Wellington, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The New Zealand government is stepping up its work to address long-standing problems in conservation law to lay the foundation for future reform, Conservation Minister Kiri Allan said on Friday. “More…
Dar es Salaam, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) in Tanzania announced that it has signed a contract with two civil society organisations aimed at tackling rampant deforestation and degradation of…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Friday allowed the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR & Adjoining Areas to take a decision on relaxing ban on construction activities and restrictions on…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Dramatic cost reductions over the last decade in battery storage, wind and solar energy position India to leapfrog to a more sustainable system for delivering affordable and reliable power to…
Srinagar, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Cold wave intensified in Kashmir and Ladakh on Friday with the Drass town literally freezing at minus 16.9 degrees Celsius. An official of the Meteorological Department (MeT) said the minimum temperature…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi’s Air Quality Index (AQI) again inched closer to the ‘very poor’ category as it slipped to 293 at 9 a.m. Friday morning, System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Responding to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal of a ‘Nadi Utsav’ (river festival) near every river, multiple states with the help of Centre are planning an event at a river…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The destruction of wetlands is leading to the decline of dragonflies worldwide, according to an update of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. The number of species at risk…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Researchers explore the potential for fire management-based carbon-financing programmes to fill the funding gap and benefit degrading savanna ecosystems in Africa. The Biodiversity Research Institute (BRI) announced the publication of…
New Delhi, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) When put forth a question in the Rajya Sabha regarding the possibility of environmental clearance for an alteration in the Central Vista project in the national capital, the Government on…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 40 flying squads have been set up by the Enforcement Task Force (ETF) of the Commission for Air Quality Management, which is reviewing the field level action…
Gandhinagar, Dec 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Dutch and the Gujarat governments are in talks over improving farming in salinity ingressed waters of the state’s shoreline. The Netherlands Business Support Office (NBSO) in Ahmedabad has even indicated…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Scientists have identified a faster method of predicting space weather using the Solar Radio Bursts (SRBs) from eruptions driven by Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) of the Sun that have been…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The pollutant PM2.5 in Delhi’s air during the winter season will drop by 28 per cent in 2030, but will still be significantly above the national standards of 60 microgrammes…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Haiderpur Wetland abutting the Madhya Ganga barrage, about 10 km from Bijnor in western Uttar Pradesh, has been recognised under the 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, bringing the total…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) As many as 2,146 construction and demolition sites in the national capital have been penalised for violating Delhi government’s anti-dust guidelines. A fine of Rs 382.06 lakh have been imposed…
Canberra, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Extreme weather conditions are continuing to wreak havoc during Australia’s early summer season with flooding in the nation’s east and bushfires in the west. The Bureau of Meteorology (BoM) forecast further…
Chennai, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Madras High Court has summoned Tamil Nadu Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu to explain as to why the water bodies in the state were not protected and encroachments removed. A…
New Delhi, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) When there is an increasing demand for global brands and companies to aggressively make zero or net zero emission commitments at an accelerated pace to meet the global 1.5 degrees…
Srinagar, Dec 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) Minimum temperatures remained below the freezing point in the Valley and Ladakh on Thursday as the Drass town froze at minus 15.4 degrees Celsius. An official of the Meteorological Department (MeT)…