A parliamentary panel has pulled up the environment ministry for unsatisfactory performance and low utilisation of allocated funds, saying that it should prepare long term plans and ensure that targets are achieved. Raising concern over pollution, t more....

Come June and a team of naturalists will begin a first-of-its-kind, long-term monitoring programme for different species in Amboli – one of the best biodiversity hotspots in Maharashtra. A databank of different species, from insects to mammals, will more....

Residents had complained that trucks carrying raw material and concrete often left deposits of cement on the roads, posing a serious health hazard. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) on Wednesday has asked the unit of ACC Concrete Limi more....

With several parts of the state facing a water crisis, there is an urgent need to consider multiple ways of water conservation, and young Raipurites are doing their bit. While a group of engineering students have launched 'Save Water', a campaign in more....

Beijing, May 11 (PTI) A giant panda cub, the first one to be born this year in China has died five days after its birth, which officials said was rare among the endangered species. The cub died suddenly after its mother just breastfed it. The cub w more....

How India’s agricultural policy has made us structurally vulnerable to climate change Bundelkhand is where India’s marginal farming dream died. Known for the dacoits of Chambal and the Rani of Jhansi, the arid region, occupying districts of Uttar Pr more....

COIMBATORE: A 15-year-old male elephant and a two-year-old spotted deer were electrocuted in a farm near Kallar in the Mettupalayam Forest Range after they came into contact with a live wire on Tuesday night. The wire was cut off after a tree fell more....

New Delhi: A latest census of plants has estimated that there are 391,000 plant species of which 369,000 are flowering plants and that one in five plant species is threatened with extinction. The report titled State of the World’s Plants 2016 is auth more....

A month-old lion cub was found dead in Tulsishyam forest range in the eastern division of Gir forest and the post-mortem conducted later revealed that it succumbed to pneumonia, a forest official said. "The patrolling staff of the forest depa more....

A spotted deer sustained serious injuries when stray dogs attacked it on the outskirts of Pamukunta village of Rajapetmandal in the district on Wednesday morning. The deer had strayed into an agriculture field from nearby Jalsingaram reserve forest b more....

A 15-year-old elephant and a four-year-old spotted deer were electrocuted after they accidentally stepped on a live wire in a farm land at Odanthurai on Mettupalayam Road near Mettupalayam on Tuesday night. Forest Range Officer for Mettupalayam M. N more....

Divisional Forest Officer, Nalgonda, has granted permission to National Highways Authorities of India (NHAI) to fell 732 trees along the 22.8-km stretch of NH-163 (Hyderabad-Warangal) to lay a four-lane road. Following the request made by NHAI Proje more....

Ahmedabad: Quest for food is bringing leopards dangerously close to humans. Pre-census estimation by the forest department pegs a 50% rise in leopard count in revenue areas -- human settlements near cities and big towns of Gujarat. The leopard cen more....

COIMBATORE: In yet another tragic incident of wild animals getting electrocuted on forest fringes, an 18-year-old male elephant and a two-year-old female deer were killed due to electrocution at a grove near Mettupalayam on the outskirts of the city more....

The Delhi zoo may now install CCTV cameras to find the exact cause of death of 33 spotted deer. Even as officials blame infected mongoose for the deaths, the samples of a dead rat, found inside the deer enclosure, have also been sent for tests. Mai more....

Vaccination drive undertaken for “at risk population”; mongoose or civet cats may be the culprits Having lost 16 spotted deer to rabies since February, the Delhi zoo has initiated a vaccination drive for its “at risk population” to arrest further ca more....

Thanks to the care taken by local communities, the winged guests can be sighted round the year across the State Andhra Pradesh continues to be a paradise for the winged guests as local communities stick to their unwritten promise of ensuring their s more....

NAGPUR: Satpuda Foundation (SF), a NGO working for wildlife conservation and tribal development in Central India, has proved that saving tigers through public health can be one of the options for getting support of locals for tiger conservation effec more....

Nagpur/Chandrapur: The resumption of massive drive to cull wild boars in forest offinance minister SudhirMungantiwar's hometown Chandrapur has come in for sharp criticism from wildlife lovers and conservationists. On July 24, 2015, state government more....

After taking travellers on heritage, pilgrimage and desert circuit package tours, the Railways is now set to hit the tiger trail. The services of semi-luxury train — “Tiger Express” — will begin from June 5, World Environment Day, at Delhi’s Safdarj more....

Burning of plastic and garbage has become a major menace for the residents of ITI Layout in Dooravani Nagar near KR Puram. Heaps of garbage can be seen going up in flames almost daily in the area. This is despite the fact that there is a ban on pl more....

The Parliamentary Committee on Estimates, chaired by BJP Lok Sabha member Murli Manohar Joshi, has called for setting up an empowered authority headed by the Prime Minister for better coordination and implementation of the schemes for cleaning of Gan more....

