On the occasion of World Earth Day, people across the country held events to celebrate the earth's environment and spread awareness on how to conserve its natural resources. The message however didn't seem to reach certain parts of our country. Take
Thousands of colleges and universities organized protests against the deterioration of the environment. Groups that had been fighting against oil spills, polluting factories and power plants, raw sewage, toxic dumps, pesticides, freeways, the loss
Inspired by the student anti-war movement, he realized that if he could infuse that energy with an emerging public consciousness about air and water pollution, it would force environmental protection onto the national political agenda. As a result,
Each year, Earth Day April 22 marks the birth of the environmental movement in 1970. Earth Day 1970 capitalized on the emerging consciousness, channeling the energy of the anti-war protest movement and putting environmental concerns front and center
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Tuesday that it was the fourth hottest March in 135 years of records. School students take part in an event on World Earth Day in Jalandhar.
Federal forecasters calculated that for most of the Earth, last month was one of the hottest Marchs on record. Students and teachers take part in an awareness programme on World Earth Day in Patiala on Tuesday.
Palmyra steadily declining in numbers as farmers slaughter the Asian Palmyra palms for firewood in the bricks kilns.
A quarry worker takes a wash in a pool of stagnant rainwater at a stone quarry.
Try spotting a child in this mound of garbage.
A Greater Adjutant Stork flies by a ragpicker looking for recyclable items at a garbage dump on the outskirts of Gauhati.
Kashmiri women row a boat filled with weed after cleaning the Dal Lake on Earth Day, on the outskirts of Srinagar. The weed-clogged Dal Lake is central to Kashmir's tourist trade and efforts are being made to rescue the lake. In the past two decades
Industrial waste (Image for representational purpose only)
Over 150 electroplating units in Balanagar Industrial Area are being relocated to Automotive Industrial Park in Toopran, Medak district. The electroplating units in Balanagar were found to be releasing effluents into the Kukatpally Nala, which