New Delhi, Sep 27 (PTI) An animal rights body today demanded that Kerala government take stern action against members of the Congress Youth Front (Mani) who had allegedly beaten ten street dogs to death and paraded the streets with dog carcasses, say more....

KOTTAYAM/KOCHI: As Kerala's man-versus-dog saga took a barbaric turn, with one particularly morbid incident on Monday in which members of a political party paraded the carcasses of dogs that had been extirpated en masse, cases were charged against 45 more....

Book sensitises people to bird’s decline, its loss of habitat. Aiming to protect not only large animals but also the Great Indian Bustard (GIB), a critically endangered bird, Mumbai-based NGO Corbett Foundation has come up with a coffee-table book d more....

Africa's overall elephant population has seen the worst declines in the last 25 years, with their numbers falling by about 111,000, mainly due to poaching over the past ten years, according to a new report. Researchers at the International Union f more....

A senior citizen out on a walk on Monday night got the shock of his life when he spotted a cobra slithering past him. He immediately called the Mumbai police control room, who directed MurlidharJadhav, 35, a constable attached to Shivaji Park police more....

The Punjab Government has decided to impart professional and practical training to the farmers in the dairy farming sector. The training sessions would focus on high quality cattle breeding, milk products and proper attention to the health care o more....

Rampant illegal mining inside the eco-sensitive zone around the Gir sanctuary in Gujarat – the last abode of Asiatic lion – has only added to the threat to wildlife even as foresters are struggling to contain man-animal conflict in and around the Gir more....

A speeding train hit and killed two elephants in a corridor designated for the animal near Dimapur, Nagaland’s commercial hub, early on Tuesday. Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) officials said the incident happened about 12.25am when the New Delhi-D more....

BENGALURU: Sighted by villagers sometime at the end of August, Sidda, an injured elephant, continues to limp and wander in pain at the Manchanabele dam area (40km from the city), off Magadi Road. While travelling towards Bannerghatta National Park, more....

This is the sixth seizure of the endangered species in Ramanathapuram district since August A week after seizing 200 kg of endangered sea cucumbers, Marine Police of Coastal Security Group (CSG) have seized 200 kg of boiled sea cucumbers, protected more....

Maharashtra has finally declared an area of 1241.27 sq km as a Buffer Zone of Navegaon-Nagzira Tiger Reserve for the purpose of ensuring that the Critical Tiger Habitat (CTH) or core has adequate area for dispersal of tigers and other species as well more....

Mumbai: The figures from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) who is monitoring the water quality in India under National Water Quality Monitoring Programme revealed that several water bodies in the city which includes Mithi River, Versova beac more....

KOCHI: Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan on Tuesday said environmental pollution could have a negative impact on the State’s tourism sector. Addressing the delegates from foreign countries and other states at the inaugural ceremony of the Kerala Travel more....

Bijnor: Owners of 38 paper mills located on the banks of the Ganga River or its tributaries have been summoned by the Pollution Control Board (UP) in Lucknow on Thursday. According to sources, the mills will be asked to treat its polluted water and t more....

The model is based on data derived from satellite The model is based on data derived from satellite measurements, air transport models and ground station monitors for more than 3000 locations, both rural and urban. It was developed by WHO in collab more....

A recent report of the World Health Organisation has revealed Gwalior is the most polluted city in India in terms of air pollution. The report also suggests that the Indian population living outside Kashmir and the Himalayan belt are exposed to air p more....

United Nations: New interactive maps from the World Health Organization (WHO) on air pollution have been released, confirming that 92 per cent of the world's population live in places where air pollution levels exceed WHO limits, a UN spokesman told more....

GENEVA: More than nine out of 10 people worldwide live in areas with excessive air pollution, contributing to strokes, heart disease, lung cancer and other problems, the World Health Organization said Tuesday. The U.N. health agency said in a new re more....

A new report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on ambient air pollution levels shows that with very high levels of particulate matter measuring 10 microns or less, Delhi is among the most polluted cities in the world, second only to Riyadh among more....

Geneva, Sept 27, 2016: Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a r more....

Motihari: Waterman Rajendra Singh on Monday asked the youths to come forward and play an active role in creating awareness on issues related to climate change, water crisis and environmental pollution. “Frequent drought, floods, quakes etc are becau more....

Geneva, Sep 27 (AFP) Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organization said today, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a repor more....

For most Delhiites, choking on heavy fumes from diesel vehicles on city roads is a part of everyday life. With each breath of the polluted city air, they are at greater risk of respiratory ailments, heart diseases, cancer, musculoskeletal and neurolo more....

MEERUT: A team from the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) landed in Meerut on Tuesday morning to launch an intensive study of pollution levels here. Equipped with cutting-edge equipment, the team's primary aim is to analyse the impact of movem more....

New Delhi, Sept. 27: India accounts for over 620,000 premature deaths linked to air pollution with cardiovascular diseases claiming three times more lives than lung disease, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in a report released today, but rel more....

Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that has caused more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report from the UN’s globa more....

Chandigarh, Sep 27 (PTI) Punjab today banned fish farming of exotic magur (clariusgariepnus), saying that it is "hazardous" for the indigenous fishes of the state. Punjab government issued directions placing complete ban on fish farming of exotic more....

Bengaluru: All the efforts by KSPCB and BBMP to curb PoPGanesha idols seems to have worked this year! Water analysis and study of water bodies after the festival celebrations have revealed that out of the 4.12 lakh idols immersed in the city, 2.65 la more....

Mumbai: A new species of a ground-dwelling lizard has been discovered in Goregaon'sAarey Colony and Thane's Badlapur forested belts, 130 years after the last such gecko was discovered, and has been named after a Bengaluru-based scientist VaradGiri. more....

The Punjab government has imposed a ban on farming of the African sharptooth catfish, locally known as the exotic Magur or Mangur, which eats indigenous fish and even small birds and animals. This comes a month after a raid found and destroyed 12kg o more....

Bhubaneswar: As many as 393 elephants have died in the past five years in Odisha, Forests and Environment Minister Bikram KeshariArukh said on Tuesday. The minister did not elaborate how the pachyderms died. However, according to a senior official o more....

Fine particulate matter from industries, cars and biomass causing premature mortality. Air pollution could have killed at least 600,000 Indians in 2012, a study conducted by the World Health Organisation and made public on Monday said. That is abou more....

GENEVA: Nine out of 10 people globally are breathing poor quality air, the World Health Organisation said on Tuesday, calling for dramatic action against pollution that is blamed for more than six million deaths a year. New data in a report from t more....

New Delhi, September 27: Raising health concerns, the World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday mentioned that nine out of ten people globally are breathing poor air. In fact, more than six million people die every year because of breathing polluted more....