‘Water bomb’: China building world’s most powerful mega dam in the Himalayas — how it impacts India | India News

China is reportedly pressing ahead with a massive hydropower project on the Yarlung Tsangpo river in Tibet, a move that experts and officials warn could seriously endanger water security, ecology…

NDMC to plant 2.6 lakh tulips; religious sites, public spaces to be decorated | India News

The New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) will launch a major beautification drive, planting over 2.6 lakh tulip bulbs across Lutyens Delhi starting December 27. NDMC Vice Chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal…

Mountains older than memory: How new ‘definition’ of Aravalli risks undercutting ‘Viksit Bharat’ | India News

Aravalli: Mountain older than memory If demography can be a dividend, geography certainly decides its destiny. Few landscapes illustrate this more clearly than the Aravalli Range, an ancient chain of…

Delhi Air Pollution: AQI remains very poor; 7 areas slip into ‘severe’ zone, Narela worst at 418 | Delhi News

Delhi air pollution crisis NEW DELHI: Delhi on Monday woke up to hazy skies, with overall air quality in the ‘very poor’ category with a reading of 366, according to…

Amid row over 100m rule, govt asked Survey of India to map Aravalis based on it | Gurgaon News

GURGAON: On Wednesday, the Union environment ministry (MoEF) announced it would look to further reduce permissible mining area in the Aravalis. However, exactly a week before that, on Dec 17,…

Delhi air pollution: Curbs on vehicles under GRAP-IV; all you need to know | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Delhi Environment Minister Manjinder Singh Sirsa announced that two key restrictions under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP-4) will now remain in effect to tackle the city’s persistent…

‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ initiative has become a movement: NDMC Vice Chairperson

New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) Vice Chairperson Kuljeet Singh Chahal on Sunday planted a sapling under the ‘Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam’ campaign in Sarojini Vihar.After the event, Chahal told…

Nature-based solutions to clean water entering river | Delhi News

NEW DELHI: Delhi government will use nature-based solutions (NbS) to treat polluted water in different drains before it enters the Yamuna. NbS is an eco-friendly initiative for pollution abatement that…

Greens, Gurgaon residents seek Unesco Biosphere Reserve tag for Aravalis | Gurgaon News

Gurgaon: Citizens campaigning for the protection of Aravali hills on Sunday urged Centre to push for Unesco Biosphere Reserve status for it to “ensure long-term protection”.Aravalli Bachao Citizens Movement (ABCM)…

Oceans struggling to absorb CO2 amid microplastic pollution: Study

NEW DELHI: Microplastics could be impacting the oceans’ ability to absorb carbon dioxide (CO2) which is critical for regulating Earth’s temperature, according to a research. ‘Biological carbon pumping’ is a…