Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
Protection of environment should get the highest priority in all sectors when rebuilding activities are taken up in flood-ravaged Kerala, Finance Minister T.M.Thomas Isaac has said. He was speaking at the valedictory function of a day-long workshop on ‘Building of a New post-flood Kerala,’ organised by the Kerala Gazzeted Officers’ …
Between June 1 and August 18, 2018, Kerala experienced the worst floods ever since 1924. The torrential rains triggered several landslides and forced the release of excess water from 37 dams across the state, aggravating the flood impact. Nearly 341 landslides were reported from 10 districts. The devastating floods and …
The CIAL also took home the award in the Entrepreneurial Vision category for its “leadership in the use of sustainable energy”. KOCHI: At a gala ceremony held in New York on the sidelines of the 73rd UN General Assembly, the Cochin International Airport Ltd (CIAL) was presented with the Champions …
Ms Espinosa, who was elected this year as only the fourth woman to lead the UN General Assembly in over 70 years, also referred to heatwaves, forest fires and storms United Nations: UN General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa cited the recent devastating floods in Kerala, among other natural disasters …
Project to be extended to Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta The State government has set its sights on tapping the potential of higher education institutions in conserving water bodies. As a pilot project, the University of Kerala has been entrusted with the cleaning and rejuvenation of the Vamanapuram river in Thiruvananthapuram and Kallada …
Order of the National Green in the matter of Shibu Manuel, Secretary, Green Action Force Vs. The Govt. of India & Ors. dated 26/09/2018. The case relates to pollution being caused to the River Periyar in Kerala by discharge of effluents by more than 400 industrial units. As per the …
Entomophagy is practised on a large scale by the tribal communities in North East India compared to eastern and southern states. Termites, honey bees, grasshoppers, stink bugs, aquatic insects and silkworms are common and preferred insect species because they contain high amount of protein, fat, minerals and vitamins. Silkworms are …
Focus on renewables, harnessing of new technologies The floods in Kerala were an absolutely shocking example of how we are already seeing the devastating impact of climate change, says Erik Solheim, head of UN Environment. As former Minister of Environment and International Development, Norway, he had put in place the …
Chennai, Kochi and Surat are among the world’s top 20 cities will be flooded dangerously. The sea rises as temperatures spike and polar ice melts. The fear is that many refuse to see the catastrophe till it strikes. Chennai, Kochi and Surat are among the world’s top 20 cities will …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: T. N. Godavarman Thirumulpad Vs Union of India & Others dated 13/09/2018 regarding non-forest activities within the Periyar Tiger Reserve. Supreme Court directs CEC to look into the matter and submit a report.
The burden of diabetes is increasing rapidly in India but a systematic understanding of its distribution and time trends is not available for every state of India. We present a comprehensive analysis of the time trends and heterogeneity in the distribution of diabetes burden across all states of India between …
Previous efforts to report estimates of cancer incidence and mortality in India and its different parts include the National Cancer Registry Programme Reports, Sample Registration System cause of death findings, Cancer Incidence in Five Continents Series, and GLOBOCAN. We present a comprehensive picture of the patterns and time trends of …
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres cited the devastating floods in Kerala and the wildfires in California as he expressed concern that climate change is "running faster than we are and called for urgency and action to prevent ever greater climate-related crises. The UN chief said last year, climate-related disasters were …
Citing the recent devastating floods in Kerala and the serious stress to the Western Ghats ecology, the National Green Tribunal has restrained six States in the region from giving environmental clearance to activities which may adversely affect the eco-sensitive areas. The six States are Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala and …
Thiruvananthapuram: BJP’s Rajya Sabha member V Muraleedharan said on Mondaythat the state should review its reaction to the Kasturirangan report on Western Ghats and the government should work towards evolving a political consensus on accepting its recommendations in original form. Muraleedharan was addressing reporters at the programme ‘Post flood Kerala’ …
Expert says man-made causes mainly trigger disasters Disaster management expert Muralee Thummarukudy has stressed on the need for a mode of development that incorporated ecosystem-based approaches for disaster risk reduction. Dr. Thummarukudy, the chief of Disaster Risk Reduction at the United Nations Environment Programme, was leading a workshop on ‘Media …
KOZHIKODE: Total number of leptospirosis related deaths in Kozhikode rose to 19 with the reporting of one confirmed and one suspected death here on Monday. Of the 19, seven were confirmed deaths and remaining twelve suspected cases of deaths. Narayani, 80 hailing from Vadakara died of leptospirosis while Anil, 54 …
This study analyses the August 2018 Kerala floods by examining earlier floods in the region, rainfall data before and during the disaster, and both the reservoir operations and runoff computations of various reservoirs in Kerala. The report predominately focuses on the role that dams played in exacerbating the disaster, and …
Govt initiates steps for rapid assessment of biodiversity loss The intense rainfall that unleashed widespread devastation throughout Kerala earlier this month could have extracted a heavy toll on the rich biodiversity and ecology of the Western Ghats region, according to experts. The government has initiated steps for a rapid assessment …
The notable ecologist correctly ascribed the disaster to governance failures, but his own panel's recommendations may not have been the right solution Last week, a well-recognised doyen of ecological studies, Madhav Gadgil sparked a controversy by saying that the Kerala floods were partly a result of governance failures. He took …
