VARANASI: The Rs 20,000-crore “Namami Gange” project to “conserve, clean and rejuvenate” the Ganga river seems to have failed to achieve its target. On the contrary, analysis of data collected by the ...

NAIROBI: A quarter of all premature deaths and diseases worldwide are due to manmade pollution and environmental damage, the United Nations said Wednesday in a landmark report on the planet's parlous ...

NAIROBI: The resource extraction has more than tripled since 1970 in the world, including a five-fold increase in the use of non-metallic minerals and a 45 per cent increase in fossil fuel use, inform ...

LONDON: As climate change accelerates, the United Nations Environment Assembly will this week consider whether to start assessing, and setting rules on, technologies that could pull carbon out of the ...

NAIROBI: UN Environment Acting Executive Director Joyce Msuya has issued a forceful call to nations for action ahead of the fourth UN Environment Assembly slated to take place here from March 11 to 15 ...

WASHINGTON: In the summer, when heat waves scorch cities or heavy rains flood the coasts, some climate scientists and environmentalists will point out any plausible connections to global warming, hopi ...

The 'Plastic Waste-Free India' has been anthem, prepared and produced by Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Smriti Manch (PDUSM). Union Minister Harsh Vardhan Thursday launched an anthem as a part of a campai ...

PET bottles, fishing nets and polythene bags may not be your typical idea of fashion, but clothes made from trash are increasingly making an appearance on Indian catwalks and in wardrobes as designers ...

Cooking a roast dinner drives indoor air pollution up to levels found in some of the most polluted cities in the world, according to new research. Roasting and boiling meat, potatoes and vegetables pu ...

NEW DELHI: Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) might soon conduct tours of Delhi wetlands on Yamuna. The matter came up for discussion during a meet organised by an NGT-appointed committtee to showc ...