State of the Climate in Asia 2024
<p>The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing
Environment
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Assembly appeals for Central aid
The Assembly passed a unanimous resolution requesting the Centre to immediately release Rs 996.12 crore from National Calamity Contingency Fund and 15 lakh tonne of rice under the Swarnajayanti
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Clinical waste piles up in Salt Lake
The Salt Lake civic body is grappling with mounds of medical waste alongside other garbage. High chances of contamination have forced the municipality to contemplate sterner steps. The municipality
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Resolution passed for Central drought aid
The Andhra Pradesh State Government has declared 305 out of the 1,127 mandals as drought hit and sought Rs 996 crore from National Calamity Contingency Fund and 17 lakh MT rice for use under SGRY to
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Kumarakom shows the way
Kumarakom, part of the greater Kuttanad region, is located in the western part of Kottayam district adjoining Vembanad Lake. The name Kumarakom is derived from the words "kuminja" and "akam", which
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UK heat-related deaths top 2000
More than 2000 additional people died in England and Wales in August's recording to figures released by the UK government. The increase is far smaller than the 14800 rise seen in France or the 4175
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MSE adds economics to green agenda
In what could emerge as a blueprint for the green taxes regime, the Madras School of Economics has presented to the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests an interim proposal for 'double divident
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Catastrophic break up
The largest ice shelf in the Arctic -- an 80-foot thick slab of ice nearly the size of Lake Tahoe -- is breaking up, providing more evidence that the Earth's polar regions are responding to ongoing
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Himachal Pradesh to launch sanitation project in seven districts
In an effort to generate awareness and inculcate the habit of sanitation and hygiene among school kids and provide clean surroundings in the temples of learning, the Himachal Pradesh state government
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Anti-pollution devices: PPCB accused of favouring pvt firms
The officials of Punjab Pollution Control Board(PPCB) are forcing the rice millers to get the upgradation of their Effluent Treatment Plants done from two private firms of Ludhiana and
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Salt march
Last week, the Maharashtra government started the experiment to augment rain it's been on for a month in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in what is India's first artificial rain project on this scale.