Modi receives Champions of the Earth award for enviornmental policy leadership
New Delhi, Oct 4: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received the United Nations’ highest environmental honour, the ...
SBI vows to become plastic free organisation in one year
New Delhi, Oct 3: State Bank of India (SBI) on the occasion of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth anniversary pledged to become a ...
UN report confronts nations with tough choices on climate
The world’s nations will gather at a UN conference in South Korea on Monday to review and approve a 20-page bombshell — ...
Environment-related challenges getting deeper: Rajnath
Abu Road (Raj), Sep 30: Union minister Rajnath Singh Saturday expressed concern over man-made threats to environment, saying ...
World leaders gather to breathe new life into Paris accord
World leaders gathered in New York on Wednesday to try to breathe new life into the Paris global climate accord, amid backsliding ...
Japan’s commercial whaling bid rejected by IWC
Japan’s determined bid to return to commercial whale hunting was rejected by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) Friday ...
Colombian zoo celebrates birth of endangered spider monkey
A zoo in Colombia is celebrating the birth of a baby spider monkey, a rare species in danger of extinction.
The monkey was born on ...
IWC vote backs aboriginal whale hunts — with new quotas
The International Whaling Commission on Wednesday cast a rare strong vote in favor of whale hunting — but strictly for small ...
Global climate protests peak in US as UN talks falter
Tens of thousands of people across the globe took to the streets Saturday to demand that governments step up action on global ...
‘Major transformation’ ahead for Earth’s ecosystems: study
The Earth’s forests, deserts, landscapes and vital ecosystems risk a “major transformation” in the next century due ...