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 …
The apex body of Durga Puja committees, Jamshedpur Kendriya Durga Puja Samiti (JKDPS) has decided to focus on environmental protection during this festive season. The apex body of puja committees in the city has asked 311 puja committees to make elaborate arrangements for that. Ram Babu Singh, general secretary of …
As the use of plastic bag resurfaces, the Maharashtra Environment Department has decided to take strict actions against those carrying banned plastic from October 1. Environment Minister Ramdas Kadam told DNA on Tuesday that he held a review meeting of his department officials on Tuesday where he told them to …
When the ban on plastic comes into force across Tamil Nadu from January, manufacture, sale and use of carry bags “irrespective of their thickness” will be a criminal offence. Violations may attract a jail term of up to five years with or without penalty of up to `1 lakh. Although …
When it receives petitions about violation of environmental laws such as illegal construction in eco-sensitive area. Hyderabad: The National Green Tribunal is ready to launch a new software that will allow people to file complaints online using their emails, said chairperson tribunal Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel said on Saturday. Justice …
It’s time to welcome Lord Ganesha to our homes, societies and clubs once again. While Amdavadis are excited about welcoming Ganesha, markets and shops are decking up as the festival also marks the beginning of the festive season. However, with increasing awareness about saving nature and the rise in the …
Four local NGOs on Sunday joined hands to protect the environment of the town. At a meeting convened by NGO People’s Voice which was attended by members of INSAF, Parivartan, the Dhauladhar Sewa Samiti and a number of intellectuals, senior citizens and mediapersons, the NGOs expressed concern over large-scale environmental …
Doing her bit: A student of Home Science College spray-painting a Ganesha idol in the city on Saturday. Home Science Department creates natural colours that are as good as synthetic ones In a small room at Home Science College near Reserve Bank of India, Sowmya, a final-year student, takes up …
CHANDIGARH: The progress of the leather industry in Punjab cannot be made at the expense of environment, says Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardee Thirumalachari Ramasami. Punjab is one of the four major leather industry clusters in the country and is plagued by the issue of pollution for over a …
Rajahmundry: To help make Ganesh Chaturthi celebration eco-friendly, state pollution control board authorities plan to give away as many as 1,900 clay Ganesh idols free in Godavari districts. In East Godavari, the PCB authorities are distributing 1,500 idols seven and nine inches high. Each idol is crafted at around Rs …
To drive home its message of doing away with plastics and create eco-friendly alternatives for it, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will distribute around 52 lakh cloth bags free of cost to people in all municipal bodies in the state. The program, which will be launched from September 15 …
BHUBANESWAR: The drive against the use of plastic and polythene carry-bags has gathered steam. With the state government planning to prohibit the use of plastic across five cities on October 2, many organizations in the city - both government and private - have been switching to eco-friendly materials to make …
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 …
The Tamil Nadu government today moved the Supreme Court challenging the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order allowing mining major Vedanta to enter the administrative unit inside its Sterlite copper plant in Tuticorin. On August 9, the NGT had allowed Vedanta to enter its administrative unit inside the plant, observing that …
Madurai: Residents were urged to make environmental friendly products and adopt traditional practices to eradicate plastic during the special gram sabha meetings held in villages in the district. Special gram sabhas are organized in all local bodies compulsorily on the four public holidays, Republic Day, May 1, Independence Day and …
The Union Environment Ministry has dismissed as “arbitrary” and “unscientific” a 2017 World Economic Forum-ranking that placed India at the bottom in terms of environment performance. The January report ranked India 177 out of 180 countries on the Environmental Performance Index 2018. India had plummeted 36 points from 141 in …
The Bombay High Court (HC) has rejected a bunch of petitions filed by housing societies and private developers, challenging a 2017 National Green Tribunal order and a subsequent resolution of the government, restraining any development work on hilltops and hill-slopes and 100 meters area surrounding hills. A division bench of …
The youth outreach initiative of the Dilbir Foundation (DF), engaged with school and college students, has asked them to make radical change towards healthy food habits as well as take command of the highly-degraded environment. An exhibition on organic food items and sustainable products was organised at DAV College for …
A plan to ensure conservation of the iconic Taj Mahal for coming generations insists on cutting down of pollution levels at Bharatpur district of Rajasthan along with five other districts of Uttar Pradesh. These six districts are part of Taj Trapezium Zone (TTZ) and draft of 23 point action plan …
India ranked bottom of the list in the environmental health category, and ranked 178 out of 180 on air quality. The EPI found that air quality remains the leading environmental threat to public health. Seven months after India found itself among the bottom five countries on the Environmental Performance Index …
District Bar Association (DBA), under the supervision of its president Parupkar Singh Ghumman, organised a tree plantation drive at the open parking space area of the District Courts Complex here on Monday. District and Sessions Judge Gurbir Singh, accompanied by Additional Sessions Judges Arunvir Vashisht, Munish Singal, Varinder Aggarwal, KK …
