China just transformed a barren desert into a thriving landscape — here’s how they did itAwati County in northwest China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has been converted from a desertified, arid landscape into a flourishin...
22 Sep, 2025, 09.32 PM IST
Pakistan secures USD 10 million in funds for climate solutionsIslamabad secures USD 10 million climate finance to enhance water resource management in the Indus River using nature-based solutions. The ...
13 Oct, 2024, 01.07 PM IST
'India's food habits are the best': WWF says replicating Indian diet can help save Earth, achieve climate goalsWWF’s Living Planet Report praises India's food consumption pattern as the most sustainable among G20 countries. It states that adopting In...
10 Oct, 2024, 11.48 AM IST
As India becomes world's most populous nation, cries grow louder about depleting resourcesWith a growing population, natural resources are depleted faster than they can be replenished, leading to poor air and water quality, water...
19 Apr, 2023, 11.16 PM IST
Earth has lost one-fifth of its wetlands since 1700 - but most could still be savedBeing close to a reliable source of water and generally flat, wetlands were always prime targets for building towns and farms. Draining the...
10 Feb, 2023, 12.30 PM IST
Indo-German Development Cooperation sign agreements to tackle Climate ChangeThe goals of the Paris climate agreement and the global sustainability goals can only be achieved together with India, as it is one of the ...
30 Nov, 2022, 09.38 PM IST
Earthshot Prize 2022 finalists announced. See the listThe 15 finalists for the Earthshot Prize 2022 have been announced. Mukuru Clean Stoves from Kenya are said to emit 70% less pollution than ...
04 Nov, 2022, 11.24 PM IST
- Ecological Challenges
The various ways in which legal scholarship is pivotal to good governance are thus highlighted, as is the extent of innovation being genera...
08 Dec, 2021, 11.16 PM IST
Xi welcomes US' return to Paris agreement, says nations must honour climate pledgesIn his address to the Leaders' Summit on Climate via video link convened by US President Joe Biden, who restored the US' commitment to the ...
22 Apr, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
Pakistan skips UN summit in India on restoring landDesignated seats of two Pakistani representatives remained vacant during the plenary on inaugural day.
03 Sep, 2019, 10.41 AM IST
China's ocean observation station at Maldives not a submarine base: Chinese mediaChina and the Maldives had signed a protocol to build the joint ocean observation station during the visit of Maldives President Abdulla Ya...
28 Feb, 2018, 08.03 PM IST
China building tsunami alert centre in South China SeaThis is the latest announcement on facilities China is constructing in the disputed South China Sea, though Wang did not reveal the specifi...
17 Mar, 2016, 02.22 PM IST
Mount Everest getting warmer, glaciers shrinking: researchMount Everest is getting warmer for the past 50 years with the glaciers around the world's highest peak shrinking "remarkably", according t...
07 Dec, 2015, 11.45 AM IST
Supreme Court for stage-wise plan to restore Ganga to its pristine gloryThe apex court directed the Centre to come out in three weeks with a "stage-wise plan" to clean the river for "restoring it to its pristine...
04 Sep, 2014, 03.05 AM IST
The great transformation: India & China growth could be at the cost of lifestyles in developed nationsChoices made during the 1980s have generated secular trends that are likely to lead to a paradigm shift in the relationship among developed...
17 Jul, 2012, 09.22 AM IST
- Pollution in 10 industrial hubs alarming: Study
With India aiming to emulate China in taking aggressive domestic measures to control emissions, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ...
25 Dec, 2009, 05.46 AM IST
- BP to lose 20 bn dlr oil field amid Russian crackdown
BP’s Russian venture TNK-BP is likely to lose its licence for the $20-illion Kovykta gas field although Moscow could prefer to postpone the...
02 Jun, 2007, 12.56 AM IST