The increase in solar power production has led to a fall in the cost of power in the open market. Hyderabad: Andhra Pradesh is at the top in India when it comes to solar power, with accumulative generation
PARIS: "Excess" diesel truck and car emissions claimed about 38,000 lives worldwide in 2015, said a study Monday that sought to quantify deaths due to pollution that carmakers sought to hide. Four-fifths
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Thiruvananthapuram: With dengue cases on the rise, the city is experiencing severe scarcity of blood in blood banks. The by standers and relatives are having a horrid time arranging blood for the patients
‘India exporting rice worth ₹40,000 crore annually due to scientific application’ India is exporting rice worth ₹ 40,000 crore annually and other food products despite facing massive adverse impact
MUMBAI: The Mumbai airport has received environmental clearance for a Rs 3,500-crore expansion plan as well as shifting of the iconic air traffic control tower to Kalina as a long-term security strategy.
With just a few days left for the expiry of the deadline set by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to clean Bellandur lake, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah visited the city’s largest waterbody on Monday. Speaking
PANJIM: While iron ore mining activities in Sonshi village in Sattari will remain at a halt for some more time, Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), in a bid to avert dust pollution around mining
The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal, in a case relating to sand mining in the Palar riverbed, has expressed satisfaction with steps taken by the State government, as well as the State Environment
Coal will remain India's main energy source for the next three decades although its share will gradually fall as the country pushes renewable power generation, according to a government report seen by
AGRA: The National Green Tribunal on Monday directed four five-star hotels of Agra to get approval from the Central Ground Water Authority to extract groundwater and submit a report within two weeks. The
National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has started a 'Krishi Jal' campaign for water conservation and water resource mapping in 1,000 villages of Pithoragarh and Champawat districts.
While the Government officials have put on a brave face, trying to resolve food crisis, Ministry of Agriculture bosses seem to be holding their breath as they watch the unfolding food crisis across the
Air pollution in a key Chinese region surrounding Beijing worsened in the first four months of this year, despite tough new campaigns to enforce green regulations and punish offenders, official data published
Investors in China and India increasingly dominate ownership of coal reserves amid campaigns for divestment in many rich nations to limit the risks from climate change, a study showed on Tuesday. The
One in four children in the Arab world live in poverty, often deprived of life's most basic necessities such as proper housing or safe water, according to a study released on Monday by the U.N. children's
As smartphones spread to rural areas, an initiative backed by tech giants aims to help small farmers in poor countries access data on crops, weather and soil, helping them boost production in the face
With money for action on climate change already in short supply, an estimated $300 billion a year needed to help countries deal with unavoidable climate losses will have to come from innovative new sources,
The African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank) will invest up to $500 million in Gambia, its president said, an economic boost to the impoverished West African country ostracized by investors under former
MAGOU, Niger, May 16 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Surveying his village's stocks of rice, sesame, millet and other food in a storehouse piled high with bags, Amadou Hassane is satisfied - but still a
Kenya’s reserves of corn dropped to less than a day’s worth of consumption after stocks of the staple grain were released to millers, the National Cereals and Produce Board said. The reserve currently
