India, Oct. 17 -- Union Ministry of Environment notified greenhouse gas emission intensity targets for aluminium, cement, chlor-alkali, and pulp and paper in October 2025. The delay forced a pro-rata... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- MCD reports Ghazipur landfill shrinking despite daily fresh waste inflow. NGT halts illegal sand mining in Bawanthadi River, Madhya Pradesh. NGT forms committee to probe illegal st... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- New report by GRAIN warns of growing corporate control over seeds via free trade agreements. Powerful economies - including the US, EU, Japan and the UAE - are pushing harsh IP rule... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- The world has long known how cigarettes hijack the brain. Light one, inhale, and the nicotine hit is instant. Within seconds, the chemical acts on the brain to induce a pleasurable s... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- A statutory body created to ensure that local communities get compensated for their traditional knowledge and products by entities that use them for commercial purposes has fallen mi... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- The canals and barrages in the village were absolutely dry this summer. But rain in August and September overwhelmed the Sindphana river," says Ganesh Ghodake, a farmer from Kurla vi... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- The floodwaters that swept across Punjab in late August, triggered by unusually heavy rains in the Himalayan region and the state's own torrential downpours, had begun to recede by t... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- The Right to Information Act, enacted on 12 October 2005, marks 20 years this week. Activists and Information Commissioners warn the law has lost its effectiveness. Amendments, vac... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- A decade after the Paris Agreement, the world faces an average of 11 extra hot days annually, with some regions experiencing up to 35 more. Despite progress in reducing projected wa... Read More
India, Oct. 16 -- India's open natural ecosystems - grasslands, semi-arid landscapes, desert, croplands, hilly scrublands, and fallow lands - are under increasing threat as four bird species inhabitin... Read More