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A new report by Climate Central found that climate change is causing a sleep deficit globally with people losing 56 hours of sleep every year due to rising nighttime temperatures. The report said an estimated six hours of that annual sleep loss, or just over 10%, can be attributed to warming caused by climate change. That is equivalent to nearly seven nights’ worth of sleep lost each year due to higher nighttime temperatures, including about one night linked to climate change.

Amid a huge backlash over E20 rollout and its impact on vehicles and their mileage, the government admitted that E20 blended fuel could result in a 3-5% reduction in the fuel economy of “some vehicles”.

The Supreme Court AI Committee on the use of the technology in courts released draft regulations that include: a complete ban on using artificial intelligence (AI) to decide judicial outcomes; restrictions on AI tools that predict or profile parties and witnesses; and a prohibition on undisclosed or unexplainable AI systems in court processes, IE reported. The court said use of AI in court processes will always “remain strictly subservient to human judgment and judicial authority”.

The Centre has allowed four Chinese power equipment manufacturers with factories in India to participate in government tenders ‌ for critical power projects, according to a government order, Reuters reported. TBEA Energy, Nanjing Electric India, New Northeast Electric India and Taikai Electric (India) will be allowed to participate in the tenders, the order from ⁠India's Ministry of Finance, reviewed by Reuters said.

Climate disruptions have now become a near-constant presence in India. Heatwaves have become longer and more frequent, rainfall arrives in erratic, short bursts, and ecological disasters, once considered rare, are now routine. On July 7 this year, a landslide tore through the Anakkampoyil-Kalladi-Meppadi tunnel project near Kalladi in Wayanad, Kerala, a project being built to connect Wayanad with Kozhikode.

A new study of 39 faecal sludge treatment plants across Rajasthan by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) found that a technology designed to turn human waste into clean water, energy and farm-ready biochar is largely working but is falling short on key safety benchmarks, including pathogen destruction and heavy-metal contamination.

Driven by escalating geopolitical tensions and volatility in global fossil fuel markets, Indian industry is encouraging the transition to renewable energy and EVs as key to national security and economic resilience. According to a new report by the global climate think tank InfluenceMap, Indian companies, including Reliance Industries, ReNew, Tata Motors and Hero Future Energies, are progressing from treating green targets as mere environmental compliances.

Climate change has become the key driver for Mumbai’s extreme rainfall and is a reminder of how climate change is altering Indian monsoon. A warmer atmosphere and rapidly heating ocean is making rainfall events shorter with intense downpours, which is overwhelming the country’s urban infrastructure, according to a new analysis by Climate Trends.

Clean energy powered more than half of India’s electricity demand for the first time in 2026 on July 6. The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) analysis said that for 15 minutes, 700 million people in India consumed 100% clean electricity. India’s power demand is rising due to monsoon humidity and relentless heat, but renewable energy has met 50% of it. According to CEEW, renewables now account for nearly 26% of generation.

At India’s first Climate Week in Mumbai this February, I was invited by the National Stock Exchange of India to judge the finals of its flagship Innovation Challenge. The competition brought together climate start-ups from across the country, generating between $50,000 and $2.5 million in annual revenue, with the winners set to be incubated towards IPO readiness.