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India only G-20 country implementing Paris accord commitments, says Prakash Javadekar

Speaking at the Rajya Sabha Monday, the environment minister said India is ahead of other countries in reducing emissions and increasing afforestation.

Tigress Avni’s offspring dies 8 days after being released into the wild in Maharashtra

Avni was shot dead in 2018 after being declared a man-eater. Her female offspring died during treatment of injuries following a fight in a forest.

Survival rate of trees planted roadside best in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, govt data shows

Uttar Pradesh has planted 1,15,145 trees every year with a survival rate of 91-100%. Tamil Nadu has a survival rate of 95% & plants 24,094 trees on every year, data shows.

Delhi ranks third on list of states & Union territories with most contaminated sites

Bhalswa and Ghazipur landfill sites, industrial areas at Jhilmil, Wazirpur, New Friends Colony, Dilshad Garden and Lawrence Road are among the 11 contaminated sites in Delhi.

World’s tallest trees store more CO2 and are bigger than we imagined, finds laser technology

Scientists from University College London & the University of Maryland are using advanced laser scanning to create 3D maps and calculate the total mass of trees.

In last 20 years, death rate due to heatwaves increased by 62% in India, IMD study says

Study by Ministry of Earth Sciences and the India Meteorological Department also notes despite a rise in extreme weather events, there was a decrease in mortality rate by 44.6%.

Tigers in bottles made the wild animal worth more dead than alive

As tigers disappear from the wild, more and more turn up in farms across Asia.

By 2050 there may be more plastic than fish in the sea. This 10-step plan can change that

Experts say 90% of coral reefs could soon be dead, waves of mass marine extinction may be unleashed & seas may be left overheated, acidified and lacking oxygen.

Why plant-based diets are essential to our planet’s future

A new report explains how unless we change what we eat and how it is produced, the planet’s ability to support humans could come under threat.

How Sweden is transforming its homes into power stations

Almost 54 per cent of Sweden’s power comes from renewables and this energy is increasingly local.

On Camera

Tirupati controversy shows temples can’t run as public sector units. They must be privatised

A private temple could make crores by selling better laddus and investing in goshalas and captive production units to control quality.

After a brief surge, private investment & hiring has again turned cautious. Focus is on cutting debt

Financial year 2022-23 saw private investments & hiring surge, but since then firms are using cash to reduce debt. General elections didn’t help matters, either.

Indian envoy in Oman dons Army combat print for photo ops, sparks controversy

Ambassador Amit Narang wore combat uniform at closing ceremony of India-Oman joint military exercise. Only serving personnel can wear service uniforms, say veterans.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

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?