The Centre on Tuesday urged people to shift to “human mode” from “auto mode” to meet climate change challenges across the globe, while stressing at the same time on the role to be played by the pri
The Centre on Monday said that mitigation alone cannot ensure the curbing of green house gas emissions and that a “balanced” approach is required to achieve the Intended Nationally Determined Contr
Hundreds of Bangladeshis began a four-day march on Thursday from the capital to the Sundarbans in a last-ditch protest against plans to build a coal-fired power plant near the World Heritage-listed
In what the government is pushing as a “revolution” in curbing pollution, electronic sensors will be installed in 80 per cent of polluting industries by March 31, by which the government hopes to m
Climate change could kill more than 500,000 adults in 2050 worldwide, with almost three-quarters of those expected in India (136,000) and China (248,000) due to changes in diets and body weight fro
In a bid to promote healthy-eating practice in schools, the Delhi government has directed schools in the city to consider banning sale of food items high in fat, sugar and salt content from their c
Finance minister Arun Jaitley’s third Union Budget on Monday left the middle class and salaried people high and dry, hit by slow economic growth and the rising cost of living.
Union Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu kept passenger fares and freight charges intact in Railway Budget, 2016, looking more towards more trains and dedicated corridors in a Budget he said was “focus
The National Green Tribunal has slammed railw-ays over human defecation and other waste on tracks and also directed authorities in Delhi to expeditiously decide on rehabilitation of slum clusters l
