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Madhavan hails 17-year-old kid from London who took on a project that delivered free swimming lessons to poverty-stricken children. Who is Jeremiah Carnegie?Actor Madhavan recently took to Instagram to praise a young swimmer from Croydon, London, who spearheaded a project to teach swimming to 78...- From 1877, officials stocked over 33 million fish in Yosemite for anglers, altering fishless lakes and reducing habitat for native yellow-legged frogsYosemite's lakes, once fishless, received over 33 million stocked fish between 1877 and 1990. Introduced trout preyed on native species and...
- Florida dumped 500,000 tonnes of oyster and clam shells into the sea — what happened next surprised scientistsFlorida successfully recycled over 500,000 tonnes of oyster and clam shells for reef restoration. These shells provided essential foundatio...
- In 2016, when river dams trapped Japan's giant salamanders, scientists came up with an unusual solution: building custom ladders instead of removing the damsResearchers in Japan developed special ladderways for giant salamanders to cross river dams. These step-type structures with side walls pro...
- NMCG restoring five wetlands in Ganga basin, plans to expand conservation effortsThe National Mission for Clean Ganga is restoring five wetlands across three states. Conservation efforts will expand to other high-priorit...
- Afforestation, dolphin revival show life returning to Ganga under Namami Gange: NMCGThe Namami Gange program has brought ecological revival to the Ganga river. Large-scale afforestation efforts have led to forest cover alon...
- ZSI, IIT-Madras unveil India's first metagenomic profile of municipal drinking waterScientists have mapped India's drinking water for microbes. This study reveals diverse bacteria and genes that cause antibiotic resistance....
- Centre announces pilot project to boost livelihoods of fish farmers in Kerala's KuttanadUnion Fisheries Minister George Kurian announced a pilot project in Kuttanad to boost local fish farmers' livelihoods. The initiative intro...
- India is committed to address plastic pollution: India at UNEAMaking the national statement for India, Environment Secretary Leena Nandan also said that sustainable development is core to the country's...
- Ganga's quality improved since 2014, 68 of 97 locations compliant with bathing standards: NMCG DGNoting that the cleaning of river Ganga is a continuous process, a senior official said many initiatives have started yielding results and ...
- Central body for conservation of wetlands to get extension beyond February 13
- Pollution sensors and open data dashboard to protect city lakesThe sensors would gather data on dissolved oxygen levels, pH levels, temp, concentration of dissolved chemicals in the lake, thereby helpin...
- Dolphins’ rise in Ganga surprises environmentalistsEnvironmentalists are doubtful over the findings of recently conducted Ganga Dolphin Census citing increasing pollution load in Ganga.
- Rajasthan govt sanctions mining leases in leopard reserveThe Rajasthan government, in violation of the Supreme Court order on mining near forest areas, has sanctioned about 10 stone quarries adjac...
- Hope floats for Gangetic dolphinsState to conduct survey and awareness drives on endangered species
- Singapore managed to clean its lifeline in 10 years but Delhi is letting its Yamuna die a slow deathIn a period of 10 years and at a cost of about Singapore $300 million, the city managed to clean up the river completely and turn it into a...
- 'Declare mangroves protected forests'Is it a case of fence eating the crop? Green activists say the government is the biggest culprit for the depletion of mangrove forests in I...
- Large dams pose threat to Brahmaputra dolphinsConstruction of large dams on the Brahmaputra and its tributaries, being opposed by many quarters, is also posing a serious threat to river...
- Endangered dolphins made national aquatic animalAlarmed over the sharp drop in the number of freshwater dolphins, the Manmohan Singh government on Monday declared dolphins as a national a...
- Religious leaders doing their bit to save freshwater dolphinsReligious leaders and locals of this sleepy town are doing their bit to save the endangered fresh water dolphins found in the river Ganga.
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