The writer is with the Bombay Natural History Society. Her views are personal.
July 16, 2009 00:45 IST
After cutting down 6,000 trees for a statue complex in Noida,hundreds of trees are now being planted in the same place after cracking open freshly-built concretised area.
Thu, Jul 16, 2009July 13, 2009 00:43 IST
In A bid to project what will be Indias optimum fuel mix pattern to tackle climate change,the Ministry of Environment and Forests has commissioned four...
Mon, Jul 13, 2009July 12, 2009 03:27 IST
The national Museum of Natural History (NMNH) is set to get a facelift and a brand new address: right next to the zoo,adjoining the Old Fort.
Sun, Jul 12, 2009July 11, 2009 01:16 IST
The Delhi government on Friday got cracking on reinforcing the ban on plastic bags by issuing challans to 10 shopkeepers.
Sat, Jul 11, 2009
July 11, 2009 00:46 IST
On the day the Supreme Court refused to intervene in the UP governments drive to erect statues of Mayawati and other Dalit leaders at a Noida park...
Sat, Jul 11, 2009
July 10, 2009 00:58 IST
The Ministry of Environment and Forests will consider providing subsidies to biodegradable plastic bag manufacturers in light of the ban on plastic bags in Delhi.
Fri, Jul 10, 2009July 09, 2009 04:55 IST
If not Iranian,then it's got to be African cheetahs. The Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is presently working on...
Thu, Jul 09, 2009July 09, 2009 00:26 IST
Plastic bags are not bad,its the failure of the Capitals civic administration that is to blame for the plastic menace.
Thu, Jul 09, 2009July 05, 2009 00:54 IST
A clutch of eggs hatched in Chennai this summer,under the watchful warmth of a lightbulb,is giving hope to an ancient...
Sun, Jul 05, 2009July 05, 2009 00:27 IST
Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna is proposing to convert the 22-kilometre Yamuna riverbank stretch into a biodiversity zone,seen by experts as a radical ecological solution to the dying river.
Sun, Jul 05, 2009June 30, 2009 00:09 IST
Ahead of the Copenhagen Climate Change summit,India is set to hold a high-level climate change meet to address crucial issues facing...
Tue, Jun 30, 2009June 27, 2009 05:01 IST
After losing all its tigers to poaching,Panna Tiger Reserve is set to get a second chance. The Ministry of Environment and....
Sat, Jun 27, 2009June 27, 2009 01:34 IST
Almost a decade after they went extinct,two vultures have now been found in the city.
Sat, Jun 27, 2009June 24, 2009 09:06 IST
Its official. There are no tigers left in Madhya Pradeshs Panna tiger reserve.
Wed, Jun 24, 2009June 23, 2009 02:27 IST
The Delhi government has given the go-ahead for the construction of a Delhi Transport Corporation bus parking next to the Commonwealth Games Village...
Tue, Jun 23, 2009June 16, 2009 11:51 IST
Years ago,he went to Periyar tiger reserve in Kerala,Sunderbans tiger reserve in West Bengal and Ranthambhore tiger reserve in Rajasthan....
Tue, Jun 16, 2009June 16, 2009 01:50 IST
Every evening,an NDMC water tanker rolls into the Maurya Sheraton Hotel in Delhis swish diplomatic area. But,not to provide water. Here,the NDMC is the receiver.
Tue, Jun 16, 2009June 15, 2009 01:26 IST
Desperate to hold on to its monopoly as the last wild habitat of the Asiatic Lion,Gujarat has come up with new reasons to stall sharing its pride with Madhya Pradesh.
Mon, Jun 15, 2009June 15, 2009 00:18 IST
Desperate to hold on to its monopoly on the last wild Asiatic lions in the world,Gujarat has come up with new reasons....
Mon, Jun 15, 2009
June 12, 2009 09:25 IST
Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh emphasised that India would not be told which path to take for tackling climate.
Fri, Jun 12, 2009June 10, 2009 02:21 IST
Sitting in a dazzlingly lit hotel room on her first-ever visit to the Capital,Kalawati recounts the number of new lights she has in her house,three one each in her front room.....
Wed, Jun 10, 2009June 07, 2009 03:29 IST
When the Rapid Action Force is helping out in a mission that needs no guns,but a fighting spirit all the same.
Sun, Jun 07, 2009June 06, 2009 01:42 IST
In Germany,22 per cent of power comes from nuclear energy.
Sat, Jun 06, 2009June 04, 2009 01:41 IST
Vasant Kunj residents Siddharth Varshney,12 and brother Kaustubh,11,are hard at work even in these summer vacation days,writing Neela Hauz,where are you? on newspaper-size sheets.
Thu, Jun 04, 2009June 02, 2009 03:13 IST
In a new set of directives,the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) has instructed tiger reserves across the country....
Tue, Jun 02, 2009





