Tag: environment

PM Modi Champions Climate Justice on World Environment Day In a resolute address on World Environment Day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasized India's unwavering...

The Railways has set a target of going completely green by becoming a 'net zero' carbon emitter by 2030 through various initiatives, including electrification...

With the COVID-19 lockdown shutting everyone in their homes, B-Town denizens are constantly looking for new ways to stay occupied. A popular means that...

Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said India has contributed the least to global warming but is still being very responsible on fossil fuels, while the western world is not doing enough even after accounting for more than half of the carbon emissions.

Even as activists continue to seethe when they recollect the ‘midnight raid’ of October 4, 2019, in which metro authorities chopped off 2,141 trees, there is a similar situation developing at Parel. In order to construct the Parel Terminus, the Central Railway (CR) is likely to cut 1,500 trees. Environment activists have said they will be meeting railway officials next week to discuss other options.

The hidden side of fast fashion The clothing industry is, according to a survey, the second biggest polluter after oil. 

With the Public Health Emergency being declared by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority this Saturday, it is evident what kind of hazardous air people are left to breathe in. The Air Quality Index in Delhi entered the Severe Plus category and no doubts, experts are advising Delhiites to protect themselves. The need of the hour is to take some precautionary measures that can help one from falling ill. These measures might help you to protect yourself from the harmful effects of the climatic emergency Delhi is facing:

It has recently come to notice that a few years ago, some 100 Pakistani Hindu families visited India on a pilgrimage visa. However, since then they have not returned back to their homes, rather found accommodation near the Yamuna foodplains, south of Majnu ka Tila and has been living there ever since in semi-permanent structures, commonly called jhuggis.

In January 2018, allegations swung in the way of the BJP-led government in Assam by the Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) for inaction against ‘coal...

This year marked the 8th anniversary of Coal Satyagrah. Last week saw a massive protest in Chattisgarh when the residents of 56 villages came...