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Pollution regulator to double continuous air quality monitoring stations in India

environment
Updated on Sep 22, 2017 02:43 PM IST
The CPCB plans to install atleast 93 more continuous air quality monitoring stations in India.(Raj K Raj/Hindustan Times))

The wettest day in Mumbai’s history? June 10, 1991

Water logging in Parel on Wednesday morning.(Vijayanand Gupta/HT)
environment
Published on Sep 20, 2017 05:40 PM IST

Waste dumping in rivers leading to antibiotic resistance: Experts

The Mithi river at Murtuja Nagar in Powai , Mumbai.((Satish Bate/HT Photo))
environment
Published on Sep 19, 2017 11:15 AM IST

Pollution regulator frames standards for 16 industries using polluting fuels

Students wearing anti-air pollution mask as protective gear as pollution reached hazardous levels in the classroom.(PTI)
environment
Updated on Sep 18, 2017 06:43 PM IST

Over 15% of species found in India are threatened

There are 6939 species from India that are part of the IUCN list of which 1055 are either critically endangered, endangered or vulnerable.(HT Photo)
environment
Updated on Sep 16, 2017 01:32 PM IST

GM Mustard not approved, Environment minister tells Supreme Court

Supreme Court is hearing a matter concerning the release of GM Mustard in India on Monday.(Reuters File Photo)
environment
Updated on Sep 15, 2017 05:14 PM IST

Snow Leopard no longer ‘endangered,’ Christmas Island Pipistrelle is gone: IUCN

The Christmas Island Pipistrelle, a bat species endemic to Australia is now officially extinct, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).(Courtesy: IUCN)
environment
Published on Sep 15, 2017 10:50 AM IST

This is not a tall story: Rare white giraffes spotted in Kenya

The giraffes are white because a genetic condition called leucism.(Video screengrab)
environment
Updated on Sep 14, 2017 04:02 PM IST

Even with 1.5 degrees warming Asia’s glacier’s will lose 30% of their mass: study

If current warming trends continue the Earth will warm by 3 degrees C by the end of the century.(AFP file photo)
environment
Published on Sep 14, 2017 12:22 PM IST

River linking project runs off course, objections from atleast 4 states

(HT Photo)
environment
Updated on Sep 14, 2017 05:49 PM IST

How a new heating stove could reduce chopping of trees, melting of glaciers

To reduce emissions from combustion, the Himalayan Rocket Stove uses a two-box, double-burner system.(IndiaSpend/Mukta Patil)
environment
Updated on Sep 13, 2017 11:12 AM IST

Pollution fuelled layer over Asia that can create an ozone hole

Launch preparation,at the balloon facility of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Hyderabad during more recent balloon measurement campaign in August.(Credit. Jean-Paul Vernier)
environment
Published on Sep 13, 2017 10:40 AM IST

Maha, Guj to sign pact on river-linking project soon: Gadkari

Nitin Gadkari recently took over as the minister for water resources and has pushed forward the Modi government’s initiative to link India’s rivers as a solution to the twin problem of droughts and flooding.((HT))
environment
Published on Sep 12, 2017 06:01 PM IST

Forest cover increasing but forest land degrading, top official says

The soil in India’s forest lands is degrading, which means it is not storing carbon or retaining moisture.(HT Photo))
environment
Published on Sep 12, 2017 05:11 PM IST

In pics | Flood, fire and quake: Three calamities that shocked the world

Combination image of wildfire in Montana and Hurricane Irma in Puerto Plata.(Agencies)
environment
Published on Sep 08, 2017 01:40 PM IST

How the Category 5 Hurricane Irma compares to some of the world’s deadliest storms

z(Netherlands govt handout via Reuters Photo)
environment
Updated on Sep 08, 2017 03:27 PM IST

Apex pollution regulator issues notices to Nokia, Intel, Cisco

The new electronic-waste management rules 2016 supreseded the 2011 rules and introduced Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) that require manufacturers to deal with the e-waste they generate.(Sunil Ghosh/HT Photo)
environment
Updated on Sep 06, 2017 07:36 PM IST

Delhi airport’s 16000 cr expansion gets green signal

The up-gradation of Delhi airport will facilitate the expansion of the airport’s capacity to 109 million passengers per annum and 2.2 million tonnes per annum of cargo by 2034.((Vipin Kumar))
environment
Updated on Sep 06, 2017 06:52 PM IST

Microplastic found in tap water across the world, study shows New Delhi affected

(AFP Photo)
environment
Updated on Sep 06, 2017 03:19 PM IST

Biodiversity-rich island has vanished from Lakshadweep, says study

One of islands in Lakshadweep. A study says the Parali I island has been eroded to an extent of 100%. (Photo: Official website of the Lakshadweep administration)
environment
Updated on Sep 06, 2017 02:02 PM IST

Snow Leopard to be removed from ‘endangered’ list

The snow leopard is found in Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh.(Hindustan Times)
environment
Published on Sep 06, 2017 11:06 AM IST

Environment min moves towards banning toxic chemicals

The Stockholm Convention that regulates the production, use and trade of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs).(HT File photo)
environment
Published on Sep 05, 2017 07:23 PM IST

Harsh Vardhan urges neighbouring states to help tackle Delhi pollution

Pollution from crop burning in neighbouring states like Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh lead to severe air pollution episodes in Delhi every year.((Raj K Raj/HT PHOTO))
environment
Updated on Sep 05, 2017 11:47 PM IST

BJP government may disband NGT: Jairam Ramesh

Former environment minister, Jairam Ramesh.(HT File Photo))
environment
Published on Aug 30, 2017 05:17 PM IST

Rainfall warnings for Maharashtra, Guj, MP and Raj

Heavy rains pounded Mumbai on Tuesday and the outburst is likely to last till Thursday.(HT PHOTO))
environment
Updated on Aug 30, 2017 11:11 AM IST

Bringing solar heating to the remotest corners of India

Herdsmen in Zanskar valley. (Isaac Tsetan Gergan)
environment
Published on Aug 29, 2017 12:41 PM IST

More firecrackers in stores than the Army, SC notes

In stores and distributors across NCR almost 50 lakh kgs of fireworks are stocked.(HT File Photo)
environment
Published on Aug 28, 2017 06:19 PM IST

Gary White, Matt Damon’s partner in Water.org, praises India’s efforts to clean up

Matt Damon and Gary White with school children in India.(Praveen Sundaram - Photoyogi.com)
environment
Updated on Aug 28, 2017 05:18 PM IST

‘Not foreign’: Govt seeks Supreme Court nod to re-introduce cheetah in India

Suitable sites to re-itnroduce cheetah in India have been identified -- Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary and Nauradehi Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh, and Shahgarh area in Rajasthan.(Getty Images/Representative image)
environment
Published on Aug 11, 2017 11:36 PM IST

Aathva Phera Swachhta Ka: Meet the couple that took the cleanliness vow on their wedding

Ravi Ranjan and Gudiya Kumari at their wedding in Purnia.
environment
Updated on Aug 10, 2017 01:16 PM IST
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