'My belief that I could protect the Himalayas was shattered.'
Get ready to pack your bags!
The female tiger, named Nadia, is believed to be the first known case of an animal infected with COVID-19 in the US. It is suspected that she contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic at that time.
The Centre on Monday earmarked a separate Rs 2,217 crore for 42 urban centres to tackle air pollution and announced the much-awaited voluntary vehicle scrapping policy to phase out old and polluting vehicles, even as it shrunk the budgetary allocation for the environment ministry from the last fiscal by nearly eight percent. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her budget speech for 2021-22, announced a total of Rs 2869.93 crore for the ministry, Rs 230 crore less than the last fiscal. Officials said the outlay has been lesser this time as the economy is recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.
The actor met Indian Minister of Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh at an event in New York on Thursday.
Braving the downpour, Mumbaikars came together on Sunday to protest against the cutting of over 2,700 trees in Aarey milk Colony for the upcoming metro shed project.
Six young designers from the INIFD, Bandra showcased their collection at the Bombay Times Fashion Week held in Mumbai.
National Geographic's 2019 Travel Photo contest is drawing to a close after six weeks of pictures from photographers around the world. The final week's selection of pictures includes rhinos drinking in a thunderstorm and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
Minister of State for Environment and Forests Anil Dave gave these figures to the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.
The AAP does not promise and try to bring about a social revolution by attacking deep-rooted social prejudices.
Dog squads are sniffing out poachers and busting their plans. Geetanjali Krishna tells us more about these canine crusaders.
McNaughton, an Irish national who won the Pulitzer Prize in May 2018, allegedly travelled to restricted and protected areas in Jammu and Kashmir without permission. He also reported from the state without valid permission.
The Constitution is a terrific document, but it is also one that has suppressed the Hindu majoritarian sentiment. We are living through times when this suppression is being popularly rejected, notes Aakar Patel.
'What she did so far and what she will do now is secondary; the most important thing is a person from the Adivasi community has reached the top-most position in the country.'
India's first female wildlife photographer Rathika Ramasamy shares her inspiring journey to success.
Australian swimming great Ian Thorpe says athletes should not put their Olympic dreams before their health in deciding whether to compete at the Tokyo Games as global health authorities battle to contain the spread of the new coronavirus. A number of international sports events have been hit by the coronavirus, with some competitions being postponed and others cancelled outright, and there are concerns that the outbreak might scupper the Tokyo Olympics.
The staff and security personnel are performing their duties using mechanised and country boats to deal with any kind of eventualities, they said.
Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation staff rescued rhinos, elephants, hog deer and even a tiger from the floods in the Kaziranga National Park.
As a politician, Yadav is amiable and a consensus-maker, not hamstrung by dogma.
Two fully-grown Asiatic lionesses were killed under a running train in eastern Gir, Gujarat on Wednesday.
Rediff.com takes a look at some of endangered primates.
Union Minister for Environment and Forest Jayanthi Natarajan has announced that the central government would provide an un-manned remote-controlled aircraft and an electronic surveillance system for protecting the rhino and other wildlife in Kaziranga National Park in Assam that recently witnessed a spurt in killing of flood-hit rhinos by poachers on the prowl.
All Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) cardholders are required to take a special permission from the central government if they want to be involved in any missionary, 'Tabligh' or journalistic activities in the country.
Dhubri is the worst hit with over 8.72 lakh people affected, followed by Barpeta with more than 4.78 lakh people and Goalpara with around 4.28 lakh population.
Renowned Indian environmental economist and UN Environment Programme (UNEP) goodwill ambassador Pavan Sukhdev has won the 2020 Tyler Prize, regarded as the 'Nobel Prize for the Environment', for his ground-breaking "green economy" work. Sukhdev, 59, who will receive the award alongside conservation biologist Gretchen Daily, has been acknowledged for his work on bringing the economic consequences of environmental degradation and loss to the attention of corporate and political decision-makers.
National Geographic was kind enough to let us display the winning images and honourable mentions from the four categories: Wildlife, Landscapes, Aerials, and Underwater.
The winners for the year 2019 are from fields as diverse as agriculture, sports, handicrafts, afforestation and wildlife conservation, armed forces and education.
Having developed a taste for what humans eat, the monkeys are wreaking havoc in Shimla, reports Ashwani Sharma.
The BJP is certain that the TMC will divide the Opposition votes, leaving it free to cruise through the polls.
The plea filed by an advocate has also sought issuance of guidelines for creation of Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) to tackle such incidents and filling up of vacancies in forest forces across the country.
At the age of 28 he's perhaps the only one in the country who's making cartoons on natural history.
A colourful photo of a green iguana strolling through sunflowers (below) by Indonesian photographer @jjnmatt was voted the overall winner of the "World Best Photos Of Animals 2020" competition organised by photo app Agora. Fifty images from around the world were selected as finalists from 13,888 submissions to the contest, "showing the wide and precious variety of animal life surrounding us," according to the organisers. "We challenged international photographers to participate in the #Animals2020 photo contest with their best shots of living creatures around the planet." Here's a slection of our 12 favourite images from the finalists.
The president said he will be signing a number of executive orders over the next several days of the week.
Sandesh Kadur dropped out of a University of Texas hotel management course over five years ago to join the environment protection movement and began to focus on wildlife photography. Today, he is one of the most recognised names in the field.
For years, elephants have gone through unspeakable torture and abuse at the hands of human beings -- from hunters and poachers targeting them for sport or their tusks, to people trying to tame them for entertainment purposes -- they have been beaten, shocked, and whipped into submission Since there's no concrete way to curb this violence, Kerala has come up with a unique initiative to help them - an elephant rehabilitation centre. Take a look at the home for the gentle giants situated at Kottoor, an ecotourism village situated nearly 35 km from Thiruvananthapuram.
In an unprecedented move for the first time, President Pratibha Patil came to the aid of a whistleblower officer of the Haryana government, ordering it to drop a chargesheet filed against him.
Heavy flooding has caused animals at Kaziranga and Pabitora to move to higher land, making them more vulnerable to poaching.
Environment ministry also plans to cut the two-stage mandatory clearances under the Environment Protection Act to a single stage, shaving six months from the process.
Mumbai's Santosh Gaikwad is on a mission to preserve India's wildlife for future generations, says Nikita Puri.
We revisit the actor's many controversies over the years.
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