Negotiations to amend the Montreal Protocol to phase-down the climate-damaging refrigerant HFCs entered a critical stage on Wednesday as nearly 40 ministers, including India's environment minister

`Non-GM Seeds Helped Raise Production 5-Fold In 60 Yrs'

NEW DELHI: With the deadline of submitting comments of stakeholders on genetically modified mustard to the central biotech regulator coming to an end on Wednesday, both anti and pro-GM groups have

NEW DELHI: With India deciding to ratify the Paris Agreement on October 2, the focus is now shifted to the country's move on curbing the use of climate-damaging refrigerants hydrofluorocarbons (HFC

NEW DELHI: India will ratify the Paris Agreement on climate change on October 2, PM Narendra Modi said on Sunday, brightening the prospect of the deal coming into force this year.

The Paris Agreement on climate change moved closer to enter into force this year as 31 more countries on Wednesday joined it at a special event hosted by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki

NEW DELHI: Allaying concerns of environmentalists who alleged that the central biotech regulator's sub-committee that studied the bio-safety of GM (genetically modified) mustard did not have any 'h

Environment ministry on Thursday announced an ambitious collaborative R&D programme to develop next generation sustainable refrigerant technologies as alternatives to the climate-damaging hydro

Lack of calibration of pollution-measuring instruments has been hampering efforts of the country's pollution watchdog to come out with accurate data on air pollution.

NEW DELHI: Environment ministers of the BRICS nations will meet in Goa on September 16 to strengthen mutual cooperation in critical areas like air and water pollution, liquid and solid waste manage

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