New Delhi, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Green Tribunal has directed a two-member joint panel, comprising District Forest Officer and District Magistrate, to look into the grievance regarding the illegal mining of minerals in Singrauli…
Srinagar, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Light rain and snow continued in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh on Friday as the India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast improvement in weather beginning Friday morning. An official of the IMD…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi is likely to receive light rain accompanied by thunderstorms again on February 9, according to an India Meteorological Department (IMD) forecast. The national capital received light rain with gusty…
Santiago, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) A fire in southern Chile’s Tierra del Fuego province ravaged some 1,235 hectares of forest in the commune of Timaukel, the National Forest Corporation (Conaf) said. On THursday, Conaf’s acting regional…
New Delhi, Feb 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) India has “no plan”, at present, to change the definition of “forest cover and very dense forest”, Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Minister of State, Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change,…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) There were 127 tiger deaths, with the maximum (42) of them in Madhya Pradesh, in 2021 as compared to 106 deaths in 2020, the Parliament was told on Thursday. “Of…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi, with its maximum temperature settling at 14.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday, recorded the coldest day in February since 2003, according to the India Meteorological Department (IMD). Delhi had recorded…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Terming it “excellent news”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday lauded the fact that India has established the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia. “Excellent News! India having…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) While it is a truism that Indian cities suffer from extremely high levels of air pollutant concentrations, but to target industrial hubs alone, and holding them responsible for the poor…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The design of the 624 MW power project on the Chenab in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir is likely to be among the issues discussed at the next…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The historical responsibility of developed countries who have already polluted the environment must not be left out in any discussion on the present situation, Environment, Forest and Climate Change Minister…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has taken notice of illegal mining of silica sand and its washing plants in the Prayagraj district of Uttar Pradesh, observing the unscientific methods as…
Thiruvananthapuram, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Famous snake expert and wildlife conservationist Vava Suresh, who is fighting for his life at the ICU of the Kottayam Medical College hospital after a cobra he went rescue bit him,…
Chennai, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Tamil Nadu government will notify 17 water bodies spread across 2,672 hectares in the state as wetlands under the Wetlands (Conservation and Management Rules) 2017. The draft notification seeking comments…
New Delhi, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Thursday forecast a generally cloudy sky for the national capital with light to moderate rain accompanied with gusty wind. The maximum and minimum temperatures…
Srinagar, Feb 3 (SocialNews.XYZ) Light snowfall occurred in Kashmir and rain in Jammu division on Thursday as the night temperatures rose further due to cloud cover in J&K and Ladakh. An official of the India…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) There has been an addition of 14,823 new wetlands with an area of 0.36 Mha between 2006-07 and 2017-18, while a total of 1,342 wetlands covering an area of 0.025…
New Delhi, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) Tamil Nadu (11.6 per cent) and Maharashtra (11.2 per cent) have got the high number of wetlands while the Ganga river basin has around one fourth of the wetlands in…
Guwahati, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Assam government on Wednesday announced a cash reward of Rs 5 lakh for providing information leading to arrest of poachers and recovery of the horn of an adult female rhino…
Kochi, Feb 2 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) in Kerala’s Kochi has identified a new carangid species of fish from off the Indian coast. The newly-described fish belongs to the ‘queen fish’…