Nagpur: Amid pressure from people's representatives, the state government on Wednesday issued a GR diluting procedure to hunt nilgai and wild boar causing crop depredation. Generally, GRs are issu ...More

Mangrove forests could play a crucial role in protecting coastal areas from sea-level rise caused by climate change, a new study has found. The team used leading-edge mathematical simulations to stud ...More

Abrupt warming, that closely resembles the rapid man-made climate change of today, is to blame for the disappearance of mammoths during the last ice age, a new study has claimed. Using advances in ...More

KOCHI: As part of Holy Father Pope Francis’ humanitarian vision, Vatican-based Pontifical Academies of Sciences and Social Sciences will extend support to Kochi to tackle the challenges of human-induc ...More

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SANTA CRUZ, ECUADOR: The Galapagos Islands, celebrated for their breathtaking biodiversity, could face a major threat from "El Nino," the weather system known to wreak havoc every few years. The a ...More

The Centre asks State Forest Department to explain the steps taken for the protection of elephants. Pulling up the State Forest Department for lack of “adequate protection measures in the Edamalayar ...More

SYDNEY: Rising sea levels from climate change are a threat to sea turtle populations as eggs laid on beaches become submerged in saltwater, Australian scientists said Thursday. Eggs buried by fema ...More

KOLLAM:Mata Amritanandamayi stressed the importance of employing a spiritual approach to check global warming, in her message to the summit of Conscience for the Climate in Paris. The spiritual leader ...More

European policymakers like to lecture the rest of the world on air pollution. Asia, and China in particular, is a favourite target for criticism. Indeed, it sometimes seems as if no major environmenta ...More

PARIS: Foreign and environment ministers and other high-level officials from 45 countries are set to gather in Paris Monday seeking to re-energise climate talks mired in technical details and politica ...More

No increase in incidence of contagious diseases due to unprecedented changes in environment and climate has been documented by the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), Delhi. There is increasin ...More

NEW DELHI: Indian Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Sunday called upon the developed world to refrain from introducing any new agenda at the eleventh hour and ensure the success of the upcomin ...More

India today cautioned the developed nations against introduction of any new agenda at this "late hour" if they want to make the crucial climate change conference in Paris scheduled for later this year ...More

India today cautioned the developed nations against introduction of any new agenda at this “late hour” if they want to make the crucial climate change conference in Paris scheduled for later this year ...More

New Delhi: At least 55 people died every day due to natural calamities such as lightning, heatwaves, landslides, earthquakes and cyclones in 2014. According to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB ...More

NEW DELHI: India today cautioned the developed nations against introduction of any new agenda at this "late hour" if they want to make the crucial climate change conference in Paris scheduled for late ...More

Northern India will have to remain indoors during the hottest month NEW DELHI, JULY 19: If the world warms up by 4 degrees Celsius, there is 30 per cent probability that temperatures will be so hi ...More

The title of 1960's film "Ocean's 11" starring Frank Sinatra and its remake in 2001 as "Ocean's Eleven" starring George Clooney, has already entered modern dictionaries. A project that is highly convo ...More

GUWAHATI: Charles, Prince of Wales, is trying to raise funds for an elephant corridor in Assam. A fleet of 40 aesthetically designed autorickshaws will be racing through Madhya Pradesh in November ...More