An analysis by TERI suggests an economic loss of 2.5% of GDP due to land degradation in India. Nearly 30 percent of India's land is degraded and a voluntary target setting for land degradation neutral ...

As the centre feels the heat over permitting the felling of over one crore trees in five years, Union Environmental Minister Prakash Javadekar said that for every one tree cut, 5-10 are planted. The m ...

Javadekar also took a dig at Congress leader Surjewala saying that instead of speaking on such issues, he should answer who the president of the Congress party is. PUNE: India's forest cover has grown ...

By Amy Lieberman // 10 July 2019 UNITED NATIONS — Climate change and inequality are threatening the unsteady progress countries are making on the Sustainable Development Goals, U.N. experts warned on ...

NEW DELHI: The government is committed towards combating climate change at the highest level through its several programmes and schemes, the environment ministry told Parliament on Friday. Responding ...

Javadekar said the government is developing various peripheral expressways to ensure that no trucks pass through the national capital. He said already 60,000 trucks are not entering the national capit ...

Kharif or summer acreage has shrunk nearly 39% until July 12, the most in five years, according to agriculture ministry data. A weak monsoon and a consumption slowdown pose twin threats to the recover ...

NEW DELHI: Now it will be easier and cheaper for Bangladesh to get construction material like stone chips from land-locked Bhutan after India opened its river route (Brahmaputra) to transport raw mate ...

New Delhi: Delhi government’s ambitious project to tap Yamuna rainwater to recharge groundwater is all set to take off. Senior officials said the final approval from the principal committee of Nationa ...