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A termite pesticide banned in 1988 is still turning up in wildlife; researchers found toxic brain levels in nearly half the sick skunks they examined near DetroitA banned pesticide, chlordane, used for termite control, is causing severe neurological damage and death in urban skunks, according to new ...
Bengaluru man's magic! In just 24 hours, he revives a forgotten pond; Now it holds twice the water and attracts Kingfishers, Herons & moreA dried-up Bengaluru pond, Bikkanahalli Kunte, has been revived in just 24 hours by environmentalist Gurunandan Rao and volunteers. After m...
City maidans must not be perks for a fewDelhi High Court's strong comments highlight the critical value of city open spaces. These green areas are essential for clean air and ecol...
Megacity heatwaves are now a fatal nightmareCities are becoming dangerous places at night due to rising temperatures. Lack of cool nights strains the body, increasing risks of serious...
Where there's a will, there are funds to deal with urban challengesProjects worth ₹15,000 crore across six states are being awarded to kick-start the Centre's ₹1 lakh crore Urban Challenge Fund. These initi...
PM to attend closing ceremony of Sikkim's 50 years of statehood celebrationsPrime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Sikkim from April 27 to attend the closing ceremony of its 50th statehood anniversary. He will inau...
California, Los Angeles, San Diego have worst air quality in USA. Check state, county-wise listCalifornia, Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico have dirtiest air as Los Angeles, San Diego, Denver, Salt Lake, Sacram...
New NGT norms make homebuyers jitteryThe NGT, in its earlier judgement in the Forward Foundation case on Agara-Bellandur lake encroachment, had classified buffer zones into fou...
Bengaluru's KR Puram constituency: A rich, young segment hanging by a cableAn unplanned growth spurt has resulted in KR Puram, highlighted by the city’s only hanging bridge, becoming a traffic mess with highly poll...
Quiet flows central prison sewage into chain of lakesThe pollution is likely to lower the water quality index of the lake which the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has redflagg...
NGT orders immediate closure of industries near Bengaluru's Bellandur lakeThe National Green Tribunal today directed an immediate and complete shutdown of all industries around Bengaluru's Bellandur Lake where a m...
Mining firm to breathe life into Varthur LakeThe CSR for Varthur lake will be coming when several other companies, including foreign ones, have reportedly offered to rejuvenate the Bel...
BWSSB responsible for the mess the city's lakes have slipped into: ResearchWipro chairman Azim Premji told Chief Minister Siddaramaiah that rejuvenating 190 lakes could supple ment water supply as 40% of Cauvery wa...
CAG finds loopholes in conservation, development efforts of Lake Development Authority and urban local bodiesCAG says Lake Development Authority and urban local bodies have taken up conservation and development of lakes in an "ad hoc manner.
Bellandur Amani lake froth catches fireThis strange incident of froth catching fire was observed last night at the lake near Yemlur here for the second time in a week's time. Loc...
Delhi government embarks on ambitious project to rejuvenate river YamunaDelhi govt has embarked on a project to rejuvenate the Yamuna with an aim to rid the river of pollutants and stop discharge of all sorts of...
- Indore, Bhopal pollutes its water resources, heavily dependent on Narmada
Indore is now heavily dependent on the Narmada River (70 km away) for its ware supply. Any break in the pipeline or interruption in power s...
- Indore & Bhopal pollutes its water resources, heavily dependent on Narmada
Indore, the state's commercial capital, once dependent on the Bilawali and Limbodi water tanks, as well as from the Yashwant Sagar dam is n...
- Polluting environment? You may soon have to pay cess
Soon, you will have to pay for polluting the environment and making the city more livable. The state environment department is in the proce...
- NGO to take legal route to save lake
The controversy over raising a colony on 8 acres of land in the vicinity of the Badha Lake continues to simmer