Bihar government enforces ban on single-use plastic
The ban was notified 6 months ago and covers disposable thermocol products
As told to Parliament (July 29, 2021): Some 927,606 children in India are ‘severely acute malnourished’
All that was discussed in the House through the day
Discarded fishing gear threatens Ganga dolphins, turtles
Researchers said the waste fishing gear could be recycled and used in clothes, carpets
Simply Put: COVID-19 vs climate change
Plastic-free planet: No consensus on intersessional work on INC-3 last day; revised zero draft to form basis of next session
INC-4 to be hosted by Ottawa, Canada in a few months; INC-5 by Busan, South Korea in November 2024
From trash to power: How to harness energy from Africa’s garbage dumps — and save billions in future damage
Garbage dumps in 44 sub-Saharan African countries are 95 per cent unregulated
Green energy: Govt reduces open access transaction limit to 100 KW
Coal is currently the source of 70 percent of India’s electricity.
As told to Parliament (April 7, 2022): 56,747 women scientists engaged in research and development
As told to Parliament (March 22, 2021): 3% of India’s COVID-19 cases among tribals
Kudankulam Away from Reactor storage: Locals want MPs, MLAs at public hearing
DMK has agreed to send elected representatives
In pictures: Black kites of the national capital
Down To Earth photographer Vikas Choudhary captures the birds of prey in Delhi
Policy enablers needed to strengthen India’s Bio-CNG sector
In Indore, some 400 buses ply on the Bio-CNG generated from municipal solid waste
As told to Parliament (July 19, 2021): Nearly 41% households in India have piped water supply
Red fox displacing blue counterparts in Norway’s alpine areas
Litter left by humans as well as roads are aiding the red fox in its spread, says study
Simply Put: 75 years of Hiroshima
PM Modi's Independence Day speech: Call against single-use plastic can be a start
To weed out single-use plastic, India must first define it
How India fared environmentally: State of India’s Environment 2023 In Figures
Parliamentary Digest (August 4, 2022): A million tonnes of e-waste generated in 2019-20
India’s sewage treatment plants treat only a third of the sewage generated daily: CPCB
Reuse of treated sewage can decrease the water demand from aquatic sources
Gandhi at 150: His tryst with food
He viewed food as an opportunity to allow free exchange of culture
Action falls short as far as industrial effluent pollution in India is concerned
There are lapses in implementation of laws and court judgements
A holistic water management system in urban areas for a sustainable future
An integrated approach can bring healthy coordination between all stakeholders
As told to Parliament (March 30, 2022): India’s coal demand to increase 63% by 2023
As told to Parliament (December 7, 2021): Thousands of posts vacant at India’s rural health centres
Look back at the decade: 2010-2019
Developments that shaped the world in the second decade of the new millenium