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NGT directs PMC to establish drainage network in merged villages

India, July 27 -- The Western Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) to establish a proper drainage network and install sewage treatment plants (S... Read More


Reports confirm deer deaths due to foot and mouth disease

India, July 26 -- The Rajiv Gandhi Zoological Park in Katraj lost approximately 16.33% of its deer population in just six days this July due to a highly contagious viral outbreak. Laboratory reports f... Read More


Forest dept changes strategy to capture trap-savvy leopard at Pune airport

India, July 25 -- Three months after a leopard was first spotted on the premises of Pune International Airport, the forest department is yet to capture the elusive big cat. With earlier attempts provi... Read More


NGT reviews interim measures for Pavana river pollution; PCMC, PMRDA's efforts under lens

India, July 24 -- Amid rising concerns over degradation of Pavana river, the National Green Tribunal's Western Zone Bench reviewed interim pollution control measures submitted by Pimpri Chinchwad Muni... Read More


NGT upholds SC directive in reserved forest land case, warns of contempt action

India, July 24 -- Reiterating the Supreme Court's (SC's) directive on the recovery of reserved forest land, the western bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday stated that the issue ha... Read More


IITM's WiFEX-II to expand fog prediction to North and Northeast India

India, July 23 -- After a decade of successful operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) on Tuesday launched the second phas... Read More


Statewide coastal audit launched as ghost nets threaten marine ecology

India, July 21 -- In a bid to tackle the mounting crisis posed by ghost nets - lost, abandoned or discarded fishing gear that continues to harm marine life long after being discarded in the ocean - th... Read More


Rainfall activity expected to intensify in coming week, orange alert issued for ghat areas between July 22 & 24

India, July 21 -- Rainfall activity is expected to intensify across several parts of Maharashtra in the coming week, particularly over the coastal belt and the ghat regions of the Pune, Satara, and Ko... Read More


350 exotic animals trafficked from Bangkok seized at Pune, Mumbai airports in two months

India, July 18 -- Over the past two months, customs officials at Pune and Mumbai airports have seized over 350 exotic animals, highlighting a rapidly flourishing wildlife trafficking route originating... Read More


20 wild exotic animals seized at Pune airport; two passengers held

India, July 17 -- The customs officials at the Pune International Airport intercepted two passengers arriving from Bangkok on Tuesday and seized rare and exotic wildlife animals illegally brought into... Read More