1. Residents living in and around the lake found the dead fish floating on the surface, raising an unbearable stench. 2. A similar incident happened on March 7 involving thousands of dead fish. The lake and pollution authorities made a lot of noise more....

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday came down heavily on the “laxity” shown by the AamAadmi Party (AAP) in providing the final report on the ambient air quality recorded during the recently-concluded second phase of the odd-even scheme. Th more....

The impact of odd-even on air pollution remained unclear with the Delhi Pollution Control Committee saying farm fires in Punjab and Haryana might have played spoilsport in the second phase of the car rationing scheme. The report said the air was les more....

New Delhi: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday that air quality had improved in the first week of the odd-even phase 2 but then deteriorated possibly due to meteorological factors, crop more....

In what can only be a grim reminder of the apathy of the civic authorities, a large number of fish were found dead in the Ulsoor Lake on Tuesday to make it the second such incident in two months. After thousands of fish died in the lake two month more....

NEW DELHI: Delhi is not the most polluted city in the world any more, according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) urban air quality database released on Thursday. In fact, it now ranks 11th among 3,000 cities in 103 countries in terms of PM more....

Bengaluru, May.11 (ANI): Thousands of dead fish surfaced in Bengaluru's popular Ulsoor Lake on Tuesday due to rising pollution levels in the lake. Residents claim that sewage water often finds its way into the lake, cutting down oxygen levels drasti more....

Kannur: In the backdrop of the recurring incidents of the carcasses of dolphins and turtles getting washed ashore in different places in the state, a special team from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) started their visit along the Kerala coast more....

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which will prepare a report after inspecting illegal mining along the Narmada River in Narsingpur district in Madhya Pradesh. The two-member bench more....

A total of 19 thermal power plants across India were found violating the environment guidelines, including on installation of pollution control equipment, Parliament was told. "Polluting industries including Power plants are required to install poll more....

Ten years ago, when Peter Smetacek walked in the forests surrounding Sattal, there were areas so thick with butterflies that they fanned his face. "Repeated fires in this area have wreaked havoc on its ecology," he says, gazing ruefully at the acres more....

The parliamentary panel on environment and forests has asked the Centre and environment ministry to study the environmental impacts of tobacco cultivation and curing, which is the process of drying tobacco leaves. The environment ministry informed th more....

Lucknow: With ban on polythene bags proving ineffective, environment directorate is now planning to impose fine on shopkeepers, vendors, wholesalers, traders or retailers found giving wares to customers in polythene carry bags. Polybags are back i more....

New Delhi: The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) informed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday that air quality had improved in the first week of the odd-even phase 2 but then deteriorated possibly due to meteorological factors, crop more....

In what can only be a grim reminder of the apathy of the civic authorities, a large number of fish were found dead in the Ulsoor Lake on Tuesday to make it the second such incident in two months. After thousands of fish died in the lake two month more....

NEW DELHI: Delhi is not the most polluted city in the world any more, according to the World Health Organisation's (WHO) urban air quality database released on Thursday. In fact, it now ranks 11th among 3,000 cities in 103 countries in terms of PM more....

Bengaluru, May.11 (ANI): Thousands of dead fish surfaced in Bengaluru's popular Ulsoor Lake on Tuesday due to rising pollution levels in the lake. Residents claim that sewage water often finds its way into the lake, cutting down oxygen levels drasti more....

Kannur: In the backdrop of the recurring incidents of the carcasses of dolphins and turtles getting washed ashore in different places in the state, a special team from Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) started their visit along the Kerala coast more....

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered the constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT), which will prepare a report after inspecting illegal mining along the Narmada River in Narsingpur district in Madhya Pradesh. The two-member bench more....

A total of 19 thermal power plants across India were found violating the environment guidelines, including on installation of pollution control equipment, Parliament was told. "Polluting industries including Power plants are required to install poll more....

A total of 19 thermal power plants across India were found violating the environment guidelines, including on installation of pollution control equipment, Parliament was told. "Polluting industries including Power plants are required to install poll more....

Ten years ago, when Peter Smetacek walked in the forests surrounding Sattal, there were areas so thick with butterflies that they fanned his face. "Repeated fires in this area have wreaked havoc on its ecology," he says, gazing ruefully at the acres more....

The parliamentary panel on environment and forests has asked the Centre and environment ministry to study the environmental impacts of tobacco cultivation and curing, which is the process of drying tobacco leaves. The environment ministry informed th more....

Lucknow: With ban on polythene bags proving ineffective, environment directorate is now planning to impose fine on shopkeepers, vendors, wholesalers, traders or retailers found giving wares to customers in polythene carry bags. Polybags are back i more....