025 09:03 IST
Crucially, the study found no evidence of a “triggering cloudburst event” in the vicinity of...
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