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…
The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will launch a major beautification drive, planting over 2.6 lakh tulip bulbs across Lutyens Delhi starting December 27. NDMC Vice Chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal announced the initiative on Thursday, saying it aims to enhance the city’s aesthetics and combat pollution. Giving the details, Chahal said 5.17 lakh imported Dutch…
Aravalli: Mountain older than memory If demography can be a dividend, geography certainly decides its destiny. Few landscapes illustrate this more clearly than the Aravalli Range, an ancient chain of hills that quietly shapes water security, climate, and life across western and northwestern India.The hills that run for nearly 690 km from Gujarat through Rajasthan…
Delhi air pollution crisis NEW DELHI: Delhi on Monday woke up to hazy skies, with overall air quality in the ‘very poor’ category with a reading of 366, according to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), while seven areas of the city recorded severe AQI levels. According to the Central Pollution Control Board website, Narela…
GURGAON: On Wednesday, the Union environment ministry (MoEF) announced it would look to further reduce permissible mining area in the Aravalis. However, exactly a week before that, on Dec 17, it had moved forward to operationalise a new 100m definition of Aravalis – which has drawn all-round protests – by instructing Survey of India (SoI)…
