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Indus and Ganges river dolphins are two different species

14 April 2021

Why Climate Change is an Environmental Justice Issue

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  • 14 April 2021
Uranium Project in Telangana Tiger Reserve

13 April 2021

Japan plan for the release of contaminated Fukushima water into the ocean

13 April 2021

Wayanad sanctuary, a haven for Asiatic wild dog

12 April 2021

Dolphin boom in Odisha’s Chilika lake

12 April 2021

KVIC's Innovative Project RE-HAB (Reducing Elephant – Human Attacks Using Bees) in all states

09 April 2021

New species from Arunachal added to India’s bird list

09 April 2021

Two poles of climate targeting: the Net zero-emission and the Climate Justice

07 April 2021

Mahendragiri: Odisha's second biosphere reserve

06 April 2021

World Bank announced the new climate action plan

05 April 2021

Slow and Steady loss of race of Indian Star Tortoises

05 April 2021

Area in Maharashtra’s Sindhudurg named as a ‘biodiversity heritage site’

01 April 2021

Discovery of a new sub-species of the six-line blue butterfly

31 March 2021

Earth Hour Day 2021

30 March 2021

Two species of seaweed discovered along India’s coastline

30 March 2021

U.S. bald eagle fought back from near-extinction

30 March 2021

Draft amendment in Forest Conservation Act

27 March 2021

Chilikawas a part of the Bay of Bengal: A new study

27 March 2021

African elephants listed as critically endangered

26 March 2021

Exotic aquarium fish species: threat to Lake biodiversity

26 March 2021

Eagle shark: existed through ancient seas

24 March 2021

World Water Day

23 March 2021

International Day of Forests

23 March 2021

NITI Aayog vision for Great Nicobar ignores tribal, ecological concerns

23 March 2021

Assessing the environmental and ecological concerns of Man - Animal Conflict

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  • 22 March 2021
Manipur emerges as a model state for Van Dhan Vikas Yojana

19 March 2021

Climate crisis: Oceans may emit more ozone-depleting gases

19 March 2021

22 of 30 most polluted cities in India: Report

17 March 2021

Supreme Court steps in to protect Great Indian Bustard

16 March 2021

In Deep Waters: Current Threats to the Marine Ecology

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  • 15 March 2021
Protest over Adani’sKattupalli Port expansion project

12 March 2021

Saksham campaign

10 March 2021

Ecosystem services valuation: Correcting conceptual issues with carbon storage benefits

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  • 10 March 2021
Miyawaki Technique

09 March 2021

Massive fire threatens to cause colossal damage to Similipal Biosphere

05 March 2021

Environmental Impact Assessment

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  • 05 March 2021
Israel accuses Iran of ‘environmental terrorism’

04 March 2021

World Wildlife Day 2021

04 March 2021

Marine spatial planning

04 March 2021

In a ‘first’, Himalayan serow spotted in Assam

03 March 2021

Will Chhattisgarh declare Bhoramdeo Wildlife Sanctuary a tiger reserve?

27 February 2021

Jammu’s Chipko moment: protest against a plan to chop trees in Raika

26 February 2021

Chandigarh, first in the race to assess the carbon footprint of individuals

25 February 2021

Protection of endangered pangolin

25 February 2021

Mass migration of blue earthworms in Meghalaya underlines sustainable land-use

22 February 2021

Polluted air killed 54,000 in Delhi

19 February 2021

National Hydrogen Mission

18 February 2021

Odisha’s Karlapat Sanctuary

17 February 2021

‘Pangolins in Cameroon are on the verge of extinction’

16 February 2021

Threats to Leatherback nesting sites by Andamans project

16 February 2021

Mandarin duck – therare duck has created a flutter in Upper Assam

15 February 2021

Excessive Use of Fertilizer

13 February 2021

Union Budget 2021-22: deep ocean mission is launched

13 February 2021

Srivilliputhur–Megamalai Tiger Reserve in TN approved

11 February 2021

Brookesia nana: World’s smallest reptile?

