Thiruvananthapuram, October 12 (PTI): Over 50,000 students have pledged their commitment for preserving the environment and public property, the Kerala State Legal Services Authority (KSLSA) said on Tuesday.
NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 5 (IANS): Connecting with the youth and students from various parts of the country, virtually, on the issue of elimination of Single Use Plastic (SUP), Union Minister for Environment, Forest
Billings, September 29 (AP): Death's come knocking a last time for the splendid ivory-billed woodpecker and 22 more birds, fish and other species: The US government on Wednesday declared them extinct.
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NEW DELHI, SEPTEMBER 27 (IANS): During his or her lifetime, a child born in 2021 will experience on an average twice as many wildfires, between two and three times more droughts, almost three times more river f
Berlin, September 16 (AP): Scientists say the hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer over the Southern Hemisphere is larger than usual this year and already surpasses the size of Antarctica.
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New Delhi, September 6 (PTI): The world leaders need to take immediate action to limit climate change, restore biodiversity, and protect health, according to an editorial published in over 220 leading journals,
NAIROBI, SEPTEMBER 2 (IANS): One-third of the world's countries have no legally-mandated outdoor (ambient) air quality standards.
Where such laws exist, standards vary widely and often misalign with Worl
London, August 8 (IANS): The environmental impact of bottled water is up to 3,500 times higher than tap water, according to a new study.
The consumption of bottled water has been increasing sharply in recent
NEW DELHI, AUGUST 6 (IANS): Establishing with observations that the Pensilungpa Glacier located in Zanskar, Ladakh, is retreating due to an increase in the temperature and decrease in precipitation during winte
NEW DELHI, MAY 12 (IANS): Air pollution from planned new coal plants built by companies in which HSBC holds ownership stakes will cause an estimated 18,700 global deaths, close to half in India, from air pollut
New Delhi, April 14 (PTI): Climate change will make summer monsoon rainfall in India stronger and more erratic, according to a study that predicts extremely wet years in the future, with potentially grave conse
NEW DELHI, APRIL 9 (IANS): Many animals and plants unique to the world's most stunning natural places face extinction if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, according to a new scientific study publis
Los Angeles, March 26 (IANS): Hollywood star Scarlett Johansson has admitted she was wrong in hitting back at critics of some of her past opinions, such has her defence of the role she essayed in"Ghost In
BEIJING, JANUARY 24 (IANS): Beijing has issued a yellow alert for heavy air pollution that took effect from Sunday, local authorities said.
A series of measures will be taken from Sunday, including the suspe
Mumbai, June 26 (IANS): Actress-producer Anushka Sharma says she always wanted to show strong, independent women through cinema and her latest production venture, "Bulbbul", is a step in that directio
Los Angeles, June 8 (IANS): "Friends" co-creator Marta Kauffman has confessed that she didn't do enough to promote diversity on the popular American sitcom "Friends", which is considered
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Los Angeles, May 10 (IANS): Led Zeppelin's authentic artwork for the cover of the rock band's 1969 eponymous debut album is set to be auctioned in June.
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London, May 8 (IANS): Brian May, lead guitarist of the rock band Queen, landed in a hospital after ripping the muscles in his glutes "to shreds".
The 72-year
New Delhi, November 11 (IANS) The Environment Ministry is launching a mass cleanliness drive at 50 beaches under the "Swachh - Nirmal Tat Abhiyaan".
The government's effort is to clean up the beaches and cr