Scientists have unearthed fossils of the earliest known dinosaur relative, a 245-million-years old giant reptile that walked on four legs like a crocodile. The six-foot-long, lizard-like carnivore, called Teleocraterrhadinus, was discovered in Tanza more....

In a major revelation, scientists have unearthed fossilised remains of more than 245-million-years old giant dinosaurs in southern Tanzania indicating that rather than walking on two legs, they walked on four crocodilian-like legs. Most scientists u more....

Aurangabad: Nature lovers can meet new feathered friends at Himayat Bagh on Thursday at a special trail to be organised on International Birds Day. The bird watching trail will be organised by Environmental Research Foundation and Educational Acad more....

Metrowater initiates steps to control unaccounted for water In a couple of weeks, Chennai roads will have more tankers plying on them, to supply drinking water. Chennai Metrowater is in the process of hiring additional tankers for water distribution more....

Tiruchirappalli: Water crisis has cost a man his ear after it was bitten off by his relative during a bloody fight over drawing additional quota. The incident occurred here on Tuesday when victim Mahendran got into an argument over seeking excess qu more....

NEW DELHI: Days after the Uttarakhand high court granted the status of living entity to Ganga, a committee of experts submitted on Wednesday its draft model law to the government suggesting strict penalty, including jail term, to those polluting the more....

Thiruvananthapuram: The anti-plastic campaign by the corporation is finding followers in neighbouring local bodies as well. Attingal municipality, which has already earned a reputation in scientific processing of biodegradable waste, will impose ban more....

Kudumbasree units to supply cloth bags to households The plastic-free concept is yet to take root in Thripunithura as many shops continue to provide plastic carry bags which are below the specification of 50 microns. However, the municipality is pu more....

Highlighting the absence of policy-level interventions to stop farmers from burning crop residue, air pollution experts on Wednesday said the union and state governments need to gear up now for a pollution-free national capital in winter. They were more....

HYDERABAD: Most of the lakes in Hyderabad are ‘dead’. Shockingly, the Dissolved Oxygen (DO) levels are found to be less than even 1 milligrams/litre (mg/l), or at best between 1-1.5 mg/l in most of the water bodies in Hyderabad where water quality pa more....

PUNE: Eateries in the city dump over 150 tonnes of leftover food every day, or 54,000 tonnes a year — an amount that would be more than enough to save thousands of lives succumbing to malnutrition in the state. In 2015-16, around 18,000 children i more....

Nagpur: Almost 90% of the saplings planted in Ambazari forest on July 1, 2016 during the 2-crore plantation drive have died due to lack of watering and frequent forest fires. At least 18,000 saplings were planted on that day. The drive was conduct more....

Hyderabad: ‘Telangana Minister for Environment and Forests JoguRamanna on Wednesday said the State government is committed to take all necessary action for climate change adaption in the State. “We are already witnessing impacts of climate change in more....

Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s (BMC) report has blamed the contractor and consultant for the death of the Humboldt penguin Dory. The municipal commissioner, Ajoy Mehta, in his report on the bird’s death claimed that, “the death of p more....

With no numbers in place yet, PMC believes that an exact count of pet and stray dogs will help them allocate neutering funds The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has decided to carry out a dog census in the city this year, as it does not know the more....

NOIDA: The district forest department of Noida on Wednesday submitted a complete revamp plan of the Okhla Bird Sanctuary to the Noida Authority. Based on a detailed project drawn up the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, the proposed project cost more....

The state forest department has doubled last year’s sapling plantation efforts with 11 crore saplings in inventory across various nurseries in Maharashtra, officials told HT. While a four-crore target has been set for 2017 for forest and non-forest more....

Kendrapara (Odisha), Apr 12 (PTI) Emergence of baby Olive Ridley marine turtles along Gahirmatha beach on Odishas coast has provided relief to conservationists. Nearly two lakh hatchlings have emerged out of pits since past 24 hours, forest official more....

It pays rich dividends in Ramanathapuram An awareness drive launched by the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park to sensitise the fishing community in the district on conservation of sea turtles appears to have paid rich dividends. So far, the park h more....

Coming to the rescue of the ailing and extremely polluted Bellandur Lake, National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday not only slammed the state government but also said that restraining directions would be passed against it if discharge of untreated more....

BENGALURU: The southern zone bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday warned the Karnataka government of issuing restraining orders if discharge of untreated sewage into Bellandur Lake is not stopped immediately. The state Chief Secre more....

Nine months after it was set up, a committee under Justice (retd) GiridharMalviya today submitted its report containing a draft of a new law that is proposed to be enacted to save Ganga river from pollution. The four-member committee had been asked more....

NEW DELHI: Days after the Uttarakhand high court granted the status of living entity to Ganga, a committee of experts submitted on Wednesday its draft model law to the government suggesting strict penalty, including jail term, to those polluting the more....

As cities around the world witness unprecedented levels of air pollution, the number of people dying from the impacts of air pollution are also rising. Global mortality due to PM2.5 – that is, particulate matter smaller than 2.5 microns – increased more....

One lakh neem saplings to be planted across State An initiative to plant one lakh neem trees to restore the rapidly vanishing green cover is being launched on April 14. The Hamam Green Puthaandu, being launched by Hindustan Unilever Limited – Hamam more....

KENDRAPARA: Emergence of baby Olive Ridley marine turtles along Gahirmatha beach on Odisha's coast has provided relief to conservationists. Nearly two lakh hatchlings have emerged out of pits since past 24 hours, forest officials said on Wednesday more....

NEW DELHI: A new bench of Delhi high court on Wednesday took stock of progress made in reducing air pollution in the capital in past few years. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and Yogesh Khanna also sought from the Delhi government details of ac more....

The state government informed the Bombay High Court on Wednesday that the Mumbai and Thane police were treating tweets received on their official Twitter handle regarding noise pollution violations as complaints and acting on them. “Once the police r more....

The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) receieved 63% more complaints on air pollution in 2016 compared to 2015, data released by NGO Praja Foundation on Tuesday revealed. The average air quality index (AQI), a measure of air pollution in the c more....

India and China had the largest number of deaths owing to particulate matter (PM2.5) — small pollutant particles of 2.5 micron size that can easily enter the respiratory system and cause ailments — according to a Lancet study released on Monday. Th more....

MUMBAI: A 63% increase in the number of air pollutioncomplaints received by the BMC was observed in 2016 compared to the previous year. In fact, in January and December 2016 the recorded Air Quality Index (AQI) was higher than in previous years. Inci more....