Environment

India follows participatory approach in forest management along with gender equity: Bhupender Yadav

New Delhi: India's Tree Outside Forest (TOF) comprises 36.18 per cent of total forest and tree cover in the country,…

3 years ago

IPCC Synthesis report endorses India’s call for equity and climate justice: Bhupender Yadav

New Delhi: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said that the Sixth IPCC Synthesis report endorsed India’s call for equity and…

3 years ago

Limiting global warming below 2°C will be hard to achieve, warns IPCC AR6 report

New Delhi: Limiting global warming to "well below 2°C", by 2030, as per the Paris Agreement targets, will be hard…

3 years ago

Solar and Wind share 92 percent of India’s power generation capacity growth in 2022: EMBER

New Delhi: Solar and wind dominated India’s power generation capacity growth in 2022, accounting for 92% of total capacity additions,…

3 years ago

Plastic Pollution: Over 1 million bottles of water are sold worldwide every minute

"With global sales of bottled water expected to almost double to half a trillion dollars by 2030, it is more…

3 years ago

Several parts of India likely to receive rainfall next five days; Temp. may drop 2-4 degrees

New Delhi: Several parts of India are likely to receive light to moderate rainfall, accompanied with thunderstorms from 16 to…

3 years ago

Center asks States and UTs to take coordinated action on air pollution

India has been ranked as the eighth most polluted country in the world in 2022, by the 5th Annual World…

3 years ago

Nuclear power is saving 41 million tonnes of CO2 emissions annually: Jitendra Singh

Nuclear power currently provides 3% of electricity generation in India and the current policy targets a three-fold rise in nuclear-installed…

3 years ago

WMO regional associations endorse early warnings system for disaster-prone in Asia

New Delhi: World Meteorological Organisation, WMO's Regional Association for Asia endorsed United Nations initiative to ensure Early Warnings for disaster-prone…

3 years ago

India ranked eighth polluted country in world, PM2.5 still 10 times over WHO’s safe limit

New Delhi: India has been ranked as the eighth most polluted country in the world in 2022, as per the…

3 years ago