Human activities damaging over 100 World Heritage sites: Stud
Most of the over 100 natural World Heritage sites that are being severely damaged by expanding human infrastructure and land use are in Asia, a new study has warned. India's…
In a first, greater flamingoes spotted in Himachal’s Pong wetlands
More than 125,000 birds of 93 species have been spotted in Himachal Pradesh's Pong Dam wetlands. Among them, greater flamingoes, a common migratory species in India's coastal areas, have been…
World’s smallest porpoise vaquita marina close to extinction
HIGHLIGHTS Vaquita marina is edging closer to extinction as scientists warned Wednesday that only 30 of them are left Illegal fishing nets have been responsible for the killing the world's…
World’s smallest porpoise vaquita marina close to extinction
Vaquita marina is edging closer to extinction as scientists warned Wednesday that only 30 of them are left Illegal fishing nets have been responsible for the killing the world's smallest…
World Wetlands Day being celebrated today at Bhoj Wetlands, Bhopal
World Wetlands Day is celebrated on February 2 each year to mark the Day the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in the Iranian City of Ramsar in 1971. India is…
Shailesh Nayak Committee on the Coastal Regulation Zone
The Report of the Committee to Review the Issues relating to the Coastal Regulation Zone, 2011 was submitted to the government. Shailesh Nayak Committee has recently relaxed norms under coastal…
Second Commitment Period of Kyoto Protocol
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given its approval to ratify the Second Commitment Period of the Kyoto Protocol on containing the emission of…
Primates facing extinction crisis: Study
A new international study warns that about 60 per cent of more than 500 primate species are threatened with extinction. It also claimed that three out of four primate species…
Rescue plan for the vaquita
International Committee for the Recovery of the Vaquita (CIRVA) recommended an emergency plan to help save the vaquita, a rare species of porpoise, from extinction in the northern Gulf of…
All about E-Cigarettes
Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS), also called e-cigarettes, personal vaporizers, vape pens, e-cigars, e-hookah, or vaping devices, are products that produce an aerosolized mixture containing flavoured liquids and nicotine that…