Watch: India's only active volcano, located in Barren Island, erupts after an earthquakeBarren Island (Google Trends): India's Barren Island volcano erupted on September 20, following a magnitude 4.2 earthquake. Triggered by se...
No radar station proposal at Andaman's islands pending wildlife clearanceMinister of State for Environment, Prakash Javadekar in a written reply in Rajya Sabha said that for environment clearance of defence proje...
- Green nod for GAIL’s power plant in MP
The government on Friday gave environment clearance to public sector undertaking GAIL for setting up a 380 mw gas-based power plant in Guna...
- Green nod for radar station at Narcondam in Andamans
After granting green clearance to a major naval infrastructure project at Karwar along the western coast, the environment ministry has now ...
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar clears Karwar Naval Base projectThe move sets the ball rolling for one of the largest naval bases in the country. The project will be finished in 2 phases & Karwar will be...
- Coast Guard looks for alternative site for radars in Andaman & Nicobar Islands
Coast Guard has started looking for an alternative site for deploying its coastal radars in Andaman after the Ministry red-flagged its plan...
- Ministry of Environment and Forests scraps radar installation project on Narcondam Island
Wildlife activists and conservation organizations have praised Ministry of Environment and Forests' (MoEF) move to reject a proposal by the...
No radar units in hornbill habitat, says govtThe Union environment and forests ministry has denied permission to the Coast Guard to set up a radar installation on one of the Andaman an...
- Birders worried about the tiny Narcondam Hornbill population
Birders are worried about the plight of an endangered bird species called the Narcondam Hornbill found in just one of the islands of the An...