10 February 2021

Scheme on ‘Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue’

09 February 2021

Ocean blooms: the rise in jellyfish numbers, a concern for marine ecosystem

08 February 2021

Union Budget 2021-22: India to launch Hydrogen Energy Mission

06 February 2021

A worldwide campaign by the Fishing Cat Conservation Alliance to protect the feline

06 February 2021

Newly launched ‘polluter pays’ principle for fly ash utilization

05 February 2021

At least 800 Olive Ridleys dead in Odisha since January

05 February 2021

NITI Aayog's megacity plan for Little Andaman alarms conservationists

03 February 2021

Marine heat waves may become more intense, frequent: study

01 February 2021

2021: Year of Indo-French alliance towards a Greener Planet

29 January 2021

National Marine Turtle Action Plan launched

29 January 2021

Wastewater: Generation and Management

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  • 28 January 2021
Sunderbans home to 428 species of birds: ZSI

27 January 2021

Net zero, Carbon neutral, Carbon negative, Carbon positive - The confusing carbon jargons

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  • 27 January 2021

Human Induced Global Warming

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  • 25 January 2021
DRDO inks framework MoU with MoRTH for Geo-hazard Management

21 January 2021

‘America rejoins Paris Agreement’

21 January 2021

Remediation of Heavy Metals

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  • 21 January 2021
LNG truck-loading unit of Shell India at Hazira

20 January 2021

Greenhouse gas emissions have regional impacts on wildfire outbreaks: study

19 January 2021

India home to both species of red panda: ZSI study

18 January 2021

Leg up for green bonds amid record sustainable debt in 2020

18 January 2021

The New Green Revolution : A Just Transition to Climate-Smart Crops

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  • 18 January 2021
Why forest fires are common in Himachal Pradesh

16 January 2021

Chilika has 22% of India’s sea grass area: Survey

16 January 2021

Why seaweeds need to be conserved urgently

15 January 2021

Houbara bustard

14 January 2021

Marine turtles tagged in Odisha after nearly two decades

14 January 2021

‘The New Green Revolution: A Just Transition to Climate-Smart Crops’

13 January 2021

Climate change in North East: Arunachal’s Seijosa shows connect between shifting patterns, declining biodiversity

13 January 2021

ZSI starts tagging olive ridleys to track migration path

13 January 2021

What is the new single-window clearance for coal, and how will it help?

13 January 2021

Tirthan sanctuary, Great Himalayan National Park best performers among protected areas

12 January 2021

Greenhouse gas emissions from man-managed grasslands similar to global croplands

12 January 2021

Climate policy in 2021 - Balancing domestic ambitions and global cooperation

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  • 11 January 2021
The Antarctic ozone hole has closed: World Meteorological Organization (WMO)

09 January 2021

Insects are crucial for ecological balance

09 January 2021

How plastic pollution affects camels in the Thar

09 January 2021

One Nation One Ration Card on parliamentary panel radar

07 January 2021

Govt. approves advisory for management of Human-Wildlife Conflict across the country

07 January 2021

Native squirrel could vanish from NE

04 January 2021

Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting

04 January 2021

Priorities Biodiversity to Prevent the Next Pandemic

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  • 04 January 2021

Paris Agreement turns five: It is NOW or NEVER

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  • 31 December 2020
Conservation plan on table to save bat species in Kolar caves

30 December 2020

Why is the giant Antarctic iceberg A68a a cause for concern?

29 December 2020

Uttarakhand in talks to bring in white tigers from Madhya Pradesh

29 December 2020

Olive Ridley turtles nesting season begins

26 December 2020

Ladakh’s Tso Kar Wetland Complex

25 December 2020

Pollution woes in major Indian States: Lancet Planetary Health, 2020

25 December 2020

Coral Conservation: Need, Process and significance

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  • 25 December 2020
Pokhran’s ‘firefly bird diverters’ shine to save the Great Indian Bustard

24 December 2020

Air Quality Commission stresses on the need to switch over to PNG

23 December 2020

New population of blue whales discovered in western Indian ocean

23 December 2020

60 percent rise in Leopard population in India

22 December 2020

WWF identifies 100 cities, including 30 in India, facing ‘severe water risk’ by 2050

21 December 2020

Government plans to measure depth of Himalayan glaciers to assess water availability

21 December 2020

Kaziranga National Park

19 December 2020

Indian sharks, rays and chimaeras face high risk of extinction

19 December 2020

Himalayan griffon vulture

17 December 2020

Himalayan serow

16 December 2020

Endangered dhole

15 December 2020

Breeding colony in Great Rann of Kutch of greater flamingos

14 December 2020

‘Five Years of the Paris Agreement: India’s Green Investment’

14 December 2020

5th India Water Impact Summit

12 December 2020

One-time scheme

12 December 2020

Uranium distribution in India

11 December 2020

Why Cyclone Burevi isn’t as strong as Cyclone Nivar

10 December 2020

‘Megatrends’ to affect forests over the coming decade’

10 December 2020

Building bridges in the forest, to help wildlife

09 December 2020

Microbes to fight oil spillage in oceans: Indian scientists devise new technology

08 December 2020

What steps have been proposed to protect the Great Indian Bustard, asks HC

07 December 2020

2020 one of three hottest years ever recorded: U.N.

