At a time when the water level of Ranipokhari is decreasing due to increasing settlements in the area and the fish in it have started dying because of insufficient water, the Youth Red-Cross Circle (YRC) at Tri-Chandra College on Wednesday installed two more rainwater harvesting systems.

The system was installed with support from World Wildlife Fund and with technical support from NGO Forum for

As many as 353 new species of flora and fauna have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the past decade, of which more than 40 per cent were found in the eight states of the Northeastern region.

Nearly extinct

About 180 nations met for U.N. climate talks on Monday amid warnings that time was running out for them to reach agreement on a hugely complex pact, due for completion at the end of the year.

More than 350 new species, including a flying frog and the world's smallest deer species, have been discovered in the Eastern Himalayas in the last decade, according to the WWF.

The eastern Himalayas, the region which spans Bhutan and Northeast India, north Burma, Nepal and southern parts of Tibet Autonomous Region in China, faces an alarming threat from climate change.

Akhila Singh

Eminent environmentalist Ashok Khosla said the world required

According to Hindu mythology, Ganga descended from the heavens to wash away human sins. She was so pure and gorgeous that the spray from her streams was enough to stir Lord Shiva's lust! But now, at parts in her course, the river Ganga reeks. She is noxiously dark. And methane bubbles keep popping on her surface.

On July 17, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh admitted that the Ganga Action

NEW DELHI : President Pratibha July 31: President Pratibha Patil on Friday joined residents in the capital in switching off lights to mark the Earth Hour being observed to create awareness for global action on climate change.

New Delhi: On Friday night, Delhiites will again take part in a citywide campaign to save energy. The Delhi environment department is organising its own quarterly Earth Hour, that will henceforth be observed on the last working day of every third month.