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 …
Nagpur: To encourage manufacturers in Vidarbha to increase use of fly ash in construction-based products implementing latest methods, Mahagenco Ash Management Services Ltd (Mahagams) had organized a workshop on fly ash utilization at Maharashtra Industrial Development Council (MIDC) conference hall, Udyog Bhavan, on Tuesday. Additional municipal commissioner Ramdas Sonwane, joint …
PATIALA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the state government to frame rules and regulations for the appointment of chairperson of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB). The tribunal has stated that "job needed in-depth knowledge of environmental protection" and "administrative experience alone wasn't enough to head the board". …
The Bharat Jan Gyan Vigyan Jatha (BJGVJ) has exhorted people to join the movement for environment protection. Speaking at a public function organised jointly by the Jatha and the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB), general secretary of the BJGVJ Dr Arun Mitra condemned the decision of US President Donald Trump …
As I enter the Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park in Jodhpur through a 17th century sandstone archway, I am transported into a magical place in the desert. The lush vegetation inside the stone walls is in stark contrast to the arid, dusty city outside. The Rao Jodha Desert Rock Park …
Nagpur: Counted among the most venerated trees in India, banyan or vat vruksh holds special significance in Hindu mythology and religious rituals. It is worshipped on vat savitri, being celebrated on Thursday and Friday. The full-moon night in month of Jyeshtha (June) is when women keep fast and worship the …
One may have heard of big fat Indian weddings displaying the wealth more than anything else. But a small village in Uttar Pradesh's parched Bundelkhand region was recently witness to a wedding with a difference. The wedding that was solemnised on Tuesday, a day after the World Environment Day, in …
While the city was abuzz with activities that promised to address and spread awareness on environmental issues, some young soorma Bhopalis made crusading for environment their way of life by starting with little stones before moving the entire mountain. So while the cyclathons, marathons, awareness walks and plantation drives otherwise …
VASCO: Hours after Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) certified the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) as the most polluted zone in Goa, the citizens of Vasco while demanding action against the MPT also alleged the GSPCB was acting like a ‘paper tiger’. The citizens have claimed the GSPCB’s annual report …
SHIMLA: In the name of development hydro power projects are spelling doom in tribal districts of Himachal Pradesh. While local residents and green activists oppose these projects, the government plans to launch slew of projects across state to harness the vast untapped hydro power potential. Those opposing these projects argue …
The National Green Tribunal has taken exception to the delay of six years in finalisation of the Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) and directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests to sit with all the coastal states to decide the issue. Terming the stand taken by the MoEF on delay …
Led by Mayor Akula Sujatha, the staff and elected members of the Municipal Corporation of Nizamabad took a rally on the occasion of World Environment Day, from Gandhi crossroads to the municipal building, here on Monday. Commissioner Nageswar Rao, staff of Mission for Elimination of Poverty in Municipal Areas (MEPMA), …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Life of the future generation will depend on how we act today. The rise in number of events organized as part of Environment Day indicates that people have realized the need to protect environment, said governor P Sathasivam, while inaugurating the state-level celebrations of World Environment Day on Monday. …
On the World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for efforts to save the nature for the future generations as he noted that the entire world is looking towards India in this regard. He said the climate change is a big issue and the youth of the country need …
From manufacturing cutlery made of betel leaves in Mangaluru and set ting up a company in Qatar to returning to India with a biodegradable solution to plastic bags, green crusader Ashwath Hegde, 24, has done it all. The founder of EnviGreen Biotech India Ltd, Bengaluru, who nurtures the dream of …
Human negligence and greed are responsible for the environmental degradation. The world observes World Environment Day every year on 5 June, but little is being done to save the planet except rhetoric. Growing concern over the climate change, carbon emissions, rise in pollutants, depleting green-cover and groundwater, exhausting non-renewable sources …
No meeting like the one in Paris or any law can preserve the environment if people don't come forward to address the issue, Union minister Harsh Vardhan today said on the eve of World Environment Day. Addressing a function, the minister said it is futile to celebrate World Environment Day …
India, then home to around 60 per cent of global cases of polio, was the focus of the polio eradication programme. A passionate plea by children for a cleaner environment during a street play on Sunday led Union minister Harsh Vardhan to reminisce about his days as health minister of …
Protecting and conserving the environment is a dirty and difficult job Connecting people to nature. That is the theme the United Nations (UN) has chosen for the World Environment Day this year. This is how the UN suggests we celebrate it. It "implores us to get outdoors and into nature, …
Sustainable development is the focus of the nation and people today need cleaner greener cities believes N Krish nakumar, chairman of State Environment Impact Assess ment Authority (SEIAA). In an interview with Oppili P, he talks about the need for public partici pation and how the authority will scrutinise developmenta …
CHENNAI: THE southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to start criminal prosecution against the officer in-charge of Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd (TANGEDCO) for failing to stop the discharge of toxic fly ash from the North Chennai …
