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Govt increases environment ministry budget by 9% to boost conservation efforts

Govt increases environment ministry budget by 9 pc to boost conservation efforts
Published on Feb 01, 2025 02:58 PM IST

Wake up babe, a new generation just dropped! The era of Gen Beta begins TODAY

2025 through 2039 marks the Gen Beta baby boom: What kind of world will they inherit from us?
Published on Jan 02, 2025 06:46 PM IST

India makes history at COP29, rejects NCQG decision, speaks up for Global South

A man uses his laptop as he sits near the COP29 United Nations climate change conference pavilion, in Baku, Azerbaijan, on Friday. (REUTERS)
Published on Nov 24, 2024 10:00 AM IST

Centre, Amazon.in and Pi Jam Foundation join hands to launch ‘Eco-Hackathon’

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), Amazon.in and Pi Jam Foundation have joined hands to launch ‘Eco Creativity and Innovation Hackathon’' that seeks to empower students to become eco-problem solvers through technology and creativity.
Published on Sep 26, 2024 05:43 PM IST

Green nod details of security projects won’t be put on website, says ministry

The clarifications came in response to a July query from the Union home ministry on guidelines for projects exempted under the Forest Conservation Amendment Act or Van (Sanrakshan Evam Samvardhan) Adhiniyam, 1980. (Wikimedia Commons)
Updated on Sep 26, 2024 06:24 AM IST

Deadline to declare and register exotic animals to expire Aug 28, says environment ministry

A total of 32,645 individuals voluntarily declared that they were in possession of exotic and native species from June to December 2020. (Representational image)
Updated on Aug 21, 2024 06:28 AM IST

Govt proposes ‘trust-based’ rules for industrial pollution; experts wary

The notifications also propose to introduce a new trust-based regime for monitoring industries’ environmental impact. (HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 17, 2024 01:04 PM IST

Wildlife nods spiked in 2023; Nicobar plan to cost over 81K crore

The plan includes a port, airport, power plant and trunk infrastructure. (HT PHOTO)
Published on Aug 09, 2024 08:47 AM IST

Uttarakhand: Nod likely for hydro project washed away in 2013 floods

Part of a three storey building is washed away in flash floods in the Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand. (AP/FILE)
Updated on Apr 18, 2024 09:33 AM IST

Odisha’s leopard estimate declines 25% since 2018

The leopard population has increased in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Andhra Pradesh, while a decline has been noted in Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Telangana (PTI)
Updated on Mar 01, 2024 09:51 PM IST

16 countries to join International Big Cat Alliance: Govt

The IBCA is headquartered in India and is aimed at conservation of seven cats. (Representative file photo)
Published on Mar 01, 2024 03:27 PM IST

Khajjiar, Rewalsar declared wetlands of national importance

Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said wetlands play an important role in maintaining the ecological balance and mitigating the effects of climate change (HT File Photo)
Published on Feb 01, 2024 10:25 PM IST

After mining curb, post-facto forest clearances next?

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Updated on Jan 04, 2024 10:14 AM IST

SC seeks MoEF’s stand as Mines Ministry refuses cap on mining in Odisha

The Supreme Court has granted four weeks’ time to MoEF to file its response. (File)
Published on Dec 04, 2023 10:33 PM IST

Combating pollution a shared responsibility: Uttar Pradesh minister

minister of state (independent charge) for environment and forests Arun Saxena (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Nov 07, 2023 08:02 AM IST

World Environmental Health Day 2023: Date, history, significance

World Environmental Health Day 2023: Date, history, significance
Updated on Sep 26, 2023 07:06 AM IST

Why Naga People’s Front has opposed the Forest Conservation (Amendment) Act 2023

For representational purposes only. (HT File Photo)
Updated on Aug 09, 2023 09:23 AM IST

‘Most difficult task’: Arvind Kejriwal on improving Delhi's air quality

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal (ANI)
Published on Jul 01, 2023 02:02 PM IST

New Parivesh portal will put project proposals’ details, clearances in public domain, clarifies Centre

The new Parivesh website will be aligned with the RTI Act, the environment ministry said in an email in response to queries by HT. (PTI)
Updated on Apr 24, 2023 12:43 AM IST

What a township, a power plant, and an airport can do to an island

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A 72,000-crore Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island at Andaman and Nicobar Islands project has been proposed by the Niti Aayog.
Published on Apr 10, 2023 02:42 PM IST

Coal blocks within dense forests find place in latest auction list

On March 29, the Centre announced the 7th round of its coal mine auction, which has 101 mines, including Tara block in Chhattisgarh’s Hasdeo Arand forests and Mahan coal block in Madhya Pradesh. (Representational image)
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 04:45 AM IST

12.5k projects given green clearance in 2022, Lok Sabha told

The numbers were revealed in the Lok Sabha. (ANI)
Updated on Mar 28, 2023 05:40 AM IST

Mining on non-forest land before final nod approved

Mining on non-forest land before final nod approved
Updated on Feb 09, 2023 03:28 AM IST

Centre exempts highways in border areas from environmental clearance

On December 14 last year, the Supreme Court permitted the Union government to construct all-weather roads with 10m width as part of its Char Dham project in Uttarakhand. (HT photo)
Updated on Jul 19, 2022 05:47 AM IST

NHRC notice to environment ministry on air pollution impacting life expectancy

The rights panel has observed that the contents of the media reports, if true, raise a serious issue of the right to life.
Published on Jun 24, 2022 10:48 PM IST

‘Unscientific’: Centre rejects Environment Performance Index

In a detailed rebuttal to the EPI analysis, the ministry said many indicators in the index were based on unfounded assumption “surmises, and unscientific methods.”
Updated on Jun 09, 2022 05:05 AM IST

‘Sensitive’ highway projects near border to be exempt from environment clearance

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Union environment ministry plans to exempt highway projects near the country’s borders that are critical to the country’s defence or are of strategic importance from obtaining prior environmental clearance.
Updated on Apr 14, 2022 11:26 AM IST

India finalising action plan to cut emissions, says environment minister

Environment minister Bhupender Yadav reiterated that developed nations should be accountable for historic emissions and take up a major share of the global carbon budget (ANI)
Published on Mar 02, 2022 02:56 AM IST

Centre to rank states on rapid green nods

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Updated on Jan 20, 2022 03:32 AM IST