ENVIRONMENT

Passive smoking is not only bad for family and friends but also for plants that can take up nicotine from contaminated soils and from smoke

Vehicle owners in India are expected to cross 400 million by 2040. Even today an estimated 1.5 million people die annually in India due to indoor and outdoor air pollution. At this rate, Delhi may be one of the world’s most polluted cities. Imagine the impact of all this, more so, when there is a fivefold increase in poisonous gases emitted by cars and trucks.

Dr Shaju Thomas from the Tropical Institute of Ecological Sciences in India, weighs in here with worries about the future of India's environment:

More than half of the world’s 226 natural disasters occurred in the Asia and Pacific region last year. Natural disasters left some 80 million people were affected and accounted for nearly $60 billion economic losses last year.

Like a caring mother nature gives us the food that nourishes and sustains our bodies as also water that cleanses and gives us life. It also provides fresh air to supply us with oxygen, which is vital to keep bodily functions going.

Green infrastructure reaps not only economic and environmental benefits but also ecological ones. Each one of us can make a big difference

According to the Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, the need of the hour is ‘deeds’ and not ‘plain words’ to...

Discarded old and useless electronic gadgets are termed electronic or e-waste. India produces about 20 Lakh Metric Ton of e-Waste every year.

A team of eminent scientists from Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham and universities in Japan have collaborated to make a significant effort to unravel the mysterious interplay between nature and the living world to sustain life on this planet.

Sultan Moulay Ismail Ibn Sharif ruled over Morocco from 1672-to 1727 -- much longer than any other ruler in Moroccan history. However, he is remembered even today for altogether different reasons. One - for being a sex addict - he had four wives and 500 concubines who bore him hundreds of children— more than anyone, anywhere in the world. Two he was extremely cruel and killed thousands of people– often without any reason.

The recently released Environment Performance Index 2022, a global ranking system which measures environmental health and sustainability of countries has ranked India last amongst 180 countries.

Indian Immunologicals Limited is partnering with Central Institute of Fisheries Education to develop vaccines against bacterial diseases in freshwater fishes