The National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) said on Monday that creating a basement parking for as many as 70,000 cars is the reason behind the large number of trees being earmarked for cut ...

Nearly half of India’s population could end up with no access to drinking water by 2030. Many of the world’s regions face destabilisation at the hands water scarcity, changing weather patterns and ris ...

To address concerns about depleting groundwater reserves in India, the government has joined hands with the World Bank to execute a ₹6,000-crore scheme called the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY). The scheme ...

MUMBAI: All over the world beach fronts are most sought after as important and necessary recreational space for society, said United Nations environment chief Erik Solheimon Sunday. At Versova beach i ...

Fifty per cent of the plastic we use is single-use or disposable. Each year, at least eight million tonnes of plastic end up in the oceans, the equivalent of a full garbage truck every minute. Plastic ...

India is among the hotspots where overuse of water resources has caused a sharp decline in the availability of freshwater, according to a first-of-its-kind study using an array of NASA satellite obser ...