Just 50 countries have so far ratified a new High Seas treaty which sets out rules agreed by more than 130 nations in 2023 to govern intern...

Donald Trump's administration takes a controversial step. It expands deep-sea mining for rare earth minerals. This move aims to boost the U...

The union government on Tuesday proposed to sell up to 2.5% stake in Hindustan Zinc through an offer for sale (OFS), which opens on Novembe...

India plans to apply for deep-sea mineral exploration licenses in the Pacific Ocean to secure critical minerals for energy transition techn...

UN's David Boyd flags investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS) as a barrier. With fossil fuel firms using ISDS to block environmental regul...

There are countries like Russia, Norway and China which are pursuing ahead with deep-sea mining and producing a framework which will argue ...

The International Seabed Authority - the United Nations body that regulates the world's ocean floor - is preparing to resume negotiations t...

Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson are racing to establish a presence in space. But what rights and obligations come with that?

"India was one of the very first pioneer investors in deep sea mining, starting from the 1980s. In recent years, there has been enormous pr...

Nearly 90 countries have joined a U.S.- and EU-led effort to slash emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane 30% by 2030 from 2020 lev...

Noronha will succeed fellow Indian and development economist Satya Tripathi to whom Secretary-General Guterres is "grateful for his leaders...

The proposals are beleived to have been submitted to the PM’s Office to double the sector's contribution to GDP, from Rs 4.1 lakh crore in ...

Even if India meets 40% of its power needs with renewables by 2030, our emissions will not reduce.

Situation is indeed grim as future global reserves are largely spread over indigenous peoples’ or tribal lands; 50% for oil and gas product...

The price of a non-renewable resource should grow at the market interest rate, with resource depletion compensated for by returns from subs...

Miners, lawyers and experts in Odisha have termed as "illegal" the Rs 69,907-crore fine imposed on 60 iron ore and manganese miners by the ...

The UPA govt appeared to stave off a fresh crisis after the national auditor played down suggestions of a Rs 10.7-lakh cr revenue loss.