UN event highlights India-Oman maritime ties through maiden voyage of stitched sail vessel INSV KaundinyaA UN event celebrated the INSV Kaundinya's voyage from Porbandar to Muscat. This journey highlighted India's ancient maritime trade routes ...
16 May, 2026, 12.08 PM IST
Reliance’s Anant Ambani launches Vantara University to build global talent in wildlife sciences.Reliance Industries Executive Director Anant Ambani launched Vantara University in Jamnagar, Gujarat, a pioneering institution dedicated to...
12 Apr, 2026, 11.41 AM IST
NHAI to develop ‘Arogya Van’ on vacant land along NHsThe National Highways Authority of India will plant medicinal trees on vacant land along national highways. This initiative aims to boost b...
08 Apr, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
Centre will protect entire Aravallis; no mining leases; protected zone to be expandedA complete ban on new mining leases in the Aravalli Range has been ordered by the Union Ministry of Environment. This move aims to protect ...
24 Dec, 2025, 07.59 PM IST
Adani Green adopts TNFD framework, shifts towards nature-positive renewable energy developmentAdani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) has integrated the Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) framework into its sustainability...
08 Dec, 2025, 11.37 AM IST
Projects worth Rs 21.11 lakh cr at a standstill in red zone districts: ReportAccording to the study by projects monitoring organisation Projects Today, around 8,917 projects worth Rs 21.11 lakh crore are stuck in the...
28 May, 2020, 08.32 PM IST
India to host key meet on conservation of migratory species of wild animalsThe thirteenth meeting of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP13) being hosted by India is the ...
17 Feb, 2020, 11.32 AM IST
Gujarat lions become subject of debate in Lok SabhaRaising the issue, Mulayam Singh Yadav said the two lions were gifted by Gujarat to the Etawah Wildlife Lion Safari Park.
09 Aug, 2016, 03.33 PM IST
606 fish species of Gujarat to be mappedThe new species were discovered in the first-ever discovered in the first-ever major exercise to map and DNA barcode all the fish species t...
25 Jun, 2016, 07.20 PM IST
- Gujarat marine sites to get German help
The Gujarat forest department will collaborate with the German federal ministry for the environment, nature conservation, building and nucl...
22 Jul, 2015, 02.12 AM IST
Centre to hold a crucial meeting on Western Ghats tomorrowEnvironment Minister Prakash Javadekar will hold a meeting tomorrow to review the progress of physical demarcation of Ecologically Sensitiv...
06 Jul, 2015, 10.35 PM IST
‘Experimental’ Aravalli Biodiversity Park opens todayTen years after the first plantations began in a mining-ravaged stretch of the Aravali range in Delhi, a forest is in bloom.
22 Apr, 2015, 12.37 PM IST
India's largest trapdoor spider found in Gujarat's DangIndia's largest trapdoor spider has been found in Dang district of Gujarat.The three centimetres (cm) long spider was documented by researc...
02 Apr, 2015, 08.25 AM IST
40 per cent of Indian coast subjected to coastal erosion: GovernmentThe government today said a study has revealed that on an average around 40 per cent of Indian coast is subjected to coastal erosion.
06 Aug, 2014, 05.23 PM IST
Tamil Nadu lagging behind in management of biodiversity: NBATamil Nadu, home to several rare flora and fauna, is lagging behind many other states in implementing the National Biological Diversity Act...
23 Dec, 2013, 04.02 AM IST
Community key to conserving biodiversity: National Environment Awareness CampaignGujarat, considered a state with the most diverse eco-systems, will take serious steps in identifying its natural treasures and conserving ...
19 Jan, 2013, 06.24 PM IST
- Environment ministry opposes port at Poshitara
Noting that the proposed port at Poshitra in Jamnagar would destroy crucial marine bio-diversity in the Gulf of Kutch, the environment mini...
04 Aug, 2009, 07.28 PM IST