05 December 2020

Kerala goes the Japanese way in raising micro-forests

05 December 2020

Native squirrel could vanish from NE

04 December 2020

Greenland ice sheet faces irreversible melting

04 December 2020

La Nina influence: Indian winter to be colder than normal

03 December 2020

Centre constitutes committee for implementation of 2015 Paris Agreement

03 December 2020

Cyclonic Storm ‘Burevi’ over southwest Bay of Bengal

02 December 2020

Changing frontiers

02 December 2020

Plastic pollution from fishing nets threatening Ganges wildlife: study

02 December 2020

‘Solid Waste Management in Urban India: Imperative for Improvement

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  • 01 December 2020
Sea sparkle

01 December 2020

Geo-heritage sites of Visakhapatnam

01 December 2020

Cold Wave

28 November 2020

Caring for an endangered visitor

28 November 2020

Air pollution rising faster in south than in Gangetic India

27 November 2020

‘Blue tide’ spotted along Juhu, Devgad, Ratnagiri beaches

26 November 2020

Tackling Industrial Pollution in India

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  • 30 November 2020
NCMC takes stock of preparedness for cyclone expected to hit Andhra, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

24 November 2020

‘China Threatens India with ‘Liquid Bomb’’

24 November 2020

India’s first moss garden comes up near Nainital

23 November 2020

‘Could kelp help relieve ocean acidification?’

21 November 2020

Project Lion could displace Maldharis within Gir to create ‘inviolate space’

19 November 2020

From Tibet to Siberia, over 20k migratory birds fly in for winter halt at Pong

19 November 2020

Committee of scientists to research uranium, heavy metals in Punjab’s groundwater

19 November 2020

Rapid thaw of permafrost could release large GHGs

18 November 2020

Panna Tiger Reserve gets UNESCO’s ‘Biosphere Reserve’ Status

17 November 2020

Hope rises from the dead as red-headed vultures are spotted again in Nilgiris

16 November 2020

Deemed forest: SC nod awaited, BSY govt considers releasing 67% of it

16 November 2020

Lonar’s meteor lake declared Ramsar site

14 November 2020

As owls face occult threat on Diwali, Uttarakhand officials step up vigil

14 November 2020

High fluoride content found in Khordha, Nayagarh groundwater

13 November 2020

‘A New Framework for a Secure Digital India’

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  • 15 November 2020
Newly discovered primate in Myanmar ‘already facing extinction’

12 November 2020

First snow leopard census starts in Uttarakhand

12 November 2020

Annual SCO summit to be held under chairmanship of Russia

11 November 2020

Delhi Wakes up to Grey Morning as Smog Blankets Parts of City

11 November 2020

Ban on crackers in Delhi-NCR

10 November 2020

Twindemic: link between air pollution, COVID-19

10 November 2020

Scientists warn of major earthquake as stress build-up in Uttarakhand’s Dharchula region

10 November 2020

‘Harnessing the Power of India’s Forests for Climate Change Mitigation’

09 November 2020

Brown carbon ‘tarballs’ that hasten glacial melt found in Himalayan atmosphere

07 November 2020

‘U.S. has officially left the Paris Agreement’

07 November 2020

Air Quality Index and spoiled air over Delhi

05 November 2020

MoU to produce Fuel Cell Grade Hydrogen at an affordable price.

02 November 2020

Union Cabinet approves Mechanism for the public sector oil companies to procure Ethanol.

30 October 2020

Restoration of Seagrasses by Tamil Nadu at Gulf of Mannar.

