Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Loss of greenery combined with expanding concrete jungle has resulted in the sharp increase in urban temperature in the city of lakes. Bhopal: An ominous climate change may be knocking at the doors of capital city of Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal, now almost a barren shadow of its once green past. …
For the first time, all 12 Himalayan states will use a common framework resulting in the production of comparable vulnerability maps, which will help prioritise resource allocation. Last week, IIT Guwahati, IIT Mandi and the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore announced collaboration in a pan-Indian, multi-institutional initiative to develop …
In Bellandur’s buffer zone, amount of built-up area shot up from 0.5% to 45% in 2016. As the State government challenges the 75 metre buffer limit around lakes set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), a geo-spatial analysis by researchers of Indian Institute of Science (IISc.) of Bellandur and Varthur …
The Divecha Centre for Climate Change, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, is organising a Climate and Environment Science Quiz for college students on September 11. According to a press release, students pursuing under-graduate and post-graduate courses in science and Bachelors degree in engineering are eligible to participate in the quiz. …
Dr T V Ramachandra, lead scientist at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), who had warned the government in 2015 of the dangers of supplying poorly treated water, to Kolar insists that it is politicians who are to blame for the KC Valley project mess. The annoying part, he says, …
Estimate that, if ‘business as usual’ continues, CO2 emission from vehicles will increase by nearly 24 times If the air around the city looks hazy now, imagine what it will be like in a little more than a decade, when vehicles will over-run the city, assuming governments continue their cavalier …
Under the programme, a dominant female elephant will be identified. “After she is tranquilised, we will put a radio collar on her. She will then be released back to her herd. The radio will send a signal to a satellite which will enable us to track the movement of the …
In their search for new drugs against tuberculosis which is increasingly becoming resistant to presently available drugs, researchers are exploring all options. Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore have found that an existing anti-asthma drug is effective against tuberculosis and can help address the problem of drug …
The recent downpour in Bengaluru may have broken all the past records but that has done little to arrest the plummeting groundwater table in the city. Experts attribute this predicament to increasing concretization and failure to harvest rain water. The city received 166 cm of rain till November 4, a …
Vehicles to emit 1.89 million tonnes of CO2 by 2030’ If public transport is encouraged and private vehicles dissuaded, the city can see a staggering reduction in noxious gases by more than 84% in a little over a decade, shows a report on the transport sector by the Indian Institute …
Bengaluru will host the country’s largest environment and sustainability festival from October 2 to October 11. The international environmental festival, ‘Roundglass Samsara Festival 2017’, will have a series of events including environmental art exhibitions, film festivals, music concerts and summits. The events will be showcased at various venues such as …
The sylvan campus of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) does not represent the chaos of Bengaluru, but it was recently part of an experiment that could one day save the city from chaos. Geokno, a startup from IIT Kanpur, surveyed the 600 acres to a resolution of half a metre. …
DEHRADUN: Union environment minister Harsh Vardhan on World Elephant Day on Saturday said that Uttarakhand ranks sixth with 1,839 elephants. The All India Synchronised Elephant Estimation in its survey said Karnataka has the maximum 6,049 free-ranging or wild elephant population, which is followed by Assam at 5,719, Kerala 3,054, Tamil …
The Indian Railways spends a huge amount of money on diesel to power its trains each year which, apart from the monetary impact, also takes an environmental toll. To address the issue, the Railways is looking seriously at solar and flagged off a solar DEMU rake recently. The Indian Railways’ …
HYDERABAD: Nothing destroys a forest quite like a bushfire. They cause huge damage to flora and fauna. Forest fires are a major environmental hazard in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, affecting large portions of wooded area every year. As per a recent study by Hyderabad’s National Remote Sensing Center (NRSC) scientists, …
CHENNAI: The four-day all-India elephant census begins in this part of the country from Tuesday . The census of the pachyderms that is carried out every five years, gives an estimate of their distribution and population in a particular area. The numbers will help track their movement and plan conservation. …
While the officials from various civic agencies and Urban Development Department are making tall claims that visible progress is being made on the ground in clearing weeds and silt from Bellandur lake, a team of experts from Indian Institute of Science and Lake Expert Committee has claimed that this is …
BENGALURU: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) on Wednesday issued closure orders to six industrial units in the Bellandur Lake catchment area. The board has identified 97 water-based units releasing effluents to the highly polluted waterbody. Of the 288 industrial units identified in Bellandur Lake's catchment to be responsible …
While the urban development department is chalking out engineering methods to revive the 900-acre Bellandur lake, the Karnataka Lake Conservation and Development Authority (KLCDA) is planning to implement the wetland model for cleaning the lake and conserving it. G Vidyasagar, KLCDA chief executive officer told DH that it is first …
Marine experts and faculty of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi not to grant environmental clearance to the proposed port at Tadadi in the Aghanshini estuary of Uttara Kannada district. In a letter to the prime minister in March, Prof T V Ramachandra, Co-ordinator, …
