Environmental threats like climate change and pollution are linked to lethargic enforcement of laws governing management of vital ecosystems, says a report released on Thursday by UN Environment.


Weak enforcement of laws worsening environmental crisis: UN


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Indonesian authorities on Thursday raised the number of people killed due to floods on Sulawesi island to 30, while 25 people were missing.


Death toll in Indonesia floods reaches 30


Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari will on Saturday lay the foundation stone for a new highway project to decongest Delhi by connecting the city with the Eastern Peripheral Expressway.


Gadkari to launch six-lane highway project to decongest Delhi


Vice President M.Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday said more than economics, environment safety should be the main thought for those dealing with plastics.


Environment safety should be uppermost thought for plastics industry: Naidu


Chugging its way through history all the way to achieving a Unesco World Heritage tag, the British-era narrow gauge Kalka-Shimla rail track is facing threats - all of them man-made.


British-era Kalka-Shimla rail track facing threat


Officials on Thursday found the tusk of an elephant in a doctor's clinic in Jharkhand's Latehar district.


Elephant tusk found in doctor's clinic


The Centre's efforts to rejuvenate the Hindu holy river have failed to impress environmentalists, who feel a clean Ganga will remain a distant dream due to the Modi government's failure to ensure the continuous flow of the river.


Without continuous flow, clean Ganga not possible, say greens


Peddling on the theme of 'Cycling For Health' and 'Pollution-free Asia', a unique team of students-professors from the Deogiri Institute of Engineering & Management Studies (DIEMS) here furiously rode over 2,500-kms to complete a month-long Maharashtra-Bhutan cycling odyssey.


Maharashtra student-professors conclude 2,600-km cycling odyssey to Bhutan


At least eight people have died, four remain missing and thousands have been displaced due to floods on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, officials said on Wednesday.


8 killed in Indonesia floods


Leading car manufacturer Audi has provided a fleet of 50 Audi e-tron cars for the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) here.


Audi helps provides a feet of 50 EVs at Davos WEF


In less than a fortnight, a low intensity earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale hit Himachal Pradesh on Tuesday, with no reports of casualties or damage, an official said.


Mild quake in Himachal


The BJP is keen on dragging the controversy over closure of mining in Goa until the Lok Sabha polls to cash in on people's anxieties, said state Congress president Girish Chodankar on Tuesday.


Goa mining ban: Congress says Modi's 'judicial solution' promise is a farce


China's continued support for coal power across Asia erodes its clean energy leadership, US-based Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) said on Tuesday.


China's support for coal erodes clean energy leadership: IEEFA


A researcher from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Hyderabad is leading an air pollution governance study on Indian cities, which is part of a global initiative, it was announced here on Tuesday.


IIT Hyderabad researcher to lead air pollution governance study


Top Indian companies have reaffirmed their commitment to fighting climate change by taking bold emission reduction targets and promoting renewable energy that has put the country on the path to achieving its global commitment well ahead of the Paris Agreement targets.


Indian companies take bold emission reduction targets: CDP report


The famed Co-0238 high-yielding sugarcane variety that has placed India on the verge of becoming the world's largest sugar producer has run into trouble due to a 'Red Rot' infestation, forcing the government to hunt for a new strain to check a possible slump in output in the coming years.


Fungus infestation of high-yielding sugarcane variety leads to hunt for new strain


The Supreme Court on Monday said the National Green Tribunal would not take any punitive action against Volkswagen for delay in depositing Rs 100 crore and asked the green tribunal to consider the expert panel's report that went into the pollution caused by the German automobile giant's vehicles.


No punitive action against Volkswagen for delay in depositing penalty, SC tells NGT


JSP Enviro, a city-based startup, is in talks with a garment dyeing unit in Tirupur to set up a prototype microbial fuel cell technology waste water treatment plant that would generate power, said top company officials.


Chennai startup develops microbial fuel cell technology


The Jammu-Srinagar highway was closed on  Monday following fresh snowfall in the Bannihal sector that saw over a foot deep snow accumulate on the strategic route, a Traffic Department official said.


Jammu-Srinagar highway closed after fresh snowfall


The Navy on Sunday "suspended" its operation to retrieve the body of one of the 15 miners trapped inside an illegal 370-ft flooded coal mine in Meghalaya's East Jaintia Hills district, an official said.


Indian Navy suspends operation to retrieve body of dead miner


An unidentified man was mauled to death on Sunday afternoon in the Lion Safari of the Chhatbir Zoo in Punjab's Mohali district, around 20 km from Chandigarh.

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