Guidelines on single-use plastic waste management sets annual recycling targets for producers, importers & brand-owners. The fines for those who fail won't absolve them from meeting targets.
Environmentalist Chopra said committee’s role had been confined, its previous recommendations ignored, & his belief that it could protect fragile ecology had been ‘shattered’.
Earth Sciences Ministry said mean retreat rate of Hindukush Himalayan glaciers was 14.9-15.1 metres per annum which varied from those in Indus, Ganga & Brahmaputra river basins.
Most of us aren't accustomed to regard insects as food. But before you say "yuck," hear us out. They can be a source of sustainable and nutritious protein.
The report examines hard and soft limits that ecosystems, biodiversity, and societies face in terms of their adaptability to climate change. The first part was released in Aug last year.
The sponges, spanning 15 sq kms, were found on top of extinct underwater mountains. They were feeding on fossilised remains of a tube worm ecosystem from thousands of years ago.
Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife also approved several projects in protected areas and eco-sensitive zones, including border outposts & Ayurveda Institute.
Scientists for first time measured the thickness & movement of over 250,000 glaciers. It found wide variations in ice volume and freshwater reservoirs that millions of people depend on.
The installation took place under AAP government's single-window facility, which seeks to facilitate the expansion of charging infrastructure for EVs around the national capital.
For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.
SEBI Tuesday unveiled rules to curtail retail participation in derivatives market. Options premia to be collected upfront from options buyer effective 1 Feb 2025.
Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.
How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?
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