New Delhi, Aug. 22 -- A retired forest official has flagged how Assam's restrictive technical criteria to define what is a forest led to 99% of acknowledged woodland - roughly 1,153 of 1,168 hectares ... Read More
India, Aug. 22 -- The ministry of external affairs has issued a notification extending the privileges and immunities granted under the United Nations (Privileges and Immunities) Act, 1947, to the Inte... Read More
India, Aug. 20 -- A three-year camera trapping study has confirmed year-round presence and breeding activity of snow leopards in Jammu & Kashmir, especially the significance of Kishtwar Himalayas that... Read More
India, Aug. 20 -- The ministry of earth sciences (MoES) has launched the Deep Ocean Mission (DoM) to explore the mineral wealth in the deep seabed beyond national jurisdiction through two exploration ... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- A fresh low-pressure area has developed over west central adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts. It is likely to intensify into a de... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Around 2.38 million individual forest rights claims and 121,705 community titles have been distributed under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, the Union environment ministry inf... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- A fresh low-pressure area has developed over west central adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts. It is likely to intensify into a d... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- The Union environment ministry said in the Lok Sabha on Monday that as part of an effort to fast-track forest and environmental clearances for critical or strategically important... Read More
New Delhi, Aug. 19 -- Around 2.38 million individual forest rights claims and 121,705 community titles have been distributed under the Forest Rights Act (FRA), 2006, the Union environment ministry inf... Read More
India, Aug. 18 -- A fresh low-pressure area has developed over west central adjoining northwest Bay of Bengal, off north Andhra Pradesh and south Odisha coasts. It is likely to intensify into a depres... Read More