New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) Terming solid waste management as a "huge problem" for the country, the Supreme Court has said that there was no shortage of funds under 'Swachh Bharat Mission' but there was " ...More

The Centre has formulated the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) to tackle increasing air pollution across the country in a comprehensive manner, Parliament was informed Monday. Union Environment Mi ...More

At least 207 people had died in Delhi because of acute respiratory infections (ARI) in 2016, the year the city witnessed its most severe episodes of air pollution, compared to the situations in previo ...More

Acute respiratory infections (ARI) claimed the maximum number of lives in Delhi in 2016 – when the National Capital experienced its one of the worst pollution episodes in recent times – compared to pr ...More

New Delhi, Dec 18 (PTI) A task force has been set up under the chairmanship of the Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister to tackle the issue of air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the government said. Mi ...More

Sumatran rhinoceros have ‘critically endangered’ status, but new investigation proposes that the species has been risked for approximately 10,000 years. These species are less than 100 across the glob ...More

For decades, pollution and its harmful effects on people’s health, the environment, and the planet have been neglected both by Governments and the international development agenda. Yet, air pollution ...More

Chemicals and household sewage flowing into Powai lake has made pollution in the water body eight times above safe standards, the union environment ministry told the Lok Sabha in a written statement ...More

New Delhi: News about the melting Arctic sea ice may not come as a surprise anymore, but it is certainly a major concern which seems to be growing with every passing day. A global scientific report ...More

A video shot by a conservation group in Baffin Island, Canada, shows a polar bear in a disturbingly starved state. The polar bear's condition may be related to climate change, the group believes. I ...More

Chairing a meeting on the issue of tackling air pollution on Tuesday Dr. Harsh Vardhan reiterated that the practice of holding regular meetings with the Ministers of National Capital Region (NCR), to ...More

Itanagar, Dec 7: Agog with the evidences of presence of snow leopard in Arunachal Pradesh, Lok Sabha MP Ninong Ering in a letter has requested Union Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister Dr ...More

NEW DELHI: As many as 10 Indian cities have figured in the 20 most polluted cities across the world leaving over eight million children in the country exposed to toxic air and potentially putting thei ...More

KATHMANDU: Global warming is not only posing a serious threat to glaciers, it will also result in a loss of 33 per cent of total ice volume in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region by the end of the c ...More

Umaria: A tiger death was reported from Umaria district on Monday, the second within a fortnight in the state. Sources told News18 that the body of an adult tigress was found in Barwah area of Ghun ...More

KATHMANDU: Global warming is not only posing a serious threat to glaciers, it will also result in a loss of 33 per cent of total ice volume in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region by the end of the c ...More

In a major global action against climate change, two UN environmental organizations on Monday signed a pact on increased cooperation and also for mobilisation of private finance and investment for cli ...More

“We already have much of the knowledge and technical solutions we need to prevent, mitigate and manage pollution,” said the Secretary-General, in a message to the UN Environment Assembly, currently un ...More

Searching for a lovely romantic spot on sandy shores, far from the maddening crowd? Your search has just been made harder by a complex process called erosion. This is not the physical process of sand ...More

The state government is in talks with the wildlife crime control bureau to set up an office of the bureau in Uttarakhand that will report on organised crimes against wild species. The wildlife crim ...More