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 …
MUMBAI: The 'Presentation and discussion of the World Energy Outlook Special Report: India Energy Outlook', will be officially launched on December 1 at the Victor Menezes Convention Centre of the IIT-Bombay. The presentation and the discussion of special report is organised by the International Energy Agency with support from IIT-B, …
The woes of the residents of the Capital persist as the air quality of the city continued to deteriorate oscillating between the categories of poor and very poor. According to Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) there will be a high development of fog, which on coming in contact with pollutants will …
The Capital’s plan to combat poor air quality may see a redesign soon with a new study giving authorities insights into what really causes pollution, something there has been little information about so far. The draft report of a study, which was started in 2013 by the Indian Institute of …
To give unencumbered grant of up to Rs.50 lakh to each innovator, who will own the patent Drug firm Pfizer has partnered with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi to launch an initiative to support individuals and start-ups for creating healthcare innovations in the country. The initiative — “Pfizer …
For the past three days, Delhiites have been breathing air that's almost as noxious as the air during this year's Diwali, indicating a rapid deterioration in pollution levels caused by local emissions and weather conditions. The air quality index currently is in 'very poor' category, close to the 'severe' zone …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday sought a report on emissions from diesel locomotives and a comparative chart with regard to international standards. The tribunal, which was hearing a petition filed by Dwarka resident S.K. Goyal about harmful emissions from diesel locomotives, has directed the Ministry of Railways to …
With no Indian standards and code of practice available in the country for most of the new technologies developed indigenously as also those sourced from other countries, the Housing and Urban Alleviation Ministry is commissioning a study to evolve testing protocol to promote their implementation. The IIT-Kanpur will conduct the …
Report facilitate permission for more plants in state's power hub The prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur report for the Chhattisgarh government on pollution in Korba had come under the scanner with environment activists pointing several flaws in the research. The report had facilitated the ministry of environment, forest …
AGRA: One of the major threats to the Taj Mahal — a high level of particulate matter (PM) responsible for masking the white marble sheen - is being released into air on account of large scale burning of municipal solid waste (MSW) in the city. A joint study by the …
As the Delhi government’s action plan to reduce noise pollution in the Panchsheel Park area, a silence zone, is still not ready, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked the three municipal corporations and the traffic police to do what is needed for its preparation. The tribunal has given …
Environment Ministry today said that 20 of its senior officers will undertake assessment and periodical review of Critically Polluted Areas (CPAs) as it underlined that its "thrust" now will be on compliance after it has "enabled ease of doing business". The officers designated for the purpose have been directed to …
With pulses too expensive and unavailable on PDS, the urban and rural poor are relying heavily on starch for sustenance Women and men working on the hillsides is a common sight when travelling through Odisha's Kandhamal district. All day, they crouch in the scorching sun, using crude tools to break …
In a major relief for Uttarakhand, the Supreme Court has said the environment ministry was free to approve hydropower projects in the state, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi river basins. The relief — in the form of an explicit clarification by the apex court on Monday that its earlier order asking the …
MUMBAI: The lush green Powai campus of IIT-Bombay witnessed a vivid `Recycle Cyclothon' during the Techfest event on Sunday, October 4, to highlight nature conservation. It was organised by Techfest IIT-Bombay in association with British Council and Young Environmentalists Programme Trust. Over 1000 participants from all walks of life participated. …
India will now be one of the many countries where Nasa's airborne hyperspectral imaging campaign will take place which will closely monitor various changes taking place in the earth's atmosphere and capture high resolution images through the spectrometer developed by Nasa's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL). Alok Chaterjee, scientist at the …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked the Haryana government to submit air pollution data to substantiate the actual impact of Gurgaon's experiment with Car-Free Day on Tuesday. The expected improvement in air quality due to lesser number of cars on the roads may be crucial in determining the …
A soon to be released study funded by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority’s (MMRDA) Environment Improvement Society has found that construction activity emissions are in direct correlation with the overall concentration of particulate matter (PM), irrespective of the number of vehicles. The Environment Policy and Research India (EPRI) team …
On Monday morning, a man working with a leading private company was spotted praying on the footpath right outside the National Green Tribunal. All by himself, with his eyes shut, 43 year old Ketan Bajaj, a resident of Sarita Vihar, intended to snap government bodies out of their slumber. He …
It invites suggestions on its draft solar policy The Delhi Dialogue Commission today sought suggestions from people over its draft of the Solar Energy Policy of the national Capital for which it has proposed 1 GW (1,000 mega watt) solar power capacity in the next five years. The draft policy …
Research and technology development in the field of renewable energy sources will be carried out at the institute Odisha may soon have a National Institute of New Energy to carry out research and technology development in the field of renewable energy sources. "The institute will carry out research and development …
