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 ...
31 Mar, 2025, 09.29 PM IST
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...
05 Dec, 2024, 07.45 PM IST
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...
21 Oct, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
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...
20 Nov, 2023, 09.39 PM IST
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 ...
18 Sep, 2023, 04.07 PM IST
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 ...
05 Jun, 2022, 05.08 PM IST
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...
05 Jan, 2021, 08.14 PM IST
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...
22 Oct, 2019, 03.09 PM IST
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.
20 Aug, 2019, 10.45 AM IST
India home to 3 of the largest NO2 emission hotspots: Greenpeace29 Oct, 2018, 10.41 PM IST
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...
21 Aug, 2018, 11.39 AM IST
Will there be budget allocation for critically polluted areas? ask researchers31 Jan, 2018, 10.07 PM IST
Will there be budget allocation for critically polluted areas, researchers ask31 Jan, 2018, 07.20 PM IST
'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, ...
19 Jan, 2017, 11.11 PM IST
- 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...
05 Nov, 2010, 02.48 AM IST
- 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...
25 Oct, 2010, 12.49 AM IST
- 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...
15 Jun, 2010, 01.54 AM IST