By Vishal Gulati Seechewal (Punjab), June 4 (IANS) Eco warrior Balbir Singh Seechewal, who hogged the global limelight by reviving the almost dead 160-km-long Kali Bein, a rivulet sacred to Sikhism, and developing low-cost community-managed…
New Delhi, June 4 (IANS) It was a sunny Saturday morning in the national capital with minimum temperature recorded at 30 degrees Celsius, three notches above the season’s average, the Met Office said. “The sky…
Noida, June 4 (IANS) The proposed Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) Bill to pave the way for speedy utilisation of funds realised for forest land diverted to non-forest purposes in a transparent manner would be passed…
Islamabad, June 3 (IANS) The Prime Minister House in Pakistan on Friday asked the meteorological department to submit a report explaining its failure in notifying the provincial government of a thunderstorm forecast that claimed dozens…
Guwahati, June 3 (IANS) Newly elected Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday directed the Environment and Forest Department to set up a permanent office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest at Kaziranga. The…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The government has invited by June 25 suggestions on the draft National Water Framework Bill and the draft Model Bill for Conservation, Protection, Regulation and Management of Ground Water. The…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Centre, under the Swachh Bharat Mission, has decided to undertake a special clean-up initiative focused on 100 iconic heritage, spiritual and cultural places in the country. The list of…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Greenpeace India on Friday released data on the water consumption patterns of coal power plants in seven drought affected states, stating that coal power plants in these states consume water…
San Francisco/New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Minister for Science and Technology Harsh Vardhan on Friday announced India’s plan to double the investment for its clean energy research over the period of next five year….
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) Union Power Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday said India was poised to be the clean energy of capital of the world. “The mission… is to increase use of clean technologies…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The total number of vehicles entering Delhi in a day — about 5.65 lakh — is nearly the same as the number of vehicles that got registered in Delhi in…
Chandigarh, June 3 (IANS) Haryana’s Hisar town at 44 degrees Celsius was the hottest place in the northern region on Friday as blistering heat conditions revived in the state and neighbouring Punjab. Most places in…
New Delhi, June 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday asked Central Empowered Committee on environmental matters to examine the plea by the Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Ltd (DFCC), run by the Ministry…
Pinjore (Haryana), June 3 (IANS) Union Environment and Forests Minister Prakash Javadekar on Friday released in the wild two captive Himalayan griffon vultures after tagging them. The griffons have been in captivity at the Bombay…
Bangkok, June 3 (IANS) The discovery of more than 40 dead tiger cubs in Thailand’s Tiger Temple represents only a “tiny proportion” of the enormous extent of an illegal trade in wildlife that is “pushing…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 (IANS) Leaders of the Kerala opposition, led by former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and Leader of Opposition Ramesh Chennithala, met Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday and conveyed their concern over Vijayan’s…
Bangkok, June 3 (IANS) Thai officials on Friday found 20 jars containing preserved tiger cubs during an ongoing raid at the controversial Wat Pa Luangta Maha Bua Buddhist monastery, popularly known as the Tiger Temple…
Abu Dhabi, June 3 (IANS/WAM) The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) flag carrier Etihad Airways along with five partner airlines has signed a declaration committing to fight illegal wildlife trafficking and efforts to help protect species….
By Himadri Ghosh Over the last 30 years, forests nearly two-thirds the size of Haryana have been lost to encroachments (15,000 sq km) and 23,716 industrial projects (14,000 sq km), according to government data. Artificial…
Shimla, June 3 (IANS) Nine trekkers, mainly officials of the income tax department from New Delhi who are stranded in a remote helmet in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh, could not be airlifted on Friday…