The wildlife trade monitoring network, TRAFFIC India has issued an advisory to wildlife enforcement agencies Read More …
Category: Environment
TRAFFIC advisory to enforcement agencies to curb trafficking and sacrifice of owls
Supreme Court bans 15-year-old petrol & 10-year-old diesel vehicles in NCR
The Supreme Court on October 29, 2018 prohibited the plying of 15-year-old petrol and 10-year-old Read More …
Startup shows how crop residue can generate useful products
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, October 16 : Crop residue burning has Read More …
New centre to help farmers become climate resilient
By Sunderarajan Padmanabhan (Twitter handle: @ndpsr) New Delhi, October 16 : The Department of Science and Read More …
Sikkim wins UN FAO Future Policy for Gold Award
Sikkim has won this year’s UN Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Future Policy for Gold Award Read More …
Central Government notified minimum environmental flows for River Ganga
The Central Government on October 10, 2018 notified the minimum environmental flows for River Ganga Read More …
Global warming impacts on India will be huge: IPCC
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, October 8 : The latest Read More …
world’s largest ever bird—Vorombe titan
After decades of conflicting evidence scientists at international conservation charity ZSL’s (Zoological Society of London) Read More …
Nepal to be the first country in the world to double its tiger population
On National Conservation Day, celebrated on September 20, 2018, Nepal announced that there are now Read More …
Linking weather extremes with climate change in real-time
Feature By Raghu Murtugudde Mumbai, September 13 : Every time an extreme weather event like Read More …
‘Pondicherry shark’ spotted third time near Kakinada
An endangered species ‘Pondicherry shark’ was spotted near Kumbhabhishekam landing point in Kakinada by the field Read More …
Union Environment Minister Releases India’s National Redd+ Strategy
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan on August 30, 2018 Read More …
India’s first biofuel powered flight undertakes maiden voyage
A historic flight powered by indigenously produced aviation biofuel based on patented technology of CSIR-IIP Read More …
Scientists develop promising multi-flowering pea varieties
By Dr. Aditi Jain (Twitter handle:@AditiJain1987) New Delhi, August 21 : Legumes, a source of Read More …
Climate change affecting hydropower generation in India: study
By Dinesh C Sharma (Twitter handle: @dineshcsharma) New Delhi, August 20 : A new study Read More …
Northeast losing canopy cover at alarming rate: study
By Sarah Iqbal Bengaluru, August 17 : Large swathes of forests in the Northeast Read More …
Odd-Even scheme had little impact on air pollution: study
By Rayies Altaf (Twitter handle: rayies_sts) New Delhi, August 16 : Air pollution is Read More …
World Elephant Day 2018
World Elephant Day was celebrated across the world on August 12, 2018. In India the main Read More …
India’s only facility for conservation of endangered species inaugurated at Hyderabad
Union Minister for Environment, Forest & Climate Change Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on August 12, Read More …
Prime Minister launches web portal PARIVESH on the occasion of BIofule day
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the occasion of World Biofuel Day 2018 on August 10, Read More …
‘महाराष्ट्र प्लास्टिक डिपॉजिटरी स्कीम’-पीईटी बोतल रिफंड स्कीम
महाराष्ट्र सरकार ने ‘महाराष्ट्र प्लास्टिक डिपॉजिटरी स्कीम’ लागू करने की घोषणा की है। यह अपशिष्ट Read More …
Dr. Harsh Vardhan inaugurates the most advanced SAFAR at Chandni Chowk
Union Science& Technology, Earth Sciences; Environment, Forest & Climate Change Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Read More …
Distribution of monsoon rainfall connected to global sea surface temperatures
By Raghu Murtugudde Pune, July 19 : The All India Monsoon Rainfall has been Read More …
Extensive erosion of mudflats changes shoreline in Gulf of Khambhat
Dr. Ravi Mishra Twitter handle:@Ravimishra1970 Vasco-da-gama, July 18 : Tidal mudflats of Gulf of Khambhat Read More …
Average annual temperature over India for the last ten years was 26 degrees
According to the Union Minister of Earth Sciences, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, in a written reply Read More …