The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Green concerns: The Minister of Coal, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, and the Union Minister for Environment and Forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, at a press conference in the Capital, on Thursday. The Environment Ministry will speed up the approval process for development of new coal mines. - V.V. Krishnan Our Bureau New …
Ramaswamy R. Iyer Environmental concerns have tended to be segmented, focussing on one theme at a time. It is necessary to ensure a holistic view encompassing all the themes and the vital nature-wildlife-human inter-relationships. Jairam Ramesh, the new Minister of State with Independent Charge for Environment and Forests, must have …
June 16: India is losing over 2,000 patents every year on traditional formulations as they were never properly documented, the Union minister for state and environment, Mr Jairam Ramesh, said here on Tuesday. The patent offices in the European Union and the US have now been given full access to …
CORBETT: Years ago, he went to Periyar tiger reserve in Kerala, Sunderbans tiger reserve in West Bengal and Ranthambhore tiger reserve in Rajasthan, but he couldn
Giridih, June 15: Villagers in Mohanpur on the outskirts of the town today opposed the new project of Swati Sponge there on pollution ground. At the first mass-level hearing on the upcoming sponge iron plant, the residents also criticised the role of the state pollution control board on the issue. …
Sujay Mehdudia NEW DELHI: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has written to Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa raising concerns about illegal mining in the Bellary forest area of the State that has become a cause for worry among various non-governmental organisations, conservationists and experts. Mr. …
Tribal Education institution Head M B Prabhu has urged the Minister for Environment and Forest Jairam Ramesh to take steps to set up Directorate of Elephant Project in Kodagu and control elephant menace through public-private participation. In a memorandum, Prabhu said that there is a need to solve the elephant …
New Delhi: Desperate to hold on to its monopoly as the last wild habitat of the Asiatic Lion, Gujarat has come up with new reasons to stall sharing its
A new initiative of the Ministry of Environment and Forests for cleaning the Ganga DR. MANMOHAN SINGH Hon'ble Prime Minister To meet the formidable challenge of cleaning the Ganga river, the Central Government has launched a new initiative and established the National Ganga River Basin Authority. The river basin will …
NEW DELHI: What activities harm the 7,000km-long Indian coastline and what should be permitted? Should ports and airports be allowed to come up freely or should even small patches of mangroves be saved at all costs? Answers to such questions could soon be answered with the environment minister setting up …
Mukesh Ranjan June 11: Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has got support from the plan panel on his opposition to genetically modified (GM) foods. A member of the Planning Commission, Prof. Abhijit Sen, an agriculture economist, said that growing GM foods would badly hit the country
New Delhi: The Bellary mining lords may soon suffer a greater blow than the global recession. Environment minister Jairam Ramesh has ordered an enquiry by the director general of forests, the highest forest official in the country, into alleged contraventions of the Forest Conservation Act by mining companies in the …
Neha Sinha Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Thursday emphasised that India would not be told which path to take for tackling climate change. Speaking to 'The Indian Express', Ramesh said:
Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday said that there will be no dilution of the provisions of Forest (Conservation) Act 1980 when it comes to clearing projects that require diversion of large tracts of forest land. Replying to queries on the large number of …
The Centre will soon release Rs 700 crore for the conservation of forests in the State, besides extending a special grant for the development and conservation of ecologically-sensitive Western Ghats, Union Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Tuesday. Ramesh held a breakfast meeting with Chief Minister Yeddyurappa, Energy Minister K …
