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NGT seeks action-taken report on waste dumping in J&K’s Wular lake

July 10, 2002 New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal on Friday directed the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district to submit an action-taken report on alleged dumping of municipal solid waste in Wular Lake…

Environment

UK unrolls 30 bn pound Covid response plan for ‘green recovery’

July 8, 2020 London:  UK’s 30 billion pound Covid-19 response plan, announced on Wednesday by Chancellor Rishi Sunak, includes an additional three billion pound investments in energy efficiency schemes in 2020-21, taking the overall low…

Environment & Agriculture

Alleviating agrarian distress: Provide direct cash infusion to farmer, says ICFA

July 8, 2020 New Delh: The Indian Chamber of Food and Agriculture has urged the Government to go for direct cash infusion to farmers to provide immediate relief to them and to the agriculture sector.…

Environment & Agriculture

FAO warns India of locust attack, choppers pressed into service

July 5, 2020 New Delhi:  The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations has warned India of major locusts attacks in the coming days, following which the government has intensified its efforts to…

Environment

Goa body opposes cutting of 50,000 trees for central projects

JUly 3, 2020 Panaji: Goa’s travel and tourism industry stakeholders have oppposed the proposed felling of nearly 50,000 trees in two protected forests areas in the state to make way for three central projects. They…

Environment & Agriculture

Digital agriculture can double farm incomes

June 30, 2020 New Delhi: Digital Agriculture is no more a fantasy. It is a reality that has started to gain traction in Indian soils. Digital technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Cloud Machine Learning,…

Environment

IMPAR launches sanitation, hygiene campaign; covers Old Delhi in 1rst phase

June 29, 2020 New Delhi: Indian Muslims for Progress and Reform(IMPAR), a think tank of eminent members of the community from across the country and across various sectors, has taken up sanitation and hygiene as…

Environment

Students, youth say new EIA rules will destroy environment; demand withdrawal

June 25, 2020 New Delhi: A large number of students and youth from across the country have demanded that the Government put on hold the new draft EIA Notification 2020, saying they pose a threat…

Monsoon covers entire country: IMD

June 26, 2020 New Delhi:  The Southwest monsoon has covered the entire country, way ahead the scheduled date, India Meteorological Department said on Friday. “Monsoon has covered entire India today 26 June 2020. Remaining parts…

Environment

Amazon launches $2bn fund to invest in climate change mitigation

June 24, 2020 San Francisco: Amazon has announced a $2 billion venture capital fund to invest in companies whose products and services will facilitate the transition to a zero carbon economy. The announcement is part…

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