NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate two corridors and lay the foundation for three additional corridors of the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on March 8, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said on Thursday. The projects are part of the ongoing expansion of the Delhi Metro network and will involve an estimated investment of over…
Winter often brings two uncomfortable indoor problems at the same time: dry air and rising pollution levels. Low humidity caused by cold temperatures and indoor heating can lead to cracked skin, dry throat, irritated eyes and disrupted sleep. At the same time, pollution and dust become trapped indoors because windows stay closed for warmth, causing…
Screengrab from viral video (Image/Instagram@lisbon_ferrao) NEW DELHI: A video showing an environmentalist confronting a man dumping plastic waste into the ocean has gone viral on social media, sparking widespread outrage.The clip, posted by environmentalist Lisbon Ferrao on Monday, shows the man throwing plastic bags into the sea. When Ferrao asked him who would clean the…
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Uttarakhand honoured with top achievers award under BRAP 2024 (Image credits: ANI) NEW DELHI: Uttarakhand has been honoured with the “Top Achievers Award” under the Business Reform Action Plan (BRAP) 2024 across five major reform categories, marking the highest number of top achievements received by any state or union territory in the country.The announcement was…
Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president Saurabh Bhardwaj (ANI) NEW DELHI: Delhi Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) president Saurabh Bhardwaj on Wednesday alleged that four government agencies “worked together” to manipulate the national capital’s air quality data on the night of Diwali, terming it a “criminal act” following reports that an Air Quality Index (AQI) reading…
Air pollution (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: India reported 68,994 environment-related crimes in 2023 which is over 30% higher than the total number of such crimes (52,920) reported in 2022, shows the latest Crime in India report released by the home ministry’s National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) this week.Nearly 86% (59,279) of environment-related crimes, however,…
Every year, the ocean quietly reminds us of the damage we have done. On Mediterranean beaches, locals often find strange, fibrous balls of dried seagrass known as “Neptune balls.” At first glance, they look harmless, like tumbleweed from the sea, but hidden inside them is something far more concerning: fragments of plastic waste. These mysterious…