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Greening the India Railways gets underway

08 Sep 2020

Recently the Indian Ministry of Railways announced plans to transform the Indian Railways into green railways by 2030. Several measures have been implemented to mitigate global warming and combat climate...

Invasive species spell danger for tiger reserves

25 Aug 2020

One of the world’s ten worst invasive species and a species of high concern for India, Lantana camara, a tropical American shrub, has invaded more than 40% of India’s tiger...

Environmental issues need refocused strategies

18 Aug 2020

Addressing the nation on Independence Day, 15 August 2020, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a series of plans to protect environment and biodiversity. These ranged from saving...

Fight against antibiotic-resistant bacteria

12 Aug 2020

Researching the impact that releasing antibiotics from manufacturing plants into India’s waterways has on the spread of potentially fatal drug-resistant infections is among the five new projects jointly announced by...

BRICS nations stress on environment goals

04 Aug 2020

The five BRICS nations have called for improving the environment and promoting a circular economy in national plans as steps towards recovery in the fight against COVID-19. At a recent...

India’s digital approach to turtle conservation

28 Jul 2020

A mobile-based application called KURMA was launched for turtle conservation in India on May 23, 2020, which is celebrated globally as World Turtle Day. A 2019 report by TRAFFIC,...

Indian youth rise against plastic pollution

21 Jul 2020

The Virtual Youth Summit in India brought together 1900 young people on June 30, 2020 to celebrate their completion of the Tide Turners Plastic Challenge in India. The challenge is...

Indian tiger survey sets a Guinness record

14 Jul 2020

India enters the Guinness World Records for the world’s largest camera trap wildlife survey. The All India Tiger Estimation 2018, released last year, has set the world record. The results...

Lockdowns have exacerbated e-waste crisis

07 Jul 2020

India, with 3.2 million tonnes, was the third biggest contributor to global e-waste according to the Global E-waste Monitor 2020 report released recently. The United Nations (UN) report found that...

Ozone level highs dampen air pollution lows

30 Jun 2020

Lower levels of suspended particulate matter (PM2.5) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) levels during the lockdown cleared air quality across India. But a new analysis of 22 mega and metropolitan cities...

Meena Janardhan

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

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