Category : Environment

The Kailash-Mansarovar landscape, also known as Kang Rinpoche and Kailasa Parvata, is about to see a positive change. India, China and Nepal, the countries across which the Kailash’s boundaries are spread, have chalked out comprehensive conservation and sustainable development plans for the mountain

The participants at the UN climate conference in Cancun finally reached a ‘settlement’ and decided to set up a $100 billion Green Fund to fight global warming. The Green Fund is expected to mobilize $100 billion per year by 2020 and will be

Governments should affirm the goal of a new legally binding climate change agreement, but focus for now on incremental steps that can deliver stronger action, resources and transparency even in the absence of binding commitments, says a new report by the Pew Center

After starting a heated debate earlier this month with his remark on use of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) being criminal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh renewed his attack on the use of diesel for luxury cars and shrugged off protests by some manufacturers of

Standing firm despite major criticism by the industry for prescribing strict green norms, environment minister Jairam Ramesh has suggested that environment become a political issue. ‘The general mindset we have is that environment is a side issue… that is not the way to

Cineart 2010, a yearlong initiative that saw an estimated 20,500 children learning about the significance of environment conservation through various engaging activities, concluded on November 11. The initiative is conceptualized and implemented by PVR Nest and Moser Baer Trust to promote the idea

The new focus areas of research at ISRO will primarily be aimed at finding solutions for sustainable development, food and water security, environment, education and healthcare. Speaking at the 11th Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Silver Jubilee, K Radhakrishnan, chairman, Indian Space

‘China’s greenhouse gas emissions are about four times that of India’s and in no way can India be equated to China in emissions, but both these countries are adding to forest cover and are two major re-foresters,’ Union environment and forests minister Jairam

‘China’s greenhouse gas emissions are about four times that of India’s and in no way can India be equated to China in emissions, but both these countries are adding to forest cover and are two major re-foresters,’ Union environment and forests minister Jairam

Operations of all power or steel plants without the requisite environmental and forestry clearance have been put on hold till the status of their environment and forest clearance for coal supply sources are not furnished. All these projects require a large amount of