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Heavy rains since the start of Indias monsoon season have triggered floods and landslides in parts of the remote northeastern region.

Our biodiversity, our life, our future

Living systems evolve, adapt and regenerate; they are not engineered.

6 Oct 2017 6:26 AM IST

State-owned sovereign wealth funds are designed to invest their countries public money for the long term.

Six major wealth funds agree to encourage greener economy

The funds hope to send a signal that will impact the international financial system.

7 July 2018 8:46 AM IST

E-bikes being recently launched in India, the creators and innovators hope to address the problems of pollution and bring about a healthy lifestyle for Delhiites.

Time to go E-way

With pollution levels in the capital worsening, the advent of e-bikes would stem the burning of fossil fuels.

18 Feb 2019 12:05 AM IST

Ice is broken up by the passing of the Finnish icebreaker MSV Nordica as it sails through the Beaufort Sea off the coast of Alaska. (Photo: AP)

New hope for saving the Arctic

Trump administration revaluating its controversial offshore drilling plans after strong opposition from people and...

26 April 2019 3:01 PM IST

The industrial societies have already burnt about 25 per cent of Earths fossil fuels within the past 160 years (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)

How humans have negatively impacted the Earth's climate

Here's a look at how mankind has derailed the Earth's climate in just 160 years.

24 April 2019 8:48 PM IST

The electric vehicle draft policy is currently in public forum and up for discussion.

Owning an electric vehicle to give tax benefits in India

India wants electric vehicles to account for 30 per cent of all passenger vehicle sales in India by 2030.

6 July 2019 10:31 AM IST

Unilever to drop fossil fuels from products by 2030. (AFP Photo)

Unilever pledges to eliminate fossil fuels in cleaning products by...

Chemicals used in its cleaning and laundry products make up 46% of company's Home Care division's carbon emissions...

2 Sept 2020 9:15 AM IST

Estimates suggest health savings from reduced air pollution may be between 1.4-2.5 times greater than cost of climate change mitigation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Here is why your home should be away from roads

Children living less than 100 meters from a major road had nearly three times the odds of current asthma.

2 May 2018 4:31 PM IST

Coal Minister asks chief ministers to not import coal, source domestic fuel. (PTI Photo)

Coal Ministry asks States not to import coal, domestic supply from CIL

The ministry asked the states to take the domestic supply of coal from Coal India Ltd which has ample availability of...

12 April 2020 2:03 PM IST

Planet Earth. (Photo: Pexels)

Earth likely to warm over two degrees this century: study

Using statistical tools, the study found only a five percent chance that Earth will warm two degrees.

1 Aug 2017 4:59 PM IST