Environment
A giant quake may lurk under Bangladesh and beyond
19 Jul 2016
Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory scientists say they have new evidence of increasing strain beneath Bangladesh, where two tectonic plates underlie the world’s largest river delta
NGT orders diesel vehicles 10 years and older out of New Delhi's roads
18 Jul 2016
The National Green Tribunal, India's apex environmental court, has ordered authorities in the national capital Delhi to remove all diesel vehicles that are 10 years and older out of the city's streets
Biodiversity falls below ‘safe levels’ globally
18 Jul 2016
Facebook to pilot test offline videos from 11 July
08 Jul 2016
In an attempt to beat the problems associated with poor or expensive mobile internet access, Facebook will start testing a new video download feature in India
India to be key driver in global green bonds market
05 Jul 2016
Bond buyers are eager to capitalise on climate-related initiatives, and an increase in sales from Indian issuers could also help spur the dollar-bond market as a whole, says Bloomberg
Environmental toxins affect brain development
02 Jul 2016
Scientists observe first signs of healing in the Antarctic ozone layer
02 Jul 2016
Researchers have found that the September ozone hole has shrunk by more than 4 million square kilometers — about half the area of the contiguous United States — since 2000, when ozone depletion was at its peak
18 Gir lions indicted over eating people
16 Jun 2016
Monsoon advances rapidly across south, looms over Goa
11 Jun 2016
The onset was delayed by seven days, but by the time monsoon advances over central India, the delay will have reduced to a few days, and that way, it may reach north and northwest India in time, according to IMD