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Indian ban on single-use plastics notified

17 Aug 2021

India’s environment ministry has recently notified new plastic waste management rules that prohibit the use of plastic sticks on balloons, candy, ear buds, flags and ice-cream from 1 July 2022....

India’s wind power sector struggles to meet targets

10 Aug 2021

India’s wind energy sector is led by indigenous wind power industry and has shown consistent progress, as reported by the Indian Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. According to Ministry...

Climate change triggers extreme weather in India

03 Aug 2021

Harsh climate events across India indicate the increasing intensity of the extreme weather events across the country. This year, till now, India has been devastated by floods in Maharashtra...

Climate change: India among most vulnerable

27 Jul 2021

India ranks among the five countries most vulnerable to climate change and air pollution, a first-of-its-kind research assessing the combined risks of the two factors said recently. China also...

Higher lightning strikes linked to climate change

20 Jul 2021

As many as 18.5 million lightning strikes were recorded in India between April 1, 2020 and March 31, 2021, according to India’s second annual report on lightning released by the...

India deepens quest for seabed minerals

13 Jul 2021

The Indian government has recently approved the proposal of Ministry of Earth Sciences for a ‘Deep Ocean Mission’, with a view to explore deep ocean for resources and develop deep...

Most Indian youth look for green future

06 Jul 2021

Young people in India, and internationally, want careers that will help solve some of the world’s biggest challenges, as highlighted by new research by the Prince’s Trust, founded by Britain’s...

Project to help reduce human-animal conflict

29 Jun 2021

Indian Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar recently released LiDAR-based reports mapping out the water requirement within forest areas in 10 states. The LiDAR (light detection and ranging) technology...

World used 129b face masks, 65b gloves every month

22 Jun 2021

The world celebrated World Oceans Day on 8 June 2021. The purpose of the Day was to inform the public of the impact of human actions on the ocean, develop...

Flagging alarming environmental trends in India

15 Jun 2021

A report released by recently by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in India has flagged several disturbing and alarming environmental trends in India. One of the major...

Meena Janardhan

Writer/Editor/Consultant. She has over 25 years of experience in the fields of environmental journalism and publishing.

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