IMD issues thunderstorm warning for Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

In two separate incidents Customs officials of Trichy Airport seized gold worth one crore rupees from two male passengers.

Amid rising environmental problems, over 300 children from India presented their recommendations on the draft of UN General Comment 26 (GC 26) to Mikiko Otani, the United Nations Chair of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.

Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) [India], August 17 (ANI): Belacoba forest rangers seized one full adult leopard skin and two red panda skins from the Belacoba forest range under Baikunthapur forest division in Jalpaiguri district, and arrested three Nepali nationals.

Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 30 (ANI): A cyclonic circulation over the Tamil Nadu region will bring heavy rain to Chennai and surrounding districts on August 1 and 2, the Regional Meteorological Center (RMC) predicted on Friday.

New Delhi [India], June 19 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav attended a virtual meeting of the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate (MEF) on Friday where he called upon the members of MEF to launch a global movement on LIFE i.e. Lifestyle for Environment as espoused by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the COP26 in Glasgow.

New Delhi [India], June 5 (ANI): To mark the importance of 'Mother Nature', the World Environment Day is celebrated each year on June 5 to spread awareness regarding the protection and nurturing of the environment to make Earth a better place to live.

New Delhi [India], December 2 (ANI): Annually the date December 2 is observed as National Pollution Control Day to commemorate the lives lost in the Bhopal Gas tragedy of 1984.

New Delhi [India], November 24 (ANI): Renewable energy startup Ohmium International, through its Indian subsidiary, has shipped its first unit of electrolyzer from India to the United States, as a first step towards establishing India as a global hub for green hydrogen generation, said the company on Wednesday.

New Delhi [India], November 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari said that India must be aligned with the commitment made by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently at the COP-26 summit to achieve the target of net-zero emissions or a carbon-neutral country by the year 2070.

New Delhi [India], October 23 (ANI): Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav held a bilateral meeting with UK Foreign Minister Elizabeth Truss here in New Delhi and assured India's full support to the UK during their United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) presidency and said that the upcoming Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP 26) should be the COP of action and implementation.