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Make state-specific action plan for controlling air pollution: NGT to environment ministryIndiaTimes - Published | |
No 100% biodegradable plastic in India, claims misleading: BISResponding to a question from TOI, director general of BIS, Pramod Kumar Tiwari said, "It has not been established whether any plastic is actually 100% biodegradable. Research is still going on on this..IndiaTimes - Published | |
No extension for dissenting cheetah expertThe environment ministry has curtailed the extension granted to one of the lead scientists on Project Cheetah, YV Jhala, who reportedly objected to the transport of cheetahs from Gwalior to Kuno..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Govt cuts short extension of Project Cheetah lead scientistEnvironment ministry has curtailed the extension granted to one of the lead scientists on Project Cheetah, Y V Jhala, who reportedly objected to the transport of Cheetahs from Gwalior to Kuno National..IndiaTimes - Published | |
After Jain stir, Centre halts all tourism activities at ParasnathIssuing an office memorandum on the Centre's decision, the environment ministry directed the state government to immediately take all steps necessary to ensure the ban on tourism and the other..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Centre stays all tourism activities at holy Jain site 'Sammed Shikharji' in JharkhandThe Centre on Thursday stayed all tourism activities at the Parasnath Hill where the Jain religious site 'Sammed Shikharji' is located and directed the Jharkhand government to immediately take all..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Second batch of 12 cheetahs likely to arrive at Kuno this monthA second batch of 12 cheetahs is likely to arrive in India from South Africa in January, sources said on Tuesday.Discussions with South African authorities to translocate 12 cheetahs to Kuno are at an..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Sammed Shikharji Row: Akhilesh Yadav slams BJP; accuses it of violently suppressing peaceful protest by JainsSammed Shikharji Row: Last week, the Union Environment Ministry had written to the Jharkhand government asking it to consider on priority the representations received from the Jain community.Zee News - Published | |
Mumbai: Year on, Palghar`s Gargai dam project awaits Centre’s green lightProposal sent to Union environment ministry as it will uproot over 4.5 lakh trees at Tansa Wildlife Sanctuary; reservoir to add 440 MLD water to cityMid-Day - Published | |
Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde urges people for pollution-free DiwaliAddressing an Environment Ministry event organised at the Mantralaya in Mumbai, CM Eknath Shinde and deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis encouraged the students to take oath for a pollution-free DiwaliMid-Day - Published | |
'India needs dedicated wing to release Green GDP estimates'India needs to set up a dedicated wing in the environment ministry to release estimates of Green GDP periodically on a regular basis and create a user-friendly data dissemination platform, said an RBI..IndiaTimes - Published | |
News report on Namibia seeking India's support on lifting ivory ban under cheetah deal 'relies on speculation': Environment ministryIndiaTimes - Published | |
6-time cleanest Indore flunks on air qualityIndore might be the cleanest city of India for the sixth time in a row this year since 2017 but it has flunked big time on the air quality front. Recent analysis of 132 cities by the environment..IndiaTimes - Published | Cleanest city Indore on list of 37 with dirty airIndore might be the cleanest city of India for the sixth time in a row this year since 2017 but it has flunked big time on the air quality front. Recent analysis of 132 cities by the environment..IndiaTimes - Published |
PM Modi says India's focus is on green growth, green jobs; urges promotion of circular economyPrime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that now the focus of the country is on green growth, and on green jobs, and in order to achieve these goals, the role of the environment ministry in every..IndiaTimes - Published | Environment ministry to collaborate with 8 IITs to promote R and D of chemicals with low global warming potential: Bhupendra YadavnewKerala.com - Published |
Coal-fired polluting power plants get another extension to fix their emissionsAfter extending deadlines twice for coal-based power stations to implement emission standards notified in 2015, the environment ministry has once again extended the timeline for installing pollution..IndiaTimes - Published | Wildfires in Russia's Ryazan spread to peatlands: Environment MinistrynewKerala.com - Published |
Environment Ministry looks to curb elephant deaths on railway tracks, resolve human-jumbo conflictIndian Express - Published | Environment ministry amends EIA Rules, exempts highways of strategic importanceIndian Express - Published |
