Search For "environment"
Andhra Pradesh: GVMC enters Wonder Book of Records for pledge against sing
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
GVMC commissioner P Raja Babu received the Wonder Book of Records on behalf of the GVMC for its campaign named 'Big Promise' which involved over 2 lakh school students of the city. The students were asked to educate their parents about using alternate environment-friendly materials and shunn
Read More
Biodegradable medical gowns generate hazardous pollutants: Research
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to new research published in the Journal of Cleaner Production, biodegradable medical gowns, which are supposed to be greener than conventional versions, instead, produce hazardous greenhouse gases.
Read More
DS Group wins the 20th FICCI CSR Award in the Category of Environment Sust
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 20 (ANI/NewsVoir): The DS Group was awarded by the Union Tribal Affairs Minister, Arjun Munda for its water conservation project, Water Economic Zone in Udaipur, Rajasthan, in the category of Environment Sustainability at the 20th FICCI CSR Awards. The FICCI CSR A
Read More
Study reveals diving birds are more prone to extinction
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Diving birds like penguins, puffins and cormorants may be more prone to extinction than non-diving birds, according to a new study by the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath. The authors suggest this is because they are highly specialised and therefore less able to adapt to
Read More
CAQM Sub-Committee for invoking actions under GRAP holds emergency meeting
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
"While comprehensively reviewing the overall air quality parameters, the Sub-Committee noted that the sudden spike in the overall AQI of Delhi is due to a dip in temperature, calm winds, poor mixing heights and unfavourable ventilation coefficient for dispersion of pollutants and the air qua
Read More
Delhi LG VK Saxena approves proposals for infrastructural projects held up
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Even as the LG had consistently raised this issue of undue delay with the Chief Minister in many of their meetings, he had also written twice to the Chief Minister on August 17, 2022, and September 30, 2022, flagging the inordinate and unexplained delay in granting permissions by the Environ
Read More
India becomes second-largest steel producer in world: Scindia in Parliamen
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Monday that India had become the second-largest steel producer in the world in the last eight years. He also said that the steel industry will conform to environment protection.
Read More
Kerala Govt cheating farmers over buffer zone issue: Cong
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
ccusing the Kerala Government of cheating the farmers over the issue of buffer zones along the protected areas, Senior Congress Leader Ramesh Chennithala on Monday said that the Kerala Government is taking a hypocritic stand on the issue.
Read More
India-based company Permionics to service solar wafer orders of over 10 GW
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Vadodara (Gujarat) [India], December 19 (ANI/PRNewswire): Permionics, a Gujarat-based pioneer in membrane technology, is on its way to making major changes in the way we approach sustainability.
Read More
Goals, targets set in Global Biodiversity Framework should be realistic: B
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Sunday said that the goals and targets set in the Global Biodiversity Framework should be ambitious, yet realistic and practical.
Read More
Research: Climate change resulting in itchy eyes and runny nose
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Two of the most common allergens in the contiguous United States are oak and ragweed pollens. Researchers at the Rutgers Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute have modelled how climate change may alter these two pollen distribution patterns. Your eyes may water reading the
Read More
US don't want to see conflict with China: Top White House official
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
His comments on China come as the State Department launched the new Office of China Coordination on Friday to help manage competition between Washington and Beijing.
Read More