28 October 2020

Two more Ramsar sites in India

28 October 2020

Action Plan for Vulture Conservation 2020-2025

27 October 2020

North Korea warns its citizens of Yellow Dust

27 October 2020

Himalayan Brown Bear

26 October 2020

AditiUrjaSanch inaugurated

23 October 2020

States show reduction in Soil-Transmitted Helminthiases (STH)

23 October 2020

The State of Global Air report 2020 released

23 October 2020

Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project (KLIP) violates law says NGT

23 October 2020

Dolphins make a comeback in Pearl River Estuary

21 October 2020

‘China’s climate commitment- Significant is it for the Earth, and for India’

21 October 2020

‘The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019- UNDRR’

20 October 2020

Solid Waste Processing Facility

20 October 2020

Heeng cultivation in the Lahaul valley of Himachal Pradesh

20 October 2020

Nilgiri Elephant coridor

19 October 2020

Parasitic Infections found in One-Horned Rhinoceros

17 October 2020

State of Climate Services 2020 Report

17 October 2020

Biofortification?

17 October 2020

‘The usual Stubble Burning Problem’

16 October 2020

Aquaponics

15 October 2020

Fly Ash

15 October 2020

IMD launches impact-based cyclone warning system

15 October 2020

Status of BharatmalaPariyojana

14 October 2020

Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5 causes higher cytotoxicity in human lung cells: study

14 October 2020

The Human Cost of Disasters 2000-2019

14 October 2020

RashtriyaKamdhenuAayog:

14 October 2020

Climate change driving butterflies, moths higher up Himalayas: Study

13 October 2020

World Migratory Bird Day 2020

13 October 2020

GovernmentliftstheexportbanonBangalore rose onion

13 October 2020

Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

13 October 2020

Indian beaches awarded with Blue Flag

13 October 2020

Furry Puss Caterpillars

13 October 2020

’60 years of the Indus Water Treaty’

13 October 2020

Goa becomes first ‘HarGharJal’ State

13 October 2020

544 species add to India’s diversity in 2019

13 October 2020

Arctic Amplification phenomenon

13 October 2020

Envi-Stats India 2020 Report

13 October 2020

Sub-Mission on Agricultural Mechanization(SMAM).

13 October 2020

Graded Response Action Plan

12 October 2020

National Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF)

12 October 2020

HINDU-KUSH-HIMALAYAN (HKH) REGION

12 October 2020

Ranking the World’s Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) Hotspots: 2019-2020” Report

12 October 2020

‘How to reverse global wildlife declines by 2050’

12 October 2020

First-ever World Solar Technology Summit (WSTS)

11 October 2020

Rajasthan government has decided to build temporary shelters for migratory birds near the Sambhar Lake (near Jaipur) before 2020’s winter season.

11 October 2020

Kasturi Cotton: India’s premium Cotton

11 October 2020

The Centre recently said that it will determine the jurisdictions of the Krishna and Godavari river management boards (KRMB and GRMB).

11 October 2020

World Cotton Day observed

11 October 2020

Ratification of seven chemicals under Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollut ants (POPs)

11 October 2020

Delhi govt to spray bio-decomposer in fields to prevent stubble burn.

11 October 2020

Daring Cities 2020

10 October 2020

Atal Tunnel inaugurated

10 October 2020

Climate Change and Forest Fire Link

10 October 2020

New species of pipeworts

10 October 2020

Madhuca diplostemon

10 October 2020

Modern Grand Solar Minimum

10 October 2020

Green Strategic Partnership between India and Denmark launched

10 October 2020

Phytoplankton Biomass in Bay of Bengal

09 October 2020

Decarbonization and Energy Transition Agenda:

09 October 2020

Zombi fires

09 October 2020

Mekedatu Project

09 October 2020

Morphological Phenotypic Plasticity in Kalinga Frog

09 October 2020

‘Climate Migration primarily in middle income, agri-dependent countries: Study’

09 October 2020

Beavers

09 September 2020

Desert bighorn sheep

09 September 2020

Tropospheric ozone

09 September 2020

Pripyat River

05 September 2020

Chushul

04 September 2020

Coal gasification

02 September 2020

Land Bank System

02 September 2020

World’s Largest Wetland is on fire

01 September 2020

Migration of Butterflies

01 September 2020

Methane Budget

01 September 2020

Barn Owls (Tyto Alba)

01 September 2020

Panel to conserve Edakkal Caves

28 August 2020

Fujiwhara Effect

28 August 2020

Drinking Water Supply Quality Management System

27 August 2020

Elephant shrew rediscovered in Africa

27 August 2020

Santa Ana winds

27 August 2020

‘Age of Earth’s inner core revised’

