Blooms once in 12 years & treasures the unknown: Kerala’s pride, ‘Neelakurinji’
Once every 12 years, the Hills of Munnar in the southern state of Kerala in India, turn blue. People flock in great numbers to view […]
Environment
At record high global carbon emissions, planet earth in peril
Global emissions of carbon dioxide have reached the highest levels on record, scientists projected last week, in the latest evidence of the chasm between international […]
200 nations gather in Poland to plan to prevent catastrophic climate change
With the direst warnings yet of impending environmental disaster still ringing in their ears, representatives from nearly 200 nations gathered Sunday in Poland to firm […]
India promises to play constructive, balanced role in UN climate summit
Indian Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan has said the high level of greenhouse gas emission was a major concern and reaffirmed that India would play a […]
‘2/3rd global population could be under stress due to water scarcity by 2025’
The 2011 Census says that 1.79 crore of rural and 1.41 crore of urban population is affected with high arsenic level in West Bengal. Around […]
Indian American Budding Environmentalists win EPA’s PEYA Awards
Several young Indian Americans made it to the list of the President’s Environmental Youth Award, awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. A total of […]
Climate change: Oceans ‘soaking up more heat than estimated’
By Matt McGrath, Environment correspondent The world has seriously underestimated the amount of heat soaked up by our oceans over the past 25 years, researchers […]
Air pollution killed highest number of under-5 children in India in 2016: WHO report
At least 100,000 children below five years died in 2016 due to health complications associated with high outdoor and indoor air pollution, according to the […]
World’s longest sea crossing: Hong Kong-Zhuhai bridge opens
Chinese President Xi Jinping has officially opened the world’s longest sea crossing bridge, nine years after construction first began on October 21, 2018. Including its […]
‘A nuclear war would be a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions’
With Trump administration trying to pull out of the Nuclear Treaty it signed with Russia decades ago, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, Apostolic Nuncio, Permanent Observer of […]