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 …
A landmark UN report published on Wednesday warned the world to drastically scale up environmental protections, or cities and regions in Asia, the Middle East and Africa could see millions of premature deaths by mid-century. The most comprehensive and rigorous assessment on the state of the environment completed in the …
NEW DELHI: In the backdrop of India’s commitment to eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022, the Election Commission has asked all political parties and contesting candidates to desist from using environmentally hazardous material like plastics in banners, hoardings, cut-outs and other poll-related articles during upcoming general elections. …
The UN wants individual countries to make commitments to ‘significantly’ reduce its production Countries from around the world set their sights Monday on a pivotal deal to curb plastic waste, a source of long-term pollution and worsening contamination of the ocean’s food chain. Thousands of delegates, business leaders and campaigners …
One fine morning in October, 2012, G. Sudhakar, a government teacher, was flipping through a newspaper at a tea stall in Chittoor when he came across news pertaining to the Hyderabad Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). One particular story on crows and their …
ECI had directed to use eco-friendly campaign material during the election and there was no need for PVC flex boards and other such non-bio-degradable materials for the campaign in the state KOCHI: A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday directed the political parties not to use polyvinyl …
AHMEDABAD: Giving more credence to the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, the special committee for monitoring pollution, formed on the direction of National Green Tribunal (NGT), has now proposed a formula to calculate environmental compensation for providing immediate relief to victims and funding long-term remedial measures. The formula was being proposed in …
NOIDA: A teenage resident of Noida’s Techzone 4, Sahib Sawhney (18), has bagged a Rs 1.59 crore project to revolutionise a crematorium at Kesi Ghat Vrindavan from the Mathura Vrindavan Development Authority. Sawhney, who passed out of a Delhi school in May 2018, had been planning to float his technology-based …
NAINITAL: Uttarakhand high court on Thursday directed the state government to reopen slaughter houses which are ready to comply with the norms. The court also asked for a copy of special leave petition filed by the state government opposing the HC’s order of closing slaughter houses in the state last …
NEW DELHI: Taking note of a plea based on several studies and a TOI report on concerns over use of single-use plastic in campaigning materials during polls, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked Election Commission and key central agencies to quickly take a call on use of hazardous plastic …
Ludhiana: Lines from Guru Granth Sahib ‘Pavan guru paani pita, maata dhart mahat’ (Air is our teacher, Water our father, and the Earth our mother ) was the message given to the visitors who attended the flower-show-cum-photography competition held at gurdwara, Sarabha Nagar, on Sunday. The flower show which started …
Analysts estimate that about 17 GW of power plants will have to be decommissioned as they would not meet the emission norms within the deadline, mainly due to lack of space to accommodate the new systems. To meet the additional expenditure required to adhere to the environmental norms for thermal …
Every public action and policy must be judged through the lens of transparency, equality, participatory democracy and its impact on those who are vulnerable, deprived and marginalised as well as on natural ecosystems, argues a new manifesto released by a group of environmental activists and NGOs. The manifesto, titled ‘People’s …
The greening in China is from forests (42%) and croplands (32%), but in India it is mostly from croplands (82%) India and China are leading the global greening effort, which is quite contrary to the general perception worldwide, a study based on NASA satellite data has said, observing that the …
Launched by the Environment Ministry last year, the 'Green Good Deeds' campaign -- aimed at protecting the environment and promoting healthy living -- mentions a list of 500 activities for protecting the environment. Union Environment minister Harsh Vardhan Sunday said the entire world is concerned about the dangers posed by …
Says it lacks necessary details, apart from conflict of interest The expert appraisal committee of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) has rejected the impact assessment report submitted as part of the process for environmental clearance for the two-million-tonne-per-annum Kistaram opencast coal mining project proposed by the Singareni Collieries …
We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter. Livelihoods do Some weeks ago, I had discussed how “illegal” industrial activities were flourishing in so-called illegal colonies of Delhi. This was the case of Shiv Vihar, where factories …
The United Nations award for India's efforts in the field of environment conservation has made every Indian proud, President Ram Nath Kovind said Thursday. Addressing the joint sitting of Parliament at the beginning of the Budget session, Kovind also hailed India's achievement in the global solar revolution. "The United Nations …
Gurgaon: A foggy and chilly Sunday morning didn’t stop 50 specially-abled and abandoned children from spreading their joy and enthusiasm in the debut edition of the Alcis Family Run. The event, which sought to promote fitness as a family goal, and create awareness around the environment, saw a turnout of …
ALLAHABAD: What is it that indigenous people like Cherokee and Navajo of the US could learn from ethnic groups like Garo and Khasi of northeast India? Turns out a lot, but for starters, it could be ways to protect water bodies or preserving the environment through age-old methods followed by …
Directive comes after the tribunal noted the people appointed to the body in Gujarat lacked technical or professional qualifications PANJIM: Expressing its complete displeasure over the functioning of the State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs), the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to conduct a …