26 August 2020

Kerala to host dragonfly festival

24 August 2020

Harit Path App

24 August 2020

Indian Bison

23 August 2020

Decline in Monarch butterfly population

21 August 2020

Mysuru zoo receives three African hunting cheetahs from South Africa

20 August 2020

New species in Galapagos Island

20 August 2020

High Temperature at Death Valley

19 August 2020

Bioethanol blending in Petrol

19 August 2020

PM launches Project Lion, Project Dolphin on I-Day

18 August 2020

Collaring of Fishing Cats

18 August 2020

Sea grasses

16 August 2020

Salty water on dwarf planet Ceres

16 August 2020

Forest cover loss threatens hornbills in Arunachal

15 August 2020

Giant Asian honey bee is falling prey to air pollution

14 August 2020

Scientists find 77 new butterfly species

13 August 2020

Himalayan Geothermal Springs (Hotsprings)

13 August 2020

EnviStats India 2020 report

13 August 2020

Kerala stares at flood havoc for third straight year

11 August 2020

Indira Van Mitan Yojana

11 August 2020

Mount Sinabung erupts ashes

11 August 2020

Depsang Plains

11 August 2020

A new study on Tanystropheus

11 August 2020

TRAFFIC study on leopards

11 August 2020

Tsunami Ready

08 August 2020

Pangolin

08 August 2020

Hoolock Gibbons

07 August 2020

Centrosaurus

06 August 2020

Maping of black swan genome

06 August 2020

What is Ecological Trap?

05 August 2020

Source - Sink Dynamics in Tiger population

05 August 2020

Hoolock Gibbons

05 August 2020

Galapagos Islands

04 August 2020

Dhole (Asiatic wild dog)

04 August 2020

EIA Notification 2020

02 August 2020

Aerial seeding

01 August 2020

Conservation Assured | Tiger Standards [CA|TS]

01 August 2020

International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystems 2020

30 July 2020

Level of ammonia in Yamuna water

30 July 2020

Report on Tiger Census

30 July 2020

Green – Ag Project

30 July 2020

Tuting-Tidding Suture Zone (TTSZ)

29 July 2020

Nag River

29 July 2020

Pied Cuckoo

29 July 2020

Global Forest Resources Assessment (FRA) report

27 July 2020

Kongonaphon kely Fossils

27 July 2020

Floating solar power projects

25 July 2020

Indian Bullfrog (Hoplobatrachus tigerinus)

23 July 2020

Bacteria turned Lonar Lake pink

23 July 2020

UNEP and IEA Report

23 July 2020

Dehing Patkai Wildlife Sanctuary

23 July 2020

Bathynomus raksasa

22 July 2020

Cooling Emissions and Policy Synthesis Report

22 July 2020

Maguri Motapung Wetland

21 July 2020

Discovery of a new species called ‘Bathynomus raksasa’.

21 July 2020

Kaziranga National Park

21 July 2020

KAZI 106F

17 July 2020

Poba Reserve Forest to be upgraded to wildlife sanctuary

16 July 2020

World Wildlife Crime Report

16 July 2020

India’s solar power strategy

15 July 2020

NTPC Wins CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2019

14 July 2020

NTPC Wins CII-ITC Sustainability Awards 2019

14 July 2020

Ypthima watsoni’ butterfly

14 July 2020

Ground Orchid

14 July 2020

Ophiocordyceps sinensis

14 July 2020

Mean Average Global Temperature could rise by 1.5° Celsius in 5 years

13 July 2020

Tiger Orchid

13 July 2020

Asia’s Largest Solar Power Project

13 July 2020

New species of a Fan-Throated Lizard

11 July 2020

Clean Air Counter

11 July 2020

“Mission Vriksharopan-2020”

10 July 2020

SDG Index 2020

10 July 2020

Golden Birdwing

10 July 2020

Solar Plant setup by Indians Railway

10 July 2020

UN Global E-waste Monitor 2020 Report

09 July 2020

Dehing Patkai wildlife sanctuary

09 July 2020

JVC for Developing Solar and Thermal Power Assets

07 July 2020

Central Zoo Authority (CZA)

07 July 2020

Sabuja Odisha

07 July 2020

Narcondam Hornbill

07 July 2020

Nagarhole National Park

07 July 2020

NITI Aayog in collaboration with RMI released ‘Towards a Clean Energy Economy’ report

07 July 2020

Globba andersonii

07 July 2020

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Indus and Ganges river dolphins are two different species

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Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 2021

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