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New Delhi: Environmentalists on Tuesday welcomed the Delhi government's decision to impose a blanket ban on manufacture, sale, storage and usage of plastic bags in the capital .

In a move to make Delhi plasticfree, chief minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday announced a blanket ban on plastic bags under Section 5 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

Environmentalists and river conservation activists have hailed the Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh's comments about the need for a River Regulation Zone notification, but they want the Minister to

Kasaragod: Acclaimed litterateur and environmentalist Sugathakumari, in a passionate appeal, has called for an intensified joint agitation to force the authorities to take tangible action against the use of deadly pesticides like Endosulfan to free younger generation from the scourge of serious health hazards.

Despite having stringent rules and regulations, the successive governments and their

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An international conservation conference in Paris made progress on November 27 on protecting sharks but didn't do anything to save the Atlantic bluefin tuna, which has been severely overfished to feed the market for sushi in Japan, environmental groups said.

Delegates from 48 nations spent 11 days in Paris haggling over fishing quotas for the Atlantic and Mediterranean, poring

New Delhi: State-owned power generator NTPC seems to be cautious about capacity addition through hydropower projects after the government recently scrapped its 600-mw Loharinag Pala project in Uttarakhand on resistance by some environmental groups.

NTPC plans to review its hydro-based power generation capacity addition programme.

Strongly opposing the newly proposed mine in the area, the Karapur Sarvan Panchayat has stated that they would resort to agitation to stop the project.
Speaking to media persons, Karapur-Sarvan Sarpanch Santos Talkar said recently a mining activity has started in the panchayat area and some environmentalists have voiced against the activity.
Even though the activities are still at its budding st

KOCHI: If unscientific disposal of septic waste continues unabated it can cause serious health and environmental issues, point out experts.

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The Yamuna is rising again, threatening to enter city limits with more than six lakh cusecs of water being released into the river from Hathnikund barrage on Wednesday evening after heavy rainfall and inundation in Haryana and Punjab.