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Jammu and Kashmir
New Rules proposed to clean up contaminated sites in India
Posted on 01 Sep, 2024 03:52 PMCrackdown on pollution: New Rules aim for swift action
Supreme Court condemns unauthorised tree felling in Aravallis
Posted on 19 May, 2024 02:13 PMSC orders probe into illegal tree felling in Delhi Ridge, criticises DDA for environmental damage
Shaping river policies with updated environmental flow methods
Posted on 01 May, 2024 09:30 AMCWRDM to formulate implementing a revised approach to environmental flow calculations
NGT takes action against illegal sand mining in Muzaffarnagar
Posted on 01 Mar, 2024 07:12 PMNGT initiates measures to address unauthorised sand mining in Muzaffarnagar
Driving change: India's Global Biofuel Alliance for a greener tomorrow
Posted on 14 Sep, 2023 08:52 PMAccelerating biofuel adoption worldwide
Himalayan lakes can potentially become long-term sinks of microplastics
Posted on 27 Aug, 2022 03:36 PMMicroplastic pollution is a growing environmental concern. Microplastics are plastic particles with sizes ranging from 1 μm to 5 mm. However, a clear consensus on the definition of microplastics is lacking and even the lower size limit varies among different studies.
India creates history, sets up first floating water quality testing lab in the Indian Ocean
Posted on 26 Aug, 2022 10:12 AMIndia launches a floating wet lab for water quality tests in the Indian Ocean
Springs spring hope in Kashmir, Himalayas
Posted on 21 Jun, 2022 06:38 PMFreshwater is a rare and critical resource and its availability is declining worldover with urbanisation, industrialisation, climate change and rising temperatures, and a marked decrease in rainfall.
Managing disasters in the hills
Posted on 24 Nov, 2021 06:59 PMJust like another day, the mountainous village of Honzar in Dachhan Tehsil in Kishtwar district in the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was approaching dawn when the entire village was hit by a deadly cloudburst around four in the morning on July 28
The unsung women fishers of Wular lake
Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 08:20 PMNestled in the north Kashmir region is Wular lake, India’s largest freshwater lake or wetland.