Sunny Friday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) It was a sunny Friday morning here with the minimum temperature recorded at 12.4 degrees Celsius, a notch above the season’s average, the weather office said. The sky will remain…
Environment
New York activists protest killing of bull
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) Activists held a protest outside a local slaughterhouse against the killing of a bull that escaped and became an instant TV celebrity as it was pursued by police in a…
Corbett to count its crocodiles, gharials, otters
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) All set to take a glimpse of its marine and sub-marine animal life, the Corbett Tiger Reserve (CTR) will count crocodiles, gharials and otters residing in the park after almost…
Haryana makes solar power systems mandatory for private schools
Chandigarh, Feb 23 (IANS) The Haryana government has made it mandatory for all private schools to install solar systems to make them self-sufficient in the field of electricity, an official said on Thursday. “A special…
Modi visit will legalise Isha Foundation’s constructions: Experts
Chennai, Feb 23 (IANS) Environmental activists and retired judges say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Isha Foundation in Coimbatore to unveil the 112-foot face of Lord Shiva would legitimise illegal constructions by the…
Flights cancelled at Heathrow due to storm Doris
London, Feb 23 (IANS) London’s Heathrow airport on Thursday announced a 10 per cent reduction in flights due to bad weather conditions brought on by storm Doris. Parts of Britain were being battered by rain…
Multiple arrests at US pipeline protest site
Washington, Feb 23 (IANS) US officials plan to enter a closed camp site near the Dakota Access Pipeline on Thursday following the arrest of 10 people after a deadline to leave the area expired. North…
Tackling pollution, investing in renewables will help India’s economy: UNEP chief Erik Solheim
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) India has some of the most polluted cities in the world. It also needs to create jobs. So it is not rocket science to figure out that…
Construction industry needs to do its bit to cut pollution
By Nitin Bansal It is estimated that nearly 70 per cent of the buildings that will exist in Indian cities by 2030 are yet to be built. Which means that India is unlikely to lose…
Sunny Thursday morning in Delhi
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) It was a sunny Thursday morning in the national capital with the minimum temperature recorded at 11 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. The sky is likely to remain…
UN Environment starts campaign to end marine litter
Bali, Feb 23 (IANS) The UN Environment Programme on Thursday launched an unprecedented global campaign to eliminate major sources of marine litter – microplastics in cosmetics and the excessive, wasteful usage of single-use plastic -…
Install effluent treatment plants or be shut down, SC tells industries
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) AThe Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all industrial units situated in severely polluted areas across the country to install primary effluent treatment plants (PETP) within three months, failing which they…
You can’t ruin city, NGT tells Bengaluru authorities
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) Castigating the Karnataka government agencies over the fire in Bengaluru’s Bellandur Lake, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday asked the officials to list out the steps taken so far…
Orphaned, traumatised baby bear finds home in Agra
By Brij Khandelwal and Kushagra Dixit Agra, Feb 22 (IANS) Weeks after it was found crying and clutching its dead mother in a Madhya Pradesh forest, a 10-month-old orphaned baby bear on Wednesday found a…
Student community in Bengal to help conserve Gangetic river dolphin
Kolkata, Feb 22 (IANS) School and college students in West Bengal will be among key stakeholders in the national project to develop a conservation action plan for the Gangetic River Dolphin to save the national…
Baby bear orphaned in MP, brought to Agra
By Brij Khandelwal Agra, Feb 22 (IANS) A 10-week-old baby bear, orphaned by poachers in Madhya Pradesh, was on Wednesday brought to the Agra bear centre, India’s biggest. Wildlife SOS official Baiju told IANS that…
Tuna catch on decline in Indian Ocean, says study
Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) Overkill as well as rising temperatures in the western Indian Ocean is driving down the numbers of the world’s most valuable fish, the tuna, suggests research conducted by an international team…
Sri Lanka to hike damages for elephant attacks
Colombo, Feb 22 (IANS) Sri Lanka’s Cabinet on Wednesday approved to grant a higher compensation to victims of wild elephant attacks in the island country. Cabinet spokesperson Gayantha Karunathilleke said compensations would be paid for…
SC asks industrial units to install effluent treatment plants
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed all industrial units situated in severely polluted areas across the country to install primary effluent treatment plants within three months, failing which they will…
Cabinet nod for doubling capacity of solar parks to 40,000 MW
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) In a major push for solar power development in the country, a cabinet panel on Wednesday approved increasing the capacity of solar parks and projects from 20,000 MW to 40,000…