Tag: Environment news

Canberra, Oct 19 | Plastic waste accounts for more tha 80 per cent of all rubbish found across Australian beaches, A study based on...

Hyderabad, Oct 18 | Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao on Monday said that the government will procure paddy from farmers during the ongoing...

New Delhi, Oct 18 | Amid continuous heavy rains in Uttrakhand, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Monday spoke to Chief Minister Pushkar Singh...

New Delhi, Oct 18 | Delhi will become the first city in the country to have the highest number of electric autos running on...

Chennai, Oct 18 | The Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted heavy rains in south Tamil Nadu from Wednesday for next two to three...

New Delhi, Oct 18 | Heavy rainfall accompanied by thunderstorm lashed parts of Delhi-NCR on Monday which led to a decline in temperature and...

New Delhi, Oct 16 | The national capital's air quality on Saturday touched the 'poor' category mark with its Air Quality Index crossing 300,...

Manila, Oct 14 | The death toll from the severe tropical storm Kompasu in the Philippines has increased to 19, while 13 others remain...

Colombo, Oct 14 | The Sri Lankan government will launch immediate investigations into allegations of illegal shark fishing in Trincomalee.A local organisation, the Pearl...

Mumbai, Oct 14 | Choreographer-filmmaker Remo D'Souza and his wife Lizelle D'Souza collaborate with producer Suuraj Sinngh to make digital content.The trio have come...

Kalaburgi (Karnataka), Oct 13 | Panicked by repeated earthquakes, people of Gadikeshwara village in Chincholi taluk of Kalaburgi district have started leaving the area...

Brussels, Oct 13 | Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, European lawmakers called upon the world to implement a green...

New Delhi, Oct 12 | In the run up to the Glasgow climate talks (COP26) and the ongoing UN biodiversity summit, a new report...

Beijing, Oct 12 | Torrential rainstorms in China's Shanxi province have left 15 people dead and three others missing, the local government announced on...

New Delhi, Oct 12 | New and emerging technologies, from electric cars and buses to zero-carbon producing energy sources, as well as the policy...

New Delhi, Oct 11 | Ten days after it put out a Consultation Paper on the proposed amendments in the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980,...

Srinagar, Oct 11 | The higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh witnessed the season's first snowfall on Monday as the minimum temperatures...

New Delhi, Oct 9 | As the southwest monsoon has finally bid farewell to Delhi, the city woke up to a clear sky on...

Canberra, Oct 8 | After almost two weeks of daily voting and eliminations from a shortlist of 50 of Australia's most iconic and beloved...

New Delhi, Oct 8 | Ahead of the crucial climate change conference in Glasgow, the UN will next week raise ambition for a transport...

Mumbai, Oct 7 | Celebrated Marathi actress Mrunmayee Deshpande has joined veteran singer Suresh Wadkar in support of the upcoming All Living Things Environmental...

New Delhi, Oct 7 | The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has power to take suo motu cognisance...

New Delhi, Oct 6 | Criticizing the proposed changes to the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Wednesday said...

Bengaluru, Oct 6 | The Karnataka High Court has asked the state government to file objections within four weeks in connection with a petition...

New Delhi, Oct 5 | Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Tuesday said, India and Asia...

By Nivedita KhandekarNew Delhi/Bulandshahar, Oct 5 | On the anniversary of the announcement of Gangetic Dolphin as the 'National Aquatic Animal of India', the...

New Delhi, Oct 5 | To address environmental issues in the national capital, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Tuesday launched an advanced...

Chennai, Oct 5 | The Madras High Court will on Tuesday hear a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by a Chennai-based animal rights group...

New Delhi, Oct 5 | A new study of more than 13,000 cities worldwide has found that the number of person-days in which inhabitants...

New Delhi, Oct 4 | Land held by any agency, originally acquired for non-forest purposes before October 1980, will be exempted from seeking any...

New Delhi, Oct 4 | The clear blue skies over the national capital may go dark soon with dust and smoke as the stubble...

Beijing, Oct 4 | Over 16,000 residents in northeast China's Liaoning province have been affected by extensive heavy rainfall that began two days ago,...

Los Angeles, Oct 4 | A massive oil spill off the Orange County coast in Southern California has prompted the closure of a 9-km...

New Delhi, Oct 4 | The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has forecast a partly cloudy sky in the national capital on Monday with light...

Beijing, Oct 2 | China's national average temperature in September was the highest since 1961, while rainfall in the country's northern part also hit...

Vijayawada, Oct 2 | To mark Gandhi Jayanti, the Andhra Pradesh government on Saturday rolled out Clean Andhra Pradesh (CLAP) - its mega initiative...

Gurugram, Oct 2 | An Action plan has been initiated to control air pollution in Gurugram. For this, deputy commissioner, Yash Garg has fixed...

New Delhi, Oct 1 | The residents of the national capital on Friday woke up to calm weather with the day to proceed under...

Bangkok, Sep 30 | Heavy floods caused by tropical storm Dianmu have severely impacted almost half of Thailand's provinces with at least seven people...

Panaji, Sep 30 | The Bombay High Court bench in Goa on Thursday slammed the state police and administration for not doing enough to...

New Delhi, Sep 30 | The joint panel constituted by the NGT to monitor water and air pollution due to stone crushers in Mahendergarh...

New Delhi, Sep 30 | The MeT predicted no rain on Thursday as the Southwest monsoon left the national capital, although widespread and heavy...

New Delhi, Sep 29 | China's pledge to end overseas coal financing will impact 44 coal plants totalling 42,220 megawatts (MW) of capacity, according...

New Delhi, Sep 29 | The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has sought a fresh status report about alleged construction of a housing project within...

Agra, Sep 29 | A nearly five-foot-long Indian Rat snake has been rescued from the Agra Jail Superintendents residence inside the prison...

By Rohit VaidNew Delhi, Sep 29 | Tata Group companies collaboration to create an enabling ecosystem has accelerated EV adoption in the country with...

New Delhi, Sep 29 | The national capital has witnessed a record rainfall in September this year with 18 days of light to heavy...

New Delhi, Sep 29 | Online technology companies in the 'Coalition to End Wildlife Trafficking Online' reported removing or blocking over 11.6 million listings...

New Delhi, Sep 28 | The Supreme Court on Tuesday said its primary concern is to protect "the right to life of innocent people",...

New Delhi, Sep 28 | The Delhi government will launch a week-long wildlife protection programme from October 2 at Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary,...