Sikkim sees surge in butterfly biodiversity
Organic farming breaks the stereotype that agriculture reduces biodiversity From the iconic Kaiser-i-Hind to the recently rediscovered Small Woodbrown butterfly, the state
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Gurdwara Bangla Sahib bans use of all types of plastic
Joining the fight against plastic waste, the biggest heritage Sikh shrine, Bangla Sahib Gurudwara situated in the heart of national capital
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Aarey: 2,134 trees cut since Friday night
In 24 hours since 9 pm on Friday, the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) cut as many as 2,134
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A bold plan to ban single-use plastic in India has been shelved
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s plan to tackle single-use plastics has been scrapped. In a sweeping Independence Day address on August 15,
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Around 13 lakh hectare of India’s forests under encroachment: RTI
A reply obtained through an RTI query has revealed that about 1,281,397 hectares of India’s forest cover is under encroachment. Madhya Pradesh
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Supreme Court upholds night traffic ban in Bandipur
The nine-hour ban on traffic from 9pm to 6am stays on this stretch The union government has reiterated that night
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NGT forms committee to stop illegal groundwater extraction
The committee comprises Joint Secretaries of Ministry of Environment and Forests and Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR), Central Ground Water
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Mumbai’s sea will have more plastic than fish in a few years
It floats on the water, washes up on the beaches and ends up inside the bellies of our beautiful marine
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India ‘houses’ 13 of world’s top 40 coal-fired anthropogenic SO2 emission hotspots
Close on the heels of top international environmental NGO Greenpeace reportedly identified six coal-fired power plants and industrial clusters as India’s “worst
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Ecology is for the people | Madhav Gadgil
Prologue Western Ghats Ecology Expert Panel (WGEEP) had absolutely no intention of imposing any development or conservation priorities on the
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