Environment

March Had Lowest Air Pollution In 4 Years, IITM Scientists Say

This March recorded the lowest particulate matter (PM2.5) levels-fine, respirable pollutants-in the past four years. While this could seem like a relief at the moment, scienti...

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India To Measure Air Quality In World's Most Polluted Capital

The government today launched a new air quality index on, under intense pressure to act after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared New Delhi the world's most polluted ...

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Fighting Climate Change Region By Region

Governments should work closely with state and provincial officials to reduce carbon emissions, say the leaders of Quebec, Canada; Basque Country, Spain; and South Australia. ...

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Rich Nations Urged To Cut Temperature Rise Targets

Senior scientist says voices of poorer nations must be heard in the political tussle over reducing the ?utterly inadequate? global warming limit. The official target of limiti...

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India May Submit Climate Change Plans In September; Javadekar Assures Pledges Will Be Submitted “In Time”

India is likely to submit its plans to tackle climate change, including steps to curb the amount of carbon pollution, in September. Tuesday was the first informal deadline for...

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US To Cut 28 Percent Of Greenhouse Gas Emissions By 2025

The United States began to outline today how it will achieve the goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 28 percent by the end of 2025. In a submission to the UN Framework...

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From The Archive, 31 March 1995: First Ozone Hole Found Over Arctic

Meteorologists and atmospheric chemists have watched in alarm as a similarly explosive mixture to the Antarctic vortex has been assembled in the Arctic For the first time, sci...

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Meet The Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs Of The Year 2015

The 2015 Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneurs of the Year represents 31 outstanding social entrepreneurs from 25 organizations operating in more than 45 countries that ar...

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Jammu and Kashmir flood: Two Houses Sink, 16 Feared Trapped; 100 NDRF Personnel Rushed To Valley

People in Jammu and Kashmir were advised to move to safety on Monday morning after the state government declared flood following incessant rainfall. The meteorological departm...

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Ted Cruz Compares Climate Change Activists To ‘Flat-Earthers.’ Where To Begin?

Ted Cruz said something, and we went back and forth about whether or not we should address it because it's just baffling. But then we figured, yes, even the baffling things de...

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THOUGHT FACTORY: CELEBRITIES AND RIGHT TO PRIVACY

From Mystique to Masses: How Modern Media Transformed Stardom into Spectacle. Monojit La...

November 26 2024

POLITICS: A NATION AT CROSSROADS AND APATHY

India stands at a crossroads, grappling with economic disparity, political polarization,...

November 24 2024

GENDER: HOW PATRIARCHY SILENCES RESISTANCE

Patriarchy persists by co-opting privileged voices, masking systemic exploitation in ind...

November 23 2024