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As part of “Energy Conservation Week”, celebrated from December 9 to 14, 2019, Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) conducted an International Workshop on 12-13th December 2019 on “Energy Efficient Cooling” at Scope Convention Centre, New Delhi. BEE is a statuary Read More …
India, for the first time, ranks among the top 10 in the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI) 2020 released on December 10, 2019 at the COP25 climate change summit in Madrid. The index was jointly presented by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute Read More …
Parliament on December 9, 2019 passed a landmark “The Recycling of Ships Bill 2019’’ for Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships in India. The existing Shipbreaking Code (revised),2013 and the provisions of the Hong Kong Convention, 2009 are dovetailed in this Read More …
According to the Union Government, Compressed Bio-Gas (CBG) can be produced from biomass and organic waste sources including paddy stubble. Compressed Bio-Gas has properties similar to the commercially available natural gas and can be used as an alternative renewable fuel. Read More …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has embarked upon a programme for ‘Blue Flag’ Certification for select beaches in the country. This Certification is accorded by an international agency “Foundation for Environment Education, Denmark” based on 33 stringent Read More …
Operation Clean Art is the first pan India operation to crack down on the smuggling of mongoose hair in the country. Under this operation on October 24, 2019, about 200 officials, including policemen raided at Sherkot in Uttar Pradesh’s Bijnor Read More …
The Central Government has approved the establishment of an International Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) at an outlay of Rs. 480 crore (approx. USD 70 million) for a corpus required to fund technical assistance and research projects on an Read More …
By Jyoti Singh (Twitter: @ashajyoti11) New Delhi, November 28 (India Science Wire): According to the World Health Organization (WHO) noise pollution is the third most hazardous environmental type of pollution after air and water pollution and researchers always face problems Read More …
According to the international science journal Comptes Rendus Biologies, researchers have discovered Trachischium apteii.-a new species of non-venomous burrowing snake in Arunachal Pradesh. Features The snakes were found in the Tally Valley Wildlife Sanctuary near the town of Ziro in Read More …
Uttar Pradesh government has announced to set up state’s first vulture conservation and breeding centre in farenda area of Maharajganj district. Features States’ first vulture conservation and breeding centre of its kind will be set up on the lines of Read More …
The Union Cabinet on November 27, 2019 approved the negotiating stand of India at the 25th Conference of Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) scheduled to be held in Madrid, Spain (under the Presidency of Read More …
According to the Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Shri Babul Supriyo , census of major flagship species is undertaken at the State-level by the respective State/Union Territory Governments periodically. However census of tiger and elephant Read More …
The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, with the death of 25-year-old female named Iman . Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino died in May this year. According to the the Wildlife Department in eastern Sabah state on Borneo island, Read More …
The Central Government has taken a number of regulatory measures for prevention, control and abatement of air pollution in the country. Some of those measures are: Action Plans for Improvement of Air Quality The Central Government has launched National Clean Read More …
A tiny species of wasp discovered in Mexico which kills an invasive pest threatening crops has been named after British actor Idris Elba. In this way, noted actor Idris Elba has earned a pointed honor for his role as Norse gatekeeper Heimdall in Read More …