Shimla: The parallel conclave of non-government organisations pursuing environmental issues strongly opposed the construction of big hydropower projects in the Himalayan region which were being set up in the most insensitive manner, causing loss of livelihoods and depletion of natural resources.

Shimla: While asserting that the situation with respect to glacier melt and climate change was not as alarming as being projected by the western world, Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser, Department of Science and Technology, today said India would not be bullied by dictates of the western world in achieving high development index without exceeding the global emission levels.

India seeks regional cooperation in saving the Himalayan ecosystem

A comprehensive programme to assess the damage being done to ecologically fragile areas in the Himalayas and to prevent over-exploitation of natural resources in the region was cleared by the Prime Minister

Srinagar: Governor NN Vohra here today stressed the need for a larger awareness for protection of environment to meet the challenges of environmental and climatic changes that were bound to pose

Illegal hunting is going on in the country and even the sanctuaries and Wildlife department reserves are no longer safe for animals.

Conservationists say the Maharaja of Sargujar killed India

For more than 40 years, Earth has been sending out distress signals. We have responded through staging processions on Earth days, holding seminars, passing environmental laws and forging a few international treaties, like in the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero.