Odisha govt deploys more manpower, equipment to abate forest fire across state
Mar 10, 2021, at 01:24 am
Bhubaneswar/UNI: Odisha government has decided to engage more manpower, equipment and initiated a lot of measures to check and contain the ongoing forest fire in the state.
Land use changes in Himalaya: Clear and Present Danger to birds
Mar 09, 2021, at 11:29 pm
Scientists have recorded a drastic loss in forest birds due to land-use changes in the western Himalayas. TV Padma of Mongabay India reports
Jammu and Kashmir: SSP Srinagar launches plantation drive at DPL
Mar 08, 2021, at 11:52 pm
Srinagar: SSP Srinagar Dr M Haseeb Mughal today kick started a plantation drive at the District Police Headquarters (DPL) Srinagar.
Save trees from porcupine attacks with jute bag coverings: Dir Horticulture
Mar 08, 2021, at 11:39 pm
Srinagar: The Director Horticulture on Sunday urged the farmers and fruit growers to cover the trunk of apple and almond trees with jute bags, HDPE bags, wire mesh to avoid trees from getting attacked by porcupine and other animals.
Wasting food just feeds climate change, new UN environment report warns
Mar 05, 2021, at 05:41 pm
New York: More than 930 million tonnes of food sold in 2019 landed in waste bins, according to new UN research, released on Thursday, in support of global efforts to halve food waste by 2030.
New Zealand declares tsunami alert for north Island after series of earthquakes
Mar 05, 2021, at 02:38 pm
Wellington/UNI: New Zealand declared on Friday a tsunami alert for large parts of the North Island coast following a series of powerful earthquakes, media reported.
Scale up restoration of Wular: Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources Regulatory Authority to WUCMA
Mar 05, 2021, at 05:32 am
Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir Water Resources Regulatory Authority (JKWRRA) Chairman Ghanshyam Jha Wednesday stressed on the Wular Conservation and Management Authority (WUCMA) to scale up restoration works and afforestation activities to create maximum storage within the Wular Lake.
Jammu and Kashmir: DC Kulgam kick starts Green JK drive, plants saplings
Mar 05, 2021, at 05:23 am
Srinagar: The Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kulgam, Showkat Aijaz Bhat today kick started Green JK Plantation drive in the district by planting saplings of Deodar within premises of Mini-Secretariat, here.
Reflect nature’s ‘true value’ in economic policies and decisions, UN chief urges
Mar 03, 2021, at 09:37 pm
New York: Nations must start weighing up the cost of economic profit against damage to the environment if they are to have a chance at a sustainable future, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday.
China's biggest river is slowly drying up, warns experts
Mar 03, 2021, at 05:31 pm
Beijing: After Covid19, China might soon be facing another challenge as the biggest river of the country is slowly drying up, media reports said.
North Sikkim: Earthquake of magnitude 3.9 hits border region
Mar 01, 2021, at 03:46 am
Gangtok/UNI: An Earthquake of 3.9 magnitude occurred in 134 kms
Environmental crime cases piling up: State of India’s Environment report
Feb 28, 2021, at 02:22 am
February 27, 2021: Even with a drop in the number of wildlife crimes in the country between 2019 and 2020, India sees two cases recorded every day. At the same time, courts are disposing cases at a rate much lower than that of new cases recorded, leading to a pile-up and delays -- says the 2021 State of India’s Environment (SoE) report, an annual publication brought out by Down To Earth magazine in association with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
UN climate report a ‘red alert’ for the planet: Guterres
Feb 27, 2021, at 07:14 pm
New York: Nations are “nowhere close” to the level of action needed to fight global warming, a UN climate action report said on Friday, urging countries to adopt stronger and more ambitious plans to reach the Paris Agreement goals, and limit the temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius, by the end of the century.
Feb 24, 2021, at 09:48 pm
New Delhi: As the winter season nears its end and summer trends start setting in across most regions of the country, understanding the changes in winter pollution trends across regions becomes necessary to know the challenge and depth of action needed to meet the clean air benchmark.
Climate crisis and economic shocks leave millions food insecure across Central America
Feb 24, 2021, at 05:24 pm
New York: Reporting that hunger has increased almost fourfold in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in the past two years, the World Food Programme (WFP) on Tuesday warned that 1.7 million people are in the ‘emergency’ category of food insecurity, calling for $47.3 million now, to provide urgent food assistance.
