During the session, students were made aware of climate change and its effects on the environment through videos. The importance of solar energy was reiterated in the class through brain-storming sessions. read more

The axing of trees had become a major issue last year after a city-based non governmental organisation approached the NGT and requested to put the construction work of Ferozepur Road-Samrala Chowk elevated road project on hold in order to save the green... read more

Naresh Soni, tehsildar of Pachpadra and executive magistrate, who heard the bail applications of two others arrested with Goliya, said he ordered the police to take the man to hospital first. read more

Activist Rajiv Dutta has written to the Thane police commissioner and other agencies demanding action be taken over harming the trees. read more

The DDA had provided the 42.7 acre land, along the Pushta Road near old Usmanpur village, to the east corporation in March this year. read more

On July 6, the activists had filed the bail application citing that a competent court had not taken cognisance of the offence and the police did not file the chargesheet before a JMFC court within 180 days. read more

Two environmentalists on Thursday shared with the HC-appointed panel unverified coordinates and codes of areas across the 213-hectare Panje area, overlapping with the zones identified in the National Wetland Atlas: Maharashtra State 2011. read more

Alleged lackadaisical approach of authorities has given rise to rampant unauthorised stalls, encroachment of footpaths and misuse of public spaces. read more

Forest department’s decision to plant 22,000 trees in Aravalli foothills this monsoon has not gone down well with the environmentalists who want the compensatory afforestation should be done in situ. read more

DMK’s Thoothukkudi MP Kanizmohi Karunanidhi has accused that the move was an attempt to reduce the importance of Tamil and impose Hindi. read more

Cidco said the move is aimed at avoiding flooding and fishing activities in the area read more

Verhaen Khanna, founder of New Delhi Nature Society (NDNS), said outdoor gyms could be set up without cementing the grass and soil. He said concretisation would affect the groundwater table. read more

Despite his declining health, Karnad led a protest march after Bengaluru-based journalist Gauri Lankesh was murdered in 2017. read more

Sawhney evaded event security, as well as some of Bezos’ personal detail, which costs a reported USD 1.6 million per year, the BBC reported. read more

An official of the district forest department, requesting anonymity, confirmed that the fund has been allocated to implement a conservation plan for the Global City project, which will be a part of the proposed Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC... read more