Sep 11, 2019 Mathura: Soon after launching a slew of welfare schemes for farmers, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave a big push to environmental concerns in Mathura, as he re-emphasised the phasing out…
Sep 11, 2019 New Delhi: If the global healthcare sector were a country, it would be the fifth-largest greenhouse gas emitter on the planet, a new report by Health Care Without Harm in collaboration with…
Sep 10 Greater Noida: The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) is far short of the resources needed to reverse the trends of desertification that the world is witnessing today, UNCCD Executive Secretary Ibrahim…
Sep 9, 2019 Brasilia: The Brazilian Amazon lost 1,698 sq.km of its vegetation cover in August, an area 222 per cent higher than the deforestation recorded in the same month last year, according to official…
Sep 5, 2019 Mumbai: At least five persons were killed in different incidents as Mumbai notched record rains in the city and suburbs on Wednesday, which saw the country’s commercial capital paralysed for the third…
By Amit Kapoor Sep 1, 2019 New Delhi: When a 16-year-old girl who has avowed air travel has to cross the Atlantic in a solar-powered race boat to speak at a conference on climate change…
Sep 1, 2019 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to conserve trees that are more than 100 years old and give them the status of ‘heritage’. The Principal Chief Conservator of forests (PCCF) Pawan…
Aug 30, 2019 Canberra: The health outlook for Australia’s Great Barrier Reef, the world’s largest coral system stretching 2,300 km, has been downgraded to “very poor”, according to the long-term projection report published on Friday.…
BY QUAID NAJMI Aug 29, 2019 Mumbai: For the first time in the 126-year history of sarvajanik (public) Ganeshotsav celebrations, a prominent association will unveil gigantic ‘eco-friendly’ idol of Lord Ganesha, here next week. The…
Aug 27, 2019 Brasilia (Brazil): Brazil government on Monday rejected the aid by G7 members to fight wildfires in the Amazon and asked French President Emmanuel Macron to focus on “France and its colonies”. This…
