environment

India Suggests G20 Satellite To Monitor Climate; World Leaders Urged To Join Initiative For Global South's Benefit

Swarajya News Staff

3mo Science

A representative image for a satellite in orbit

Time For EU To Pay For Historical Emissions? India Prepares Groundwork For Its Own Carbon Border Tax — Report

Swarajya News Staff

6mo News Brief

Carbon tax (Image: Tommaso.sansone91/Wikimedia Commons)

Ban Diesel-Powered Four Wheelers In Cities With Million Plus Population By 2027: Govt Panel Report

Swarajya News Staff

7mo News Brief

Coal PSUs Construct Eco-Parks To Promote Mine Tourism

Arun Kumar Das

11mo Infrastructure

Sarbananda Sonowal launches India’s First Centre Of Excellence For Green Port And Shipping

Arun Kumar Das

1yr News Brief

Union Ports and Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal at the launching ceremony.

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav Calls For Open Debate On Environment To Ensure Sustainability

Arun Kumar Das

2yr News Brief

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav.

Mumbai Municipality Okays Cutting Of Almost 39,000 Trees In 11 Years, Reveals RTI Response

Bhaswati Guha Majumder

2yr News Brief

Indian Scientists Find New Method To Study Environment Of Exoplanets Using Polarisation Of Light

Swarajya Staff

2yr News Brief

Why Environment Activists Like Greta Thunberg Should Support India’s Farm Reforms

Aravind C

3yr World

Greta Thunberg is misled over farm protests in India.

Explained: Who Is Disha Ravi And Why She Was Arrested

Swarajya Staff

3yr News Brief

With Eco-Friendly And Sustainable Alternatives, Delhi’s IGI Becomes India’s First Single-Use Plastic Free Airport

Swarajya Staff

4yr Insta

Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi. (Wikipedia/IGI Airport)

In A First, IAF’s An-32 Aircraft Powered With Indigenous Bio-Jet Fuel Takes-Off From Leh Airfield

Swarajya Staff

4yr Insta

An IAF Antonov An-32B at the Leh Airbase. (Toprohan/Wikipedia)

It’s Time To Turn To Dharma And Ancient Hindu Traditions To Save The Environment

Anshul Kamboj and Akshay Jajoo

4yr Ideas

Watch: Actor Dia Mirza Starts Crying At ‘Climate Emergency’ Event, Twitter Users Call Out Her Hypocrisy

Swarajya Staff

4yr Insta

Actor Dia Mirza breaking down in tears (@ANI/Twitter)

India’s Tiger Population Surges Up By 750 In Last Four Years To 2,976; Minister Javadekar Informs Rajya Sabha

Swarajya Staff

4yr Insta

A Tiger in Ranthambore National Park, Rajasthan (Bjørn Christian Tørrissen/Wikimedia Commons)

Has Rain Reduced In India?

Praveena Sridhar

4yr Infrastructure

Rain clouds over Bengaluru. (Source: @Twitter)

S‘tree’ Shakti: Why The Treepedia App From TN Woman Forester Needs To Grow Into A Pan-India Outlook For Jal Shakti

Sumati Mehrishi

4yr Culture

IFS Officer Sudha Ramen (Sudha Ramen/Twitter)

In A First, India To Host UN’s Crucial Desertification Convention COP-14 Meet In September 2019

Swarajya Staff

4yr Insta

HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

To Avoid Contempt Action By Delhi HC, AAP Government Promises To Plant 1.4 Lakh Saplings

Swarajya Staff

4yr Insta

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and his deputy Manish Sisodia (Sonu Mehta/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

India Became Both Cleaner And Greener In Last Five Years As Forest Cover Recorded Big Rise

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar With Film Celebrities in Mumbai (@vivekagnihotri/Twitter)

Fani Fury: Bhubaneswar Lost Over 10 Lakh Trees Due To Cyclone Impact

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Despite Protests, Kerala Electricity Board To Lay Supply Line Through 200 Hundred Year Old Sacred Forest In Santhivanam

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

According to Meena, the supply line was not supposed to pass through Santhivanam in the initial plan but later changed as owners of adjacent lands did not want the power lines going through their properties. (image via Twitter)

Is It A Little Too Early? Hyderabad Children Join Global School Strikes Against Climate Change

Swati Kamal

5yr Infrastructure

Schoolchildren in Hyderabad at the protest

Taking The ‘Aham’ Out Of Politics: SC Expresses Anger At ‘Defacement’ Of Natural Environments, Orders Action