2021: Critical year to ‘reset our relationship with nature’, says UN chief
Feb 23, 2021, at 10:57 pm
New York: During this time of “crisis and fragility”, the UN chief told the United Nations Environment Assembly on Monday that human well-being and prosperity can be vastly improved by prioritizing nature-based solutions.
India registers 14,199 new COVID-19 cases in past 24 hours
Feb 22, 2021, at 03:10 pm
New Delhi: Once again witnessing a spike, India recorded 14,199 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, as per the Ministry of Health reported data on Monday.
Uttarakhand: Mild quake hits Pithoragarh
Feb 19, 2021, at 11:18 pm
Haldwani/UNI: An earthquake of 4.0 magnitude on the Richter scale struck Pithoragarh district in Uttarakhand on Friday, District Disaster Management Officer Shikha Suyal said.
Cooling La Niña is on the wane, but temperatures set to rise: UN weather agency
Feb 10, 2021, at 04:13 pm
New York:Temperatures in almost all parts of the world will likely rise between now and April despite the cooling influence of the latest La Niña weather phenomenon, which has passed its peak, UN climate experts said on Tuesday. “Impacts on temperatures, precipitation and storm patterns continue”, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said in a statement.
2021 a ‘crucial year’ for climate change, UN chief tells Member States
Feb 09, 2021, at 04:37 pm
New York: The world is far from achieving agreed goals to reduce global warming in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, the UN Secretary-General warned on Monday in his ongoing bid to secure greater commitment to averting climate catastrophe.
Serbia is now emerging as an example of environmental hazards of Chinese investments
Feb 06, 2021, at 05:40 pm
Beijing: A leading news portal has claimed that China’s investments in energy, agriculture and infrastructure are increasingly wreaking unprecedented damage on the ecosystem and biodiversity of every country it engages with.
‘Make peace with nature’, UN chief urges at Ocean Decade launch
Feb 05, 2021, at 02:13 am
New York: January marked the beginning of what many within the UN and beyond view as “the most critical decade of our lives”, the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said on Wednesday, launching a major initiative to protect the world’s oceans through the next ten years.
Rainfall or Snowfall to occur in north Sikkim from tomorrow
Feb 04, 2021, at 07:38 pm
Gangtok/IBNS: Rainfall or snowfall (at higher altitude) are very likely to occur on Feb 5 (night) to Feb 6 especially over North Sikkim.
9 Pro Tips That Pregnant Women Must Follow To Cope-Up with Kolkata's Pollution
Feb 02, 2021, at 07:06 pm
During pregnancy, a woman has to take care of several factors so that she doesn’t end up hurting her or the child’s health. One such crucial aspect is air pollution, which can negatively impact their pregnancy. Everyone knows that the air quality in Kolkata has significantly deteriorated in the last few years. This has made it an unsafe city for pregnant women.
Jammu and Kashmir: Srinagar city records coldest night in 30 years
Jan 31, 2021, at 10:43 pm
Srinagar/UNI: The Dal Lake and other water-bodies were frozen as Srinagar recorded it's coldest night in 30 years after the mercury dipped and settled at minus 8.8 degree on Sunday, the last day of Chillai-Kalan.
Climate litigation spikes, giving courts an ‘essential role’ in addressing climate crisis
Jan 27, 2021, at 07:38 pm
New York: A rise in climate litigation cases has made courtrooms increasingly important as a venue for addressing climate change around the world, according to a report released on Tuesday by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).
Scale up funding for climate adaptation programmes, Guterres urges
Jan 26, 2021, at 03:07 pm
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Monday called for urgent scaling up of funds for climate change adaptation and resilience building programmes, so they can offer real and lasting protection against the impact of major events such as droughts, floods and rising sea-levels.
Jan 20, 2021, at 10:50 pm
London: Reducing air pollution to WHO recommended levels would prevent more than 50,000 deaths a year across European cities, according to a study published today in The Lancet Planetary Health journal.
East African countries better prepared, but desert locust threat ‘not over’
Jan 20, 2021, at 04:01 pm
New York: Action to control unprecedented desert locust infestations in the Horn of Africa last year has protected crops and livelihoods, but funding is needed to sustain operations against new incursions, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said on Tuesday.
SAKSHAM 2021 focuses on green and clean energy for its annual awareness campaign
Jan 20, 2021, at 12:17 am
Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar inaugurated the annual Sanrakshan Kshamata Mahotshov (SAKSHAM), a public awareness campaign about the importance of oil and gas conservation.