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Microplastics in India’s agriculture: A growing problem demanding urgent actionA new roadmap by NAAS emphasises national monitoring, improved waste management, and biodegradable alternatives to combat the growing crisi...
Rajasthan’s White Wonderland: Marble waste dumping yard becomes scenic hotspot despite toxic risksKishangarh's vast white marble waste dumping yard draws thousands daily. Once a pollution hotspot, it now attracts tourists for its unique ...
Delhi AQI: Delhi continues to breath toxic air as AQI crosses 400 mark in several areas on 10th consecutive day. Check update for Noida, GurugramDelhi NCR AQI: Delhi choked under 'severe' air quality for a tenth consecutive day, with multiple areas exceeding the 400 AQI mark. Several...
Giant lake sits on a $540 billion Lithium jackpot, but scientists warn of ‘environmental disaster’: Here is whyCalifornia's Salton Sea holds vast lithium reserves worth $540 billion, essential for electric vehicle batteries. However, extracting this ...
Delhi pollution: After SC revokes GRAP-IV, GRAP-II now in place; Here's what will be allowedDelhi's air quality improved. GRAP Stage-III and IV restrictions lifted. Stage II and I remain active. Supreme Court approved the change. D...
GRAP II imposed in NCR: Here's what it means for Delhi's citizensThe Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) announced on Monday that Stage II of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP-II) will be imp...
Britney Spears looks radiant in her first public appearance since the release of her memoirBritney Spears gave a public appearance after a really long time. She was with her friend Cade Hudson and she was extremely happy because w...
TCS launches digital solution for life cycle assessment and reportingThe tool, built in collaboration with PRe Sustainability, is based on open-source technologies and a cloud-agnostic architecture so it can ...
Rising water spread, coastal erosion: CSE's environment report on India paints grim pictureAccording to the report by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the seven states and Union Territories which are under threat are ...
Joint study group, surveillance squad formed to check toxic pollutant level in YamunaAmmoniacal nitrogen (NH3-N) is a measure for the amount of ammonia, a toxic pollutant often found in landfill leachate and waste products s...
NGT directs DPCC to submit report on 5,000 illegal e-waste processing units in Delhi NCRThe tribunal directed that a copy of this order be sent to the DPCC, District Magistrates East and North East Delhi, Uttar Pradesh state po...
Coal-based power makes India top global SO2 emitter: GreenpeaceIt is estimated that SO2 commonly makes up more than 10% of the deadly fine particles in India and China.
India home to 3 of the largest NO2 emission hotspots: Greenpeace
Price of J&J’s TB drug to drop by more than halfLife-saving drug bedaquiline by US pharma company Johnson & Johnson (J&J) is now being offered at $400 per patient —over 50% cheaper than t...
Will there be budget allocation for critically polluted areas? ask researchers
Will there be budget allocation for critically polluted areas, researchers ask
'Only 2 of 10 most polluted cities covered by real-time monitoring'Only two of India's 10 most polluted cities, Delhi and Faridabad, are covered by the government's real-time air quality monitoring system, ...
- India bats for endosulfan as world calls for a blanket ban
India being the largest producer and user of endosulfan in the world, dependence on this highly toxic insecticide has now led the agricultu...
- Maharashtra govt puts toxic mines on tourist map
Unmindful of the ecological havoc being wreaked across the state, Maharashtra government has put its greenery-wrecking toxic mines on the t...
- Uranium, metals make Punjab toxic hotspot
After discovery of high levels of uranium in hair samples of a large number of mentally retarded children in Punjab’s Malwa region last yea...