New Delhi, Oct 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) A new report, published ahead of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference (COP26), on Tuesday called for a radical change in how governments plan, deliver and manage infrastructure — emphasising…
By Nivedita Khandekar New Delhi, Oct 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Hornbills are large, endangered, fruit-eating birds found across Asian forests with only certain fleshy fruit trees and yet, they are responsible for dispersing seeds in large patches,…
Kevadiya (Gujarat), Oct 12 (SocialNews.XYZ) Union Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav on Monday gave away Prani Mitra awards for outstanding contribution by zoo director, curator, biologist, educationists, veterinarian and the animal…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Highlighting the importance of conservation awareness and its value in conflict mitigation strategies, Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav on Monday suggested an inclusive approach as the way forward for zoos….
New Delhi, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) India aims to achieve economic growth like advanced countries, but it will not copy their path of development as it is aware of the environmental cost, Union Housing and Urban…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Centre has come out with draft regulations for extended producer responsibility (EPR) under Rule 9 (1) of the Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016, wherein the EPR shall be applicable…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Ten days after it put out a Consultation Paper on the proposed amendments in the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has extended…
By Vishal Gulati New Delhi, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) As world leaders gather in Scotland’s largest city Glasgow for upcoming COP26 — the 2021 edition of the United Nations Annual Climate Change Conference, governments will come…
Chennai, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) regional centre has predicted moderate to heavy rainfall in Chennai and adjoining areas. Thunderstorms and moderate rain is likely in many parts of Chennai on Monday,…
Kathmandu, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nepal has managed to increase forested areas and the population of endangered animals, tigers and one-horned rhinos in particular, in its efforts to preserve biodiversity over the years, according to the…
Beijing, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) Natural disasters affected about 94.94 million people in China between January to September this year, with 792 dead or missing, according to the Ministry of Emergency Management. About 5.26 million people…
Srinagar, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) The higher reaches of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh witnessed the season’s first snowfall on Monday as the minimum temperatures dropped all across the two union territories. The Met Office said…
New Delhi, Oct 11 (SocialNews.XYZ) There will be a clear sky in the national capital on Monday, with the maximum temperature likely to hover around 36 degrees Celsius and the minimum at 22.5 degrees Celsius….
By Nivedita Khandekar New Delhi, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Six weeks before the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change released a Consultation Paper with several proposals to amendment in the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, it…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Satellite images by NASA have shown the increasing instances of farm fires vis-a-vis stubble burning not just in Punjab and Haryana in the Indian side but also over large areas…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Satellite images by NASA have shown the increasing instances of farm fires vis-a-vis stubble burning not just in Punjab and Haryana in the Indian side but also over large areas…
New Delhi, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) Even as conditions have become favourable for further withdrawal of southwest monsoon from large parts of northwest India, two cyclonic circulations in the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal…
Guwahati, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) A woman in Assam’s Golaghat district has been trampled to death by a wild elephant, officials said on Sunday. Forest officials said that a wild elephant on Saturday attacked Jyoti Tanti,…
Chennai, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu Water Resources Department on Sunday issued a flood alert in Chennai suburbs following heavy rains and as the Poondi or Sathyamurthy Sagar Reservoir, which is the main drinking…
Beijing, Oct 10 (SocialNews.XYZ) More than 120,000 people have been temporarily evacuated after continuous rainfall triggered floods in north China’s Shanxi province, authorities said on Sunday. The floods have disrupted the lives of 1.76 million…