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Cut-outs of J Jayalalithaa and MG Ramachandran (Picture Credits-Facebook)

The Eucalyptus Problem Of Indian Agriculture

Monika Mandal

5yr Ideas

Punjab: Wildlife Department Proposes Heritage Tag For River Beas To Preserve Scores Of Aquatic Wildlife, Plant Species

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh (Sanjeev Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

More Harm Than Good: Study Reveals Bioplastics, Apart From Plastics, Are Also Bad For Climate In The Long Run

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Increase in bioplastic consumption in future will generate an increase in greenhouse gas emissions, says study

Don’t Run Around Trees, Save Them: CBFC Chief Prasoon Joshi Tells Film Industry

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Prasoon Joshi. (Priyanka Parashar/Mint via Getty Images)

Have A Brilliant Eco-Friendly Idea To Cool The World? You Could Win Prize Of $3 Million, Says Minister Harsh Vardhan

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Dr Harsh Vardhan inaugurating ‘The Global Cooling Innovation Summit’ (@CoolingPrize/Twitter)

A ‘Meat Tax’ On Beef, Lamb And Pork Could Save 2.2 Million Lives, $172 Billion In Healthcare Per Year: Oxford Study

Swarajya Staff

5yr Insta

Pork sausages and filets lie in a display counter at a supermarket July 30, 2007 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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India Suggests G20 Satellite To Monitor Climate; World Leaders Urged To Join Initiative For Global South's Benefit

Time For EU To Pay For Historical Emissions? India Prepares Groundwork For Its Own Carbon Border Tax — Report

Ban Diesel-Powered Four Wheelers In Cities With Million Plus Population By 2027: Govt Panel Report

Coal PSUs Construct Eco-Parks To Promote Mine Tourism

Sarbananda Sonowal launches India’s First Centre Of Excellence For Green Port And Shipping

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav Calls For Open Debate On Environment To Ensure Sustainability

Mumbai Municipality Okays Cutting Of Almost 39,000 Trees In 11 Years, Reveals RTI Response

Indian Scientists Find New Method To Study Environment Of Exoplanets Using Polarisation Of Light

Why Environment Activists Like Greta Thunberg Should Support India’s Farm Reforms

Explained: Who Is Disha Ravi And Why She Was Arrested

With Eco-Friendly And Sustainable Alternatives, Delhi’s IGI Becomes India’s First Single-Use Plastic Free Airport

In A First, IAF’s An-32 Aircraft Powered With Indigenous Bio-Jet Fuel Takes-Off From Leh Airfield

It’s Time To Turn To Dharma And Ancient Hindu Traditions To Save The Environment

Watch: Actor Dia Mirza Starts Crying At ‘Climate Emergency’ Event, Twitter Users Call Out Her Hypocrisy

India’s Tiger Population Surges Up By 750 In Last Four Years To 2,976; Minister Javadekar Informs Rajya Sabha

Has Rain Reduced In India?

S‘tree’ Shakti: Why The Treepedia App From TN Woman Forester Needs To Grow Into A Pan-India Outlook For Jal Shakti

In A First, India To Host UN’s Crucial Desertification Convention COP-14 Meet In September 2019

To Avoid Contempt Action By Delhi HC, AAP Government Promises To Plant 1.4 Lakh Saplings

India Became Both Cleaner And Greener In Last Five Years As Forest Cover Recorded Big Rise

Fani Fury: Bhubaneswar Lost Over 10 Lakh Trees Due To Cyclone Impact

Despite Protests, Kerala Electricity Board To Lay Supply Line Through 200 Hundred Year Old Sacred Forest In Santhivanam

Is It A Little Too Early? Hyderabad Children Join Global School Strikes Against Climate Change

Taking The ‘Aham’ Out Of Politics: SC Expresses Anger At ‘Defacement’ Of Natural Environments, Orders Action

The Eucalyptus Problem Of Indian Agriculture

Punjab: Wildlife Department Proposes Heritage Tag For River Beas To Preserve Scores Of Aquatic Wildlife, Plant Species

More Harm Than Good: Study Reveals Bioplastics, Apart From Plastics, Are Also Bad For Climate In The Long Run

Don’t Run Around Trees, Save Them: CBFC Chief Prasoon Joshi Tells Film Industry

Have A Brilliant Eco-Friendly Idea To Cool The World? You Could Win Prize Of $3 Million, Says Minister Harsh Vardhan

A ‘Meat Tax’ On Beef, Lamb And Pork Could Save 2.2 Million Lives, $172 Billion In Healthcare Per Year: Oxford Study

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