Environment Ministry ropes in Grammy winner Ricky Kej for Hariyali MahotsavnewKerala.com - Published | NHRC releases notice to Environment Ministry on reports of 'air pollution impacting life expectancy'Commission has observed that the contents of the media reports, if true, raise a serious issue of the Right to Life, said a press release.DNA - Published |
UN biodiversity summit moved from China over Covid-19 policyChina's environment ministry said the meeting will be held in December in Montreal, where the secretariat for the summit organisation is based. The ministry said in a statement that the decision was..IndiaTimes - Published | Environment Ministry to carry out leopard and elephant estimation along with tigersnewKerala.com - Published |
India rejects Environment Performance Index 2022 that ranked it lowest among 180 countriesThe Union environment ministry on Wednesday rebutted the Environmental Performance Index 2022, which ranked India at the bottom of a list of 180 countries, saying some of the indicators it used are..IndiaTimes - Published | Govt lets coal mines hike output without feedbackThe environment ministry has allowed coal mines with clearances to increase output by 40% to step up production by up to 50% without seeking feedback from locals, it said in a memo reviewed by Reuters...IndiaTimes - Published |
Environment Ministry proposes more amendments in EIA notificationnewKerala.com - Published | Environment Ministry releases detailed reports for rejuvenation of 13 riversIndian Express - Published |
Illegal GM brinjal, cotton: Environment Ministry asks states to take actionnewKerala.com - Published | Environment ministry proposes common emission norms for gen setsnewKerala.com - Published |
Environment Ministry team visits villages affected by thermal plants on Nagpur outskirtsnewKerala.com - Published | Environment Ministry seeks to justify its star rating for green clearancenewKerala.com - Published |
Environment Ministry brings out draft EPR notification for waste tyresnewKerala.com - Published | 61% of power plants to miss meeting their 2022 deadline on emission standardsSixty-one percent of the coal-based power plants located near million-plus population cities, which have to meet their emission standards by December 2022, will miss their deadlines, shows an analysis..IndiaTimes - Published |
Better air quality in 96 cities in 2020 then 2019: Environment MinistrynewKerala.com - Published | 140 hectare of forest to be razed in Thane and Raigad?A proposal recently sent to the Union environment ministry seeks clearance to construct transmission lines that will pass through the forest land in Raigad district and ThaneMid-Day - Published |
Air pollution: Is Environment Ministry not aware of the Decision Support System?newKerala.com - Published | NHAI seeks nod to clear 14 hectares of forest to widen road in ThaneProposal sent to Union environment ministry says land will be used to ease traffic on road between Vadpe in Bhiwandi taluka and Thane cityMid-Day - Published |
Want forest clearance? Give Toyota Innova: Agency under Environment MinistrynewKerala.com - Published | 10 hectares mangrove land to make way for construction of DP Road in ThaneThane civic body, which sent proposal to Union environment ministry, says there is no alternative; move aimed at decongesting traffic in Thane cityMid-Day - Published |
Delhi govt slams Centre for `not responding to letters` over air pollution situationDelhi Minister Gopal Rai said that the citizens should appeal to the environment ministry through social media to take necessary action on the issue.Zee News - Published | Environment Ministry fine-tuning procedure for 'ease of doing business'newKerala.com - Published |
TERI Organizes the National Conference on the COP26 Charter of Actions"Equity and climate justice are touchstones of any global climate response," said the *Hon'ble Union Minister of Environment, Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Government of India..NewsVoir - Published | Environment Ministry launches series of guidelines for projects on ecotourism, river dolphinsnewKerala.com - Published |
Environment ministry to come up with draft policy on electronic waste soonnewKerala.com - Published | Environment Ministry embarks on elephant reserves, corridor mappingnewKerala.com - Published |
Mumbai: Powai lake’s cycle track is on Environment Ministry`s radarMinistry writes to forest department of Maharashtra regarding construction activities at site; demands immediate actionMid-Day - Published | Environment ministry holds talks with Delhi, neighbouring states over stubble burningnewKerala.com - Published |
Tamil Nadu: NGT suspends nod to expand Ennore thermal power unitThe Southern Zone Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday suspended for six months the environmental clearance (EC) granted by the Union environment ministry to Ennore Thermal Power Plant..IndiaTimes - Published | Environment Ministry directs Chandigarh to halt bird aviary project until it gets approvalsIndian Express - Published |