Environment
All eyes on US as Bonn climate meet gets under way
06 Nov 2017
Participants in the 12-day climate conference will include leaders and diplomats from 195 nations, as well as scientists, lobbyists and environmentalists – and US President Donald Trump’s avowed climate scepticism is causing worry
Newly discovered orangutan species is 'among the most threatened great apes in the world'
06 Nov 2017
There are only about 800 Tapanuli orangutans left, under threat from loss of lowland habitat and hunting, which makes this newly discovered species among the most threatened great ape species in the world
Ozone layer berhole is shrinking: NASA
06 Nov 2017
How toxic air clouds mental health
04 Nov 2017
Air pollution killed over 5 lakh Indians in 2015
31 Oct 2017
The advent of 'green' cattle
31 Oct 2017
Climate change may slowly starve bamboo lemurs
28 Oct 2017
Tropical forest reserves slow down global warming
27 Oct 2017
National parks and nature reserves in South America, Africa and Asia, created to protect wildlife, heritage sites and the territory of indigenous people, are reducing carbon emissions from tropical deforestation by a third, and so are slowing the rate of global warming, a new study shows
Mountain glaciers shrinking across the West
21 Oct 2017
Pollution found to be world’s biggest killer; India worst hit
20 Oct 2017
Environmental pollution — from filthy air to contaminated water — causes more deaths than smoking, hunger or natural disasters; more than AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined, according to a major study
Study reveals new threat to the ozone layer
17 Oct 2017
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The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
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COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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