Parliamentary panel calls for rigorous implementation of Land Acquisition ActA parliamentary panel has urged strict adherence to the land acquisition law. Concerns are raised over violations, particularly in tribal a...
Vehicles, road dust & industries main Delhi-NCR polluters: StudyThe Commission for Air Quality Monitoring is reviewing an IIT Kanpur-TERI report. It identifies road dust and traffic as the main pollution...
Supreme Court reverses ban on power lines in GIB habitat, emphasizes climate change impactThe Supreme Court's recent decision to reverse its blanket ban on overhead power transmission cables in the habitat of the endangered Great...
One lakh excess premature deaths linked to air pollution in 8 Indian cities: StudyThe international team of scientists aimed to address data gaps in air quality for 46 cities in Africa, Asia and the Middle East using spac...
View: India wants its people to go for electric cooking, but it's easier said than doneDespite the significant benefits of electric stoves and the impetus by the government, its widespread penetration and adoption is still lim...
Amit Shah inaugurates Greater Sohra Water Supply SchemeThe Greater Sohra Water Supply Scheme was conceptualised by the government of Meghalaya and funded by the Ministry of DoNER under NESIDS in...
'Climate ninjas' overlooked as little finance reaches womenAeloi Technologies allows impact investors to provide small loans in the form of digital tokens to women-run micro-businesses such as elect...
Removal of restrictions saw increase in bamboo area by over 3,000 sq km
Forest cover has risen by over 5,000 sq. km; confident to meet Paris goals: JavadekarReleasing the India State of Forest Report 2019, Javadekar said there was an increase of 42.6 million tonnes in the country's carbon stock ...
Involving tribal communities can boost India's wildlife conservation: IIT prof
How NCR authorities must move to provide clean air to breatheAir Quality Index (AQI) measures the concentration of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) in the air.
Massive Pollution: Will limiting cars in Delhi by licence plate work?Will limiting cars in Delhi by licence plate work? Much of the pollution comes from a subset of vehicles (aka the 80:20 rule), especially d...
One in three Indians in 2040 will depend on firewood for cooking: IEA ReportPrime Minister Narendra Modi has been leading the effort to enhance the access and use of clean fuel, mainly in rural and eastern India.
Government approved National Agro Forestry Policy: Prakash Javadekar"The National Agro Forestry Policy - 2014 has been approved by the government," Javadekar said while replying to a question in Lok Sabha.
Escape velocity to beat the gravitational pull of povertyPeople have started brushing up on physics. If you are poor, 11.2-km-a-second (Earth) may be required to break out of the poverty trap.
Arvind Kejriwal will disappear after 2014 general poll: Vijay BahugunaUttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna today said civil activist Arvind Kejriwal "would be left nowhere after 2014 general elections."
- Environment Ministry clears diversion of forest land for setting permanent campus of IIT Mandi
The IIT Mandi will host 8,000 students, 800 faculty members and 1,400 non-teaching staff. The campus will have 308 acres of forest area out...