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India backs UN resolution to recognise human right to healthy environment

India has voted in favour of a UNGA resolution that recognises the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment as a human right

Climate change made deadly UK heatwave at least 10 times more likely

The UK's heat wave earlier this month fueled so many blazes in London that the city's fire service was busier than any day since Nazi attacks in World War II

Protect environment for future generations: Prez Kovind in farewell speech

The president said the nation is working with the objective of providing better housing, and access to drinking water and electricity for every family

Govt's plastic straw ban to curb pollution leaves Indian consumers thirsty

With 19 single-use plastic items banned from July 1, including the straws, companies including Dabur India Ltd. and Parle Agro Pvt, have been racing to replace them with imported paper versions

Gopal Rai to hold review meeting on 'Paryavaran Mitra' campaign

Delhi Environment Minister will hold a review meeting on the government's campaign to register people working or willing to work for environmental protection as 'paryavaran mitras'

Punjab to Odisha, single-use plastic ban has little effect in towns

Small businesses say they were not consulted about the restriction and they can't refuse customers

AAP's Gopal Rai slams Centre over decriminalising environment laws

Development should not come at the cost of nature and there is a pressing need to find a balance between the two, Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai has said

Kerala Forest Minister to meet Union Minister over ESZ issue, seeks support

Kerala Forest Minister AK Saseendran will meet Union Minister Bhupender Yadav later on Thursday seeking the Centre's support on Eco-Sensitive Zones issue

UNGA President calls for action to return world to sustainable development

UN General Assembly President Abdulla Shahid has proposed action in five areas to bring the world back on track toward sustainable development

India preparing to submit new climate targets to UN ahead of COP27 talks

India's delay has been striking given Prime Minister Narendra Modi's surprise announcement at COP26 that his country would reach net-zero emissions by 2070

Geologists allay fears over tremors, say Deccan Plateau is safe zone

A series of seismic activities in parts of Karnataka are not major ones, hence there was no need to worry because the Deccan Plateau is a safe zone, geologists have said.

NGT directs illegal coke plants in Meghalaya to pay fine of over Rs 4.75 cr

The 31 coke oven plants in East Jaintia Hills district were working without obtaining the required consent from the Meghalaya State Pollution Control Board (MSPCB).

Scientists discover large, year-round ozone hole over the tropics

Scientists revealed a large, all-season ozone hole in the lower stratosphere over the tropics comparable in depth to that of the Antarctic hole, but roughly seven times greater in area

Asian Paints sees scope to reinvent amid continuing global uncertainties

Chairman Deepak Satwalekar tells investors at AGM that the firm's network penetration and brand strength saw its decorative business deliver 31% growth by volume and 36% by value in FY22

Maharashtra WDFC stretch delayed as centre, state squabble over green norms

State govt yet to give its go-ahead for project's continuation

Need to maintain balance between ecology, environment, development: Gadkari

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday emphasised the need of maintaining equilibrium between ecology, environment and development

India rejects Environment Performance Index 2022 that ranked it lowest

The Union environment ministry rebutte Environmental Performance Index 2022, which ranked India a bottom of a list of 180 countries, saying some of the indicators it used are based on surmises

How to fortify trees in our concrete jungles to save environment

The force of nature is enough to sort out forests, including felling trees away from the wary gaze of city dwellers and human mismanagement

PM Modi calls for 'one earth, many efforts' to make environment better

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the 'Lifestyle for the Environment Movement', a global initiative, and asserted that its vision is to live a lifestyle that is in tune with our planet

India's efforts to protect environment multi-dimensional: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Sunday that India has achieved the target of 10 per cent ethanol blending in petrol five months before the deadline. Making the announcement at a programme on the 'Save Soil Movement', which coincided with the World Environment Day, Modi cited a number of measures taken by his government to protect the environment, saying its efforts have been multi-dimensional despite the country having a negligible role in climate change. The rise in ethanol blending in petrol from 1.5 per cent in 2014 to 10 per cent now has reduced carbon emission by 27 lakh tonnes and saved Rs 41,000 crore of forex reserve. This has also brought Rs 40,000 crore of income to farmers, he said, adding the feat was achieved on Sunday. In his address, the prime minister said India has also achieved its goal of having 40 per cent of its installed power generation from non-fossil fuel-based sources nine years before the deadline. Modi said India's forest cover had grown by ove