Environment

Ranchi: The state forest, environment and climate change department would begin the World Environment Day celebrations with a cleanliness drive at the Biodiversity Park in Ranchi on Tuesday.“The department would join hands with public, students and environmental experts to organise activities to generate awareness about environmental protection,” Sanjeev Kumar, the principal chief conservator of forests … Read more

NEW DELHI: India is learning to live with a hotter future. From Delhi to Mumbai, temperatures are regularly crossing 45 degrees Celsius, heatwaves are lasting longer and cities are becoming giant heat traps due to rapid urbanisation and the growing urban heat island effect.But if there is one thing Indians are famous for, it is … Read more

GMDA’s plan targets planting more than three lakh shrubs, hedge plants and trees across the city GMDA’s plan targets planting more than three lakh shrubs, hedge plants and trees across the city GMDA’s plan targets planting more than three lakh shrubs, hedge plants and trees across the city GMDA’s plan targets planting more than three … Read more

New Delhi: Compensatory plantation ordered by Supreme Court after Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) illegal felling of over 1,100 trees in Southern Ridge in 2024 was inaugurated as Namo Oxygen Parks on Friday.The trees in reserve area were felled to widen the road leading to Central Armed Police Forces Institute of Medical Sciences in south Delhi.On … Read more

The first sight of the new dawn rolls in with almost evocative sceneries. The morning dew sits fresh on the leaves. The temperature offers a brief respite from the waves of oven-like heat to come and the sky is a thousand different shades of yellow and orange.But something is not quite right.The song of the … Read more

Thousands of people have flooded the streets across Albania to protest against a major coastal development project linked to Jared Kushner, son-in-law of US President Donald Trump. The demonstrations, among the largest seen so far, come as opposition builds against plans to construct luxury resorts along the country’s Adriatic coastline.In the capital Tirana, thousands gathered … Read more