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Who was Jaspal Rana? All about his wife Aarushie Verma, ex Reena Rana, family, children, father, awards and achievementsJaspal Rana's Wife: Renowned Indian shooter and coach Jaspal Rana passed away at 49 after health complications. A former champion, Rana tra...
Saalumarada Thimmakka passes away at 114, Padma Shri Awardee leaves behind a legacy of 385 Banyan treesSaalumarada Thimmakka Dies: Renowned environmentalist Saalumarada Thimmakka, a Padma Shri recipient, has passed away at 114 in Bengaluru. K...
India's devastating monsoon season is a sign of things to come, as climate and poor planning combineThe devastation of this year's monsoon season in India, which runs from June to September, has been significant: Local government estimates...
1,000 Sandalwood saplings to be planted in Delhi; guards to provide 24/7 securityNDMC official Kuljeet Singh Chahal said in an interview that a total of 1,000 saplings of red and white sandalwood trees would be planted i...
Over 200 rare marine animals died due to chemical leak from sunk ship, hears Lankan courtBriefing on the damage to aquatic life in the aftermath of 'X-Press Pearl' container ship sinking, the attorney general's office told the m...
Mamata Banerjee's mangrove project does not enthuse eco-watchersSpecialists who have been observing Sunderbans’ ecology wondered whether it was possible to plant five crore or even more saplings in this ...
Green Energy firms plan to move Supreme Court to seek revision of endangered bird orderPower developers such as Adani Green, Tata Power Renewables, ReNew Power, Hero Future Energies and Avaada hope this will address their conc...
Award-winning designer Wendell Rodricks passes away at 59; Sabyasachi calls it a sad day for Indian fashion, Onir remembers a kind friendA Padma Shri awardee, Rodricks was also an author, environmentalist and gay rights activist.
No Indian study to show pollution shortens life: Javadekar; draws flak from environment expertsEarlier in the day, while responding to a query in the Lok Sabha, Javadekar said no Indian study has shown any correlation between pollutio...
View: Netas must understand that growth can’t be at the cost of environmentNitin Gadkari is now working with the law ministry to enact legislation to ensure that airport and port construction do not need environmen...
Great Indian Bustard nearing extinction due to high voltage power lines: Environment ministryOnly 150 Great Indian Bustard are left, with the maximum number in Jaisalmer. They are dying at the rate of 15 per cent annually due to col...
View: Take a leaf from Gujarat, and let tribals own and operate forestsIn five years, 31 tribal villages have supplied over Rs 30 crore worth of bamboo, providing wages totalling almost Rs 20 crore to thousands...
Australia court revokes approval for Adani's coal mine projectEnvironmentalists hailed the ruling against the Carmichael mine as another setback for the project, estimated to cost up to $16 billion.
350-tonne oil spill by Bangladeshi ship threatens SunderbansThe site, near Mongla port, is about 100 km from the Kolkata port and Indian officials are on alert over the possibility of the oil slick s...
- 350-tonne oil spill by Bangladeshi ship threatens Sunderbans
The fragile Sundarbans region stared at an ecological nightmare after a vessel carrying 350 tonnes of oil crashed, spilling the toxic liqui...
World Wetlands Day: Need to save our marshlands and mangrovesThe sight of dead mangroves standing still in the disturbed wetland near Seawoods railway station, as hectic landfill and flattening work t...
- Vulture numbers rise up for first time in 20 years, study shows
The vulture population in India started to fall dramatically in the early 1990s and more than 99 per cent of the big scavenging birds were ...
- Tossing iron powder into ocean to fight global warming
Indian scientists, along with their foreign counterparts are embarking on an expedition to find whether tossing iron powder into the ocean ...
- Gharials may not be released in Chambal
Environmentalists and conservationists may find hard to digest the forest department’s decision not to release a new set of gharial (alliga...
- Government refuses to take note of hazards of e-waste
A flood always comes with its own detritus. India’s IT explosion may have fuelled economic growth.