Tag: environment
Tata Steel Launches Green School Project With TERI
Tata Steel on Friday launched a Green School Project in association with TERI to create awareness about environment issues in school campuses in the operational areas of the company.....
Odisha Activist Wins Goldman Environmental Prize
Indian environmental activist Prafulla Samantara was on Monday announced as the Asia recipent of the Goldman Environmental Prize for championing the cause of Odidha's Dongria Kondh tribals and safeguarding their land and culture.....
Three Orphaned Tiger Cubs Die
Three days after the death of its two siblings, a third orphaned tiger cub has died in Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh National Park, officials said on Friday.....
Video: Eureka! Indian Scientists Generate Electricity From Water
Scientists at Delhi's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) had developed a device that runs on a few drops of water to generated electricity, that too without using any power or chemicals.....
CII Predicts 7.5-8% Growth Of Indian Economy
Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) on Thursday predicted that India's economic growth rate for 2017-18 will range between 7.5 and eight per cent. ....
NGT Issues Notices In Tughlaqabad Gas Leak Case
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notices to the central and Delhi governments over the gas leak here in Tughlaqabad last week in which over 400 students were hospitalised.....
NGT Issues Notices In Tughlaqabad Gas Leak Case
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday issued notices to the central and Delhi governments over the gas leak here in Tughlaqabad last week in which over 400 students were hospitalised.....
Delhi Air Quality To Further Deteriorate In Next Two Days
The air-quality of the national capital is set to deteriorate further and become "very poor", with the count of pollutants, especially the PM2.5, set to increase drastically. ....
Climate Progress In India Brightens Hopes For Bonn
Just a few years ago, India relied almost exclusively on coal to fuel its rapid development, opening new coal-burning power plants and increasing coal mining and imports. This year, however, in a remarkable turnaround, India cancelled plans for an additional 14 gigawatts of coal power and announced that it won't build any new coal plants for at least a decade -- thanks to a rapid rise in renewable energy.....
World Leaders Gather In Nairobi For Pollution-free Planet
The UN Environment Assembly, the world's highest decision making body on the environment with delegates from 193 countries, will gather in this Kenyan capital for three days from Monday to step up action to counter rising pollution levels. ....
