Environment

Digital portal launched for e-issuance certificates of origin for cultivated medicinal plants

New Delhi: In a significant step towards streamlining Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) compliance, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), has…

3 months ago

India celebrates World Wetlands Day 2026, emphasises community centric conservation

New Delhi: Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav highlighted the vital role of wetlands in sustaining…

3 months ago

Wetlands Day calls to preserve the most threatened ecosystems on Earth

Wetlands are disappearing three times faster than forests and are Earth’s most threatened ecosystem. In just 50 years, since 1970-…

3 months ago

Budget 2026: Swachh Bharat allocation reduces by 26 per cent, urban sanitation hit hard

New Delhi: The Union Budget 2026–27 has reduced the allocation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s flagship Swachh Bharat Mission by…

3 months ago

Centre proposes an outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore for CCUS to achieve net-zero

New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed an outlay of ₹20,000 crore over the next five years for Carbon…

3 months ago

India adds two more wetlands to Ramsar list, tally reaches to 98

New Delhi: Ahead of World Wetlands Day on February 2, India has added two more sites to the Ramsar list…

3 months ago

Centre notifies new solid waste management norms

New Delhi: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Solid Waste Management Rules, 2026, replacing…

3 months ago

NBA releases ₹17 lakh for biodiversity benefit sharing in Maharashtra

Mumbai:- The National Biodiversity Authority has disbursed seventeen lakh rupees to the Biodiversity Management Committee of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation…

3 months ago

European countries sign clean energy pact, pledging to deliver 100 gigawatts of offshore wind power

Hamburg, Germany:- Britain, Germany, Denmark and several other European nations have signed a landmark clean-energy agreement at the North Sea…

3 months ago

Winter storm grips U.S, Over 150 million under weather alerts

New York: A powerful winter storm sweeping across the United States has placed more than 150 million Americans under weather…

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