The Swachh Bharat mission has made big strides, but it's had plenty of problems. Urmila is a housemaid living in a South Delhi slum. Today she has a toilet at home thanks to the Indian government's massive sanitation program called Swachh Bharat. She's grateful for not having to use a public toilet, though she admits that many prefer not using any toilet at all.
Poshan Maah 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges citizen to take part in nutrition month activities and help spread awareness about the importance of nutrition for in one’s health body
BATHINDA: Organic and natural farming in India has not become a mass movement. A mere 2 per cent of India’s net sown area is organically farmed as only 1.3 per cent of the farmers in India
A new study on antibiotic misuse in the Indian dairy sector has cast new doubt on the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) continued assertions that the country’s dairy is ‘safe for consumption’.
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Monday urged states and cities to deliver on its clean air goals before the 2024 deadline for the national clean air programme (NCAP)
In 2019, the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared September 7 as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. The idea was to build awareness on clean air for health, productivity, economy and environment at all levels -- individual, community, corporate and government.
The world — based on a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last December — will observe the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies for the first time on Monday
In these darkest days of Covid-19 — when jobs and economies have collapsed — 56 million households got work in the past three months and these jobs provided relief. This was under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which perhaps is the largest social net scheme in the world.
The prize is awarded to him for a lifetime of doing more to reveal the wonders of the natural world than any other individual, the Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust said The Indira Gandhi Memorial Trust will present the Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development for 2019 to renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough on Monday.
The Covid-19-induced lockdown had brought economic activities to a near halt, but overall electricity demand in Delhi was not affected significantly beyond the first lockdown period, says an analysis of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on power consumption in the capital during lockdown and unlock phases.
New Delhi: The Delhi Electric Vehicle Policy, announced by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on 7 August, aims at zeroemission, but depends entirely on its implementation and vision of integrated transport system to achieve the goal of last-mile connectivity.
World Samosa Day is celebrated every year on September 5 in India as well as everywhere on over the world. Samosa is a mood-lifting snack that greatest Indian swear-by and to celebrate the essence of the tasty dish. As per Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), Samosa is healthier than a burger as it is made by using fresh ingredients and is free of preservatives, additives, and flavourants.
Following protests from the Chhattisgarh government, the Union Ministry of Coal has revised the list of mines to be auctioned for commercial mining and now 38 blocks will go under the hammer instead of the 41 mines announced earlier.
On August 24, five months after Cubbon Park was made traffic-free, the Horticulture Department said that traffic would be allowed here again. This was despite BBMP passing the traffic-free Cubbon Park proposal on June 30 and the impassioned appeals of citizen groups like Heritage Beku.
The 2014 floods in Kashmir were caused by a combination of intense rain, mismanagement and lack of preparedness: CSE
नई दिल्ली [संजीव गुप्ता]। देश भर में हो रही झमाझम बारिश ने उमस भरी गर्मी से ही राहत नहीं दी बल्कि वायु प्रदूषण काे भी घुटनों पर ला दिया है। यही वजह है कि 110 शहरों के लोग इस समय प्रदूषण मुक्त हवा में सांस ले रहे हैं। वाराणसी और तालचेर (ओड़िशा) का एयर इंडेक्स अपेक्षाकृत थोड़ा अधिक है। लॉकडाउन के बाद इस अनलॉक में भी देश भर में लगातार प्रदूषण मुक्त हवा चल रही है। दिल्ली, हरियाणा, पंजाब, चंडीगढ़, महाराष्ट्र, हिमाचल प्रदेश, मध्य प्रदेश, राजस्थान, गुजरात, महाराष्ट्र, उत्तर प्रदेश (वाराणसी को छाेड़कर) कहीं की भी हवा फिलहाल खराब नहीं है।