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 …
Double whammy for Indian farmers, below normal rain predicted. The southwest monsoon’s overall rainfall prediction for 2015 is 93 per cent, three percentage points below normal. Further the probability of deficit rainfall is higher at 33 per cent over normal rainfall pegged at 28 per cent, Union Minister for Science …
The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences is trying to introduce decadal change projections in sea level till 2095, according to Secretary to the department Shailesh Nayak. Inaugurating a conference on water resources, coastal and ocean engineering at NIT(K) here on Thursday, Mr. Nayak said these were important projections, the impact …
Now one can check real-time air quality in certain parts of Delhi and Pune. The ministry of earth sciences (MoES) has launched a smartphone app called ‘SAFAR-Air’ to provide the data to people. It also provides a forecast for the next two days and a health advisory along with a …
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) -the country's national weather forecaster -on Thursday launched an SMS-based alert system for general public for dissemination of weather and disaster-related (cyclone, floods, heavy rains) information. Under this round-the-clock web-based operational system, the IMD will send SMSs to individuals who would register themselves at the …
An RTI enquiry has found that a high-level committee, formed by the ministry of earth sciences and climate change to review environmental laws, was not constituted according to requisite administrative procedure. The committee, headed by former cabinet secretary T S R Subramaniam, was tasked to review six environmental, forest and …
"There is a link between rising pollution levels and hotter days," said Dr Gufran Beig, Program Director at System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). Temperature recorded at the Palam observatory on Sunday broke all records since the establishment of the centre in 1952. Mercury touched 47.8 degrees …
Erratic Weather Influencing Air Quality This March recorded the lowest particulate matter (PM2.5) levels—fine, respirable pollutants—in the past four years. While this could seem like a relief at the moment, scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) say pollution levels are becoming increasingly unpredictable because of erratic meteorological …
While Yale University researchers have claimed they couldn't find "reliable and accurate" air quality data from India, the Centre has expressed doubts over the veracity of satellite data Yale has used for Environment Performance Index 2014. System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research under the ministry of earth sciences …
A significant decrease in monsoon and overall annual precipitation and increasing trends in temperatures especially in winter and monsoon have been observed in Jammu and Kashmir. A survey of climate change by the Ministry of Earth Science indicates an increasing but statistically insignificant trend in winter precipitation in the Northwestern …
Three extreme polluting events made 2012 one of Delhi’s worst years, according to scientists with the System for Air Quality Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) project under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. SAFAR is India’s sole project for forecasting the quality of air. Launched by the ministry for the Commonwealth Games …
Planners and officials in the agriculture, health, water resources, and power sectors may soon have access to a powerful tool that will make it easier to assess the impact of climate change and chalk out mitigation strategies. The Union Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is developing a range of climate …
In a first for Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad, a Rs 15-crore project has been sanctioned in the 12th five-year plan to predict air quality and rate the intensity level of ultra violet radiation dose on a scale of 1-10. The entire project of setting up such a system to provide accurate …
Microzonation, on a scale of 1:10,000, is being carried out to formulate building codes specific to areas in the city. High damage risk zone — technically termed as Zone IV— is what Delhi has been defined as. In simple words, this means Delhi has the structural make to be the …
India had witnessed a sharp decline in the number of new HIV cases — a 56 per cent drop — in the past 10 years. “HIV infections have declined by 56 per cent during the last decade from 2.7 lakh in 2000 to 1.2 lakh in 2009 in our country,” …
Converting seawater into potable water through the Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) may not be an answer to India’s water woes, but any advancement in technology has the potential for adding water options for the future. After the successful run of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) experimental one-MLD …
Terrific rate of IMD failures prompts states to set up their own systems Laxman Vishwanath Wadale, a 40-year-old farmer from Maharashtra’s Jalna district, spent nearly . 25,000 on fertilisers and seeds for his 60-acre plot after the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) said in June that it stands by its earlier …
Scientists aided by supercomputers are trying to unravel one of Mother Nature's biggest mysteries -- the vagaries of the summer monsoon rains that bring life, and sometimes death, to India every year. In a first-of-its-kind project, Indian scientists aim to build computer models that would allow them to make a …
An independent fact-finding team led by Sikkim Chief Justice S.N. Bhargava (Retd) has accused Tata Mundra Ultra Mega Power Project (UMPP), located in the ecologically-fragile area of Kutch, of destroying livelihoods of the local communities living in that area. Releasing a report titled “The Real Cost of Power”, the team …
India has announced plans for deep-sea mining to meet its future requirements of rare earth minerals such as titanium, platinum, manganese, copper, cobalt and nickel. These minerals are required for a variety of electronic goods such as lithium car batteries, solar panels, wind turbines, flat screen television, compact fluorescent light …
