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Govt launches mission to fight air pollution

Union Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan said besides reducing air pollution concentration, pollution monitoring networks will be enhanced and activities will be put in place to improve awareness

2 min read10 Jan 2019
Politics

Govt notifies draft Compensatory Afforestation Fund rules

Environmentalists and forest rights activists are criticizing the draft Compensatory Afforestation Fund (CAF) rules stating they violate Forest Rights Act (FRA) 2006

5 min read19 Feb 2018
Politics

Diversion of forest land for border infrastructure projects gets govt nod

The move will strengthen preparation of security forces along Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal borders where infrastructure development work is hampered by slow clearances

2 min read27 Dec 2017
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As India endures blanket of smog, China’s battle offers lessons

Concentrations of PM2.5 have soared in recent years in India. Beijing's pollution levels remain well above international guidelines, but unlike in India they've stopped their surge

4 min read16 Nov 2017
Politics

CBI books former Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan, carries out searches

CBI carried out searches at the premises of former Union minister Jayanthi Natarajan after registering an FIR against her in connection with clearance given during her tenure

3 min read9 Sep 2017
Politics

Amended Wildlife Act to be formulated soon: Harsh Vardhan

Environment minister Harsh Vardhan says his ministry would incorporate stringent rules against poaching of animals in the revised Wildlife Act

1 min read20 Aug 2017
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UK to ban sale of petrol and diesel cars by 2040

Britain says it will outlaw the sale of new diesel and petrol cars from 2040 in a bid to cut air pollution but environmental groups wary the proposal don't not go far enough

2 min read26 Jul 2017
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US partners in G7 vow to pursue climate fight without Donald Trump

US partners in G7 club vow to press ahead with efforts to contain devastating climate change despite a rift caused by American withdrawal from the Paris agreement

3 min read12 Jun 2017
Politics

Climate change rift raises temperature for G7 meet in Italy

Sunday's G7 meet in Italy for environment ministers comes 10 days after Donald Trump sparked a rift with US partners by pulling out of Paris climate deal

2 min read11 Jun 2017
Politics

Anil Madhav Dave, environment minister and river conservation expert, dies at 60

Anil Madhav Dave, an expert in river conservation and an environmentalist at heart, died on Thursday after suffering a cardiac arrest

2 min read18 May 2017
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