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Tuesday, December 16, 2025
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Topic: environment

BIS creates new department for environmental standards

The Bureau aims to protect the environment, promote sustainable development.

Environment funds collected by pollution board in past 5 yrs largely unused, reveals govt response

According to the response, the CPCB received Rs. 422.56 crore as EPC funds between 2019 and 2024. Of this, Rs. 99.29 crore has been utilised for environmental protection activities.

New fish found off Madagascar—remarkable long-nosed skate discovered in the deep ocean

The brown longnose skate has a long, stiff snout. It has not been recorded anywhere else in the world, which raises the concern that it may be threatened with extinction.

Coal Ministry Extends Deadline for Star Rating Self-Evaluation

Evaluation to Consider Mining Operations, Environment, and Safety

World breaks hottest day record for second day in a row

The record had last been set for four consecutive days in a row in early July 2023. Before that, the hottest day was in August 2016.

Heavy rains disrupt over 2 dozen flights at Mumbai Airport

Runway operations suspended due to torrential rains and low visibility, said the Mumbai airport in a statement.

2024 may be world’s hottest year ever as June breaks records, says EU

By Kate Abnett BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Last month was the hottest June on record, the EU's climate change monitoring service said on Monday, continuing a streak of exceptional temperatures that some

India at 176 among 180 countries in Environment Performance Index 2024, high emissions flagged again

EPI 2022, which placed Indian at bottom, was rejected by the Centre. Bad air quality, high projected emissions & low biodiversity-habitat scores behind poor rank this year.

PK’s poll predictions are out of this world & the candidate who pirouettes for change

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

India to host first-ever focused working group discussions on regulating tourism in Antarctica

The discussions will focus on the regulation of tourism in a way that preserves the ecological integrity of Antarctica.

On Camera

Top 10 picks of Serendipity Art Festival 2025 by Rohit Chawla

Through film, textile, scent, sound, and gesture, spectators are invited to descend into an immersive environment where inherited knowledge seeps through material and form.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.