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Environmental catastrophe in Zambia after acid leak at Chinese-operated copper mine

New Delhi, March 20 -- Zambian officials and environmental groups are confronting the devastating fallout of an acid leak at a Chinese-operated mine, which has polluted a vital river and could impact ... Read More


As told to Parliament (March 19, 2025): India tops global AI rankings

New Delhi, March 20 -- India is regarded as the skills capital in technology and artificial intelligence (AI), Jitin Prasada, Union minister of state for electronics and information technology, told t... Read More


Billions needed to save forests, but funding fuelling their destruction, reveals UNDP report

New Delhi, March 20 -- Financial support for global forests is not only falling short but actively fuelling deforestation, a new report has warned, as billions continue to flow into industries that dr... Read More


For much of the 'Iranian Cultural Continent', Nowruz is a time to celebrate the renewal of Nature and new beginnings

New Delhi, March 20 -- March 20 marks the ancient Persian/Iranian holiday of Nowruz throughout much of West Asia, Central Asia, parts of the Indian subcontinent and the Caucasus. The festival is over... Read More


Microplastics: are they poisoning crops and jeopardising food production?

New Delhi, March 20 -- Microplastics are hindering photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert energy from the sun into the fruit and vegetables we eat. This threatens massive losses in crop a... Read More


US tariffs on drugs and the end of WTO

New Delhi, March 20 -- US President Donald Trump's shock decision to impose tariffs on pharmaceuticals from April has put the spotlight on one of the most worrisome problems in international commerce-... Read More


Warming causing CO2 levels highest in the past 8,00,000 years: WMO

India, March 19 -- Global warming causing carbon dioxide (CO2) levels are now the highest that they have been in the last 8,00,000 years, according to the State of Climate 2024 report published by Wor... Read More


Kolkata coronavirus patient recovering in hospital had no travel history

India, March 19 -- A woman in her mid-forties who was hospitalised with a coronavirus infection in Kolkata will be released soon, hospital authorities informed Kolkata Municipal Corporation's health d... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (March 18, 2025)

India, March 19 -- Auroville Township Project The Supreme Court (SC) set aside the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order on Auroville Township Project in Puducherry on March 17, 2025. NGT had restrained... Read More


As told to Parliament (March 18, 2025): Climate change to lead to higher soil erosion, salinity, shows ICAR data

India, March 19 -- Both Kharif and Rabi rainfall are expected to increase in the coming years due to climate change, leading to higher rates of soil erosion, stated by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union min... Read More