Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2023: For their outstanding performance, the top three cities in each category are rewarded with cash prizes, trophies, and certificates every September 7.
Sea level along the Indian coast has risen by 8.5 cm in the last five decades, Union Minister Babul Supriyo said in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
The Union Environment Ministry has given its clearance to Indian Oil Corporation for setting up a 2G ethanol plant in Panipat, it was announced on Sunday.
The Congress on Saturday attacked the government for allowing cutting of over 1 crore trees for development projects since 2014 as the party wondered if the "BJP is destroying our future".
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has issued notices to over 240 prominent buildings in Delhi's VIP zone, including those housing the offices of the Environment Ministry and Lady Hardinge hospital after mosquitoes were found breeding in their premises. The civic body has formed a surveillance team that is inspecting all the buildings since last month as mosquito-breeding is conducive in the monsoon.
The government does not agree with a private weather agency's report on climate change that 11 out of 15 hottest places in the world are from India, the Lok Sabha was told on Friday.
Expressing concern over the rise in the amount of plastic entering oceans and seas, the secretary said marine litter is harmful for marine ecosystem, bio-diversity and potentially human health and there was need for a strategic approach to manage plastic waste.
The statement of the ministry came days after it notified the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, banning the sale and purchase of cattle at animal markets for slaughter.
New Delhi: The Environment Ministry has been pulled up for "poor" performance in controlling pollution and use of funds by a parliamentary panel, which asked it to take necessary measures to ensure targets are met
New Delhi: Now condoms, diapers, sanitary pads/napkins and tampons will come with pouches or wrappers that would ensure their proper disposal. Under the revised rules, the environment ministry has called on manufacturers or Brand Owners
New Delhi: Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar today landed a jibe at Jaguar Land Rover CEO Ralf Speth's comments on Delhi's air quality, saying he had never thought of a car as a "cleaning machine".He was
New Delhi: Indian test cricket team captain Virat Kohli and double Olympic medallist Sushil Kumar today participated in a sapling plantation drive on the occasion of 'World Environment Day'.Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change,
Kochi: BPCL has got Environment Ministry's nod for a Rs 4,588 crore expansion at its refinery facility here, paving way for its ambitious plans to produce some niche petrochemicals that are mostly imported into the
New Delhi: Narendra Modi-led BJP government is reportedly considering a proposal to make lion, in place of tiger, the national animal of the country.Tiger has enjoyed the coveted status of national animal since 1972. The
New Delhi: As many as 350 projects were kept on hold during Jayanthi Natarjan's stint as environment minister, the files included not only private but public and defence projects also.She was sitting over the files
New Delhi: The government aims to notify over 60 sanctuaries and national parks as ‘eco-sensitive zones' this year to check the negative impact of industrialisation and unplanned development in and around protected areas.“We are trying
New Delhi: Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said that he wanted to put the Ministry in ‘autopilot' with transparent, policy-based decision making and acknowledged that the previous United Progressive
New Delhi: Taking exception to the central environment and forest ministry "sleeping" over its order to submit the environment and ecological impact of each of the 24 projects proposed or underway on Bhagirathi and Alaknanda
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday expressed strong displeasure at the government's inaction on its order to the Environment Ministry to get tested samples of ‘contaminated' water in a green forest area in
New Delhi: New Delhi: The Government today constituted a high-level committee to review various environment laws in order to bring them in line with "current requirements".The committee has been set up in the backdrop of
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