India on Saturday was among the 197 nations to sign a binding agreement in Rwanda's capital Kigali to phase out the use of hydrofluorocarbon or (HFC) gases, primarily found in air conditioners. The deal
PPCB video on ill-effects of firecrackers to be screened in cinema halls City residents can brace up for pre-Diwali advisories at cinema halls for going easy on crackers this Diwali. In a special video
Mumbai: In its bid to save energy and water by adopting the concept of green buildings, members from Indian Green Building Council (IGBC) have raised concern to the government by requesting them to introduce
The country's existing busy airports will now have to follow stricter noise pollution norms and airport operators will have to model noise for upcoming airports. The Union Ministry for Environment, Forest
TRICHY: Whenever this 23-year-old youth said he would give anything to save the environment, nobody ever thought he would sacrifice his life for the cause. That's what K Jawahar did when he jumped into
With Diwali a little over two weeks away, the Delhi government Thursday wrote to the Customs department and Delhi Police on ways to stop the import and sale of harmful crackers. The government also
The Kigali talks will also discuss the years by which the developing and developed countries will cap HFC emissions. Environment Minister Anil Dave has said India will no longer permit the release of
Says project technically flawed India blocked a climate change project from Pakistan at the Green Climate Fund, raising eyebrows at the meeting in South Korea. The project is to be located in Gilgit-Baltistan
A passionate appeal to emulate Mahatma Gandhi’s life and thoughts in the global fight against climate change marked the beginning of the ministerial segment of the Kigali meeting of the Montreal Protocol
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Thursday reached Kigali in Rwanda where he will attend the 28th Montreal Protocol meeting on the last day on Friday. "US Secretary of State John Kerry will aim to
A team of the Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) today failed to take any samples from the record room located underground in the district court complex to check the air quality. An advocate and
GURGAON: The Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) on Thursday launched a no-plastic and no-cracker campaign to tackle air pollution this Diwali. The move came after a Central Pollution Control
Delhi Pollution Control Committee on Thursday wrote to Delhi Police and to the customs department, asking them to ensure that import of prohibited firecrackers into Delhi is not permitted. The direction
The Municipal Corporation (MC) is planning to install solar panels on unipoles for providing eco-friendly advertisement infrastructure in the city. Mayor Bakshi Ram Arora has instructed advertisement
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A Kerala start-up on small wind turbine steals the show at the ongoing international music and Science festival termed 'Paganfest' at Kochi. The innovative model of small wind turbine
India and China have agreed to cooperate on sourcing energy from international markets, construction of high-speed railway and development of coastal manufacturing zones as the two fastest growing economies
India plans to more than double its liquefied natural gas (LNG) annual import capacity to 50 million tonnes in the next few years, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. "We currently
The revised estimates put the incidence of TB in India at 217 per 1,00,000 population in 2015 as against the previously estimated 127 per 1,00,000. WHO said the size of the epidemic has increased considerably
As many as 54 fresh cases of dengue were reported from the tricity and surrounding areas today, including 17 from Mohali district, 28 from Chandigarh and nine from Panchkula. The total number of dengue
Tuberculosis epidemic in India is "larger" than what was previously estimated, the World Health Organisation (WHO) today said while asserting that the country was one of six nations which accounted for
