Environment

Gurugram: The Haryana government on Sunday ordered schools to be closed in four districts -- Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonipat and Jhajjar -- till November 17 due to the frightening pollution…

New Delhi: Hours after Supreme Court termed the pollution situation in Delhi-NCR as ‘emergency’ and suggested a lockdown be clamped in the national capital, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on…

New Delhi: Photographs and videos of women taking dip in the poisonous foam floating on the Yamuna river have gone viral over the last couple of days. Even as a political blame game has…

New Delhi: Pollution level was expected to worsen due to Diwali. But the nation’s capital recorded a five-year high average air quality index (AQI) of 462 on Friday. Last year, AQI on the…

London: Everyone talks about global warming and climate change as the biggest challenge faced by humanity. World leaders spoke extensively about the subject at the recent COP26 global summit…

Glasgow: An Indian schoolgirl made waves at the COP26 climate change conference in Glasgow. Meet 15-year-old Vinisha Umashankar from Tamil Nadu, who made world leaders sit up and take…

Glasgow: United Nations secretary general António Guterres said on Monday that the world was digging its own grave by burning fossil fuels and destroying the environment, thereby pushing…

Global warming due to climate change is the single-most important issue, which is threatening the very existence of humankind. In the beginning, with due apology to the experts, I wish to…

Bhubaneswar: Due to synthetic materials used in making of idols causing pollution of water bodies during immersion, the state government has framed new rules for the idols to be immersed.…

Malkangiri: A snake which got stuck in a drum of coal tar was rescued in Chitrakonda town in Malkangiri district on Sunday. According to sources, Basu Khil informed a snake catcher in the…