Noida: National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday took suo motu cognisance of alleged water contamination in three states, including Uttar Pradesh, and sought replies from them as well as their pollution boards.The principal bench, comprising chairperson justice Prakash Shrivastava and expert member Dr A Senthil Vel, issued notices to the authorities concerned in UP, Rajasthan…
India’s youth are often spoken of as a single, cohesive force – ambitious, energetic and ready to shape the country’s future. But beneath this broad framing lies a quieter, more complex reality. Gen Z and millennials, frequently grouped together as “young India,” are navigating adulthood under fundamentally different political, economic and technological conditions, shaping distinct…
NEW DELHI: India’s green economy could attract $4.1 trillion (Rs 360 lakh crore) in cumulative investments and create 48 million (4.8 crore) ‘full-time equivalent’ (FTE) jobs by 2047, an independent study released by the Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) said.The analysis also projects that India could unlock a $1.1 trillion (Rs 97.7 lakh…
The spots gave it away. Just like a human fingerprint, the rosette pattern on each jaguar is unique so researchers knew they had a new animal on their hands after reviewing images captured by a remote camera in southern Arizona. The University of Arizona Wild Cat Research and Conservation Center says it’s the fifth big…
Nashik: For the first time in 12 years, especially since the last Simhastha Kumbh Mela ended, Tapovan has been abuzz as Nashik residents carried out a series of activities to protest the proposed felling of about 1,700 trees to create space for Sadhugram. The proposal by the Nashik Municipal Corporation evoked a strong response from…
Sri Lankan authorities on Sunday issued fresh landslide warnings as persistent rains battered regions already devastated by Cyclone Ditwah, intensifying what officials describe as the island’s worst natural disaster in decades. At least 618 people are reported dead, with many still missing as rescue teams struggle to reach isolated communities.A chain of tropical storms and…
Hyderabad: Behind the sweeping green promises of Telangana’s Vision 2047 lies an ambition that could reshape the state’s ecology — if bold targets are matched by realistic timelines and strong enforcement on the ground.The Vision 2047 document presents a wide-ranging environmental roadmap, placing water bodies, green buffers and ecosystem restoration at the centre of long-term…
A team of marine mammal experts had spent several days in Cowichan Bay, British Columbia, searching for a sea lion with an orange rope wrapped around its neck. As the sun set Dec 8, they were packing up, for good, when a call came in.The tangled animal, a female Steller sea lion weighing 330 pounds,…
Scientists in Antarctica have inaugurated the world’s first global repository of mountain ice cores, aiming to preserve vital records of Earth’s atmospheric history as glaciers rapidly melt due to global warming.The frozen sanctuary was opened on Wednesday at the Concordia research station on the Antarctic Plateau by the Ice Memory Foundation, a consortium of European…
China is reportedly pressing ahead with a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, a move that experts and officials warn could seriously endanger water security, ecology and livelihoods downstream in India. As the river enters India as the Brahmaputra, any large-scale intervention upstream is seen as a direct risk to millions…