Nipah virus resurfaced in Kerala when two deaths were reported in Kozhikode district on 12th September 2023.

Western countries banned imports of seaborne Russian-origin crude oil after the Ukraine invasion. However, several countries used India, China, the United Arab Emirates, Singapore, and Turkey as laundromats to import 70% of the oil and circumvent sanctions.

Whooping cough was concerningly returning globally in 2024, especially in the year's first quarter.

Dengue outbreak in Brazil prompted emergency health measures in February 2024.

On May 20, 2024, fish were found dead en masse at a branch of the Periyar River in Kerala. This was allegedly due to the river's proximity to the Eloor-Edayar industrial stretch.

In coversation with Climate Tracker (as a media fellow)