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India, the worlds third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the United States, is under pressure to announce plans to become carbon neutral by mid-century. (Representational image: AFP)

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India rejects net zero carbon emissions target, says pathway more...

Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav said India was on track to achieve targets set at the 2015 Paris conference

28 Oct 2021 10:44 AM IST

The total biomedical waste generated in the state amounts to 25.7 tonnes. (PTI file photo)

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Biomedical waste from hospitals a cause of concern, say experts

Andhra Pradesh generated non-Covid biomedical waste of 15.05 tonnes per day during the first nine months of the current...

23 Oct 2021 11:38 PM IST

Some of the Chevella Banyans that people want saved from being axed along NH 163 whose width is to be doubled. DC Image

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NH-163 widening: 900 Chevella banyan trees face threat

Environmental groups are concerned that all these trees will be axed

18 Oct 2021 8:25 AM IST

The Association members submitted numerous representations to municipal authorities in the last three years seeking fencing. DC Image

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Tirumala Hills residents decry encroachment

Tirumala Hills Owners Welfare Association fear that anti-social elements would encroach 6,024 sq yards allotted for...

17 Oct 2021 11:42 PM IST

A devotee puts a mask on the face of a Goddess Durga idol to aware people against COVID-19, at a community puja pandal, in Prayagraj. (PTI)

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PoP idol immersions only in baby ponds hereafter

GHMC has established a total 26 baby ponds within various lakes for immersing Durga idols, particularly those of PoP,...

8 Oct 2021 11:41 PM IST

The birds travel thousands of kilometres from Siberia to these sanctuaries every year on their winter sojourn. (Photo: Wikipedia)

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Death of winter migratory birds creates flutter in Nellore region

Nelapattu is a breeding ground while Pulicat Lake is a favourite feeding ground for the birds because of its rich flora...

5 Oct 2021 7:24 AM IST

Mazher Ahmed pointed out that recent flash floods, which have devastated life of poor and middle class, have been due to such unauthorised constructions. If they are not stopped, disasters would once again follow. Representational image/DC

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Encroachments of Hyderabad lakes continuing

In the latest instance, tractor loads of earth and debris are being brought under cover of darkness and dumped into...

4 Oct 2021 2:25 AM IST

P. Naveen Kumar, a civil engineer, pointed out why the trees could not be used as a median by acquiring land on the other side? DC Image

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National highway works cost dear, over 1,000 trees to be chopped

Activists are up in arms as word has spread about the cutting of the gigantic trees that turn the two-lane highway into...

4 Oct 2021 12:58 AM IST

According to Greenpeace Indias report, out of 287 cities, more than 80 percent (231) cities or towns have PM 10 levels exceeding the 60 mg/m 3 limits for PM10 prescribed under National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) set by CPCB in 2018. Representational Image. (AP)

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WHO updates air quality norms after 15 years

According to the new guidelines, the annual particulate matter 2.5 microns in thickness (PM2.5) has now been updated to...

23 Sept 2021 3:27 AM IST

The leopard caught in Chinnashankarampet mandal of Medak district last Sunday. (Photo:By arrangement)

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Increasing instances of wildlife-people conflict in Telangana

The forest department seems to treat these cases as 'isolated incidents' instead of treating the rising number of such...

17 Sept 2021 12:35 AM IST

$A calf enters an astroturf-covered pen nicknamed \MooLoo to urinate. The scientists, mimicking the process of putting a toddler on the potty until he or she has to go, put the cows in and waited until they urinated and then gave them a reward: a super sweet liquid of mostly molasses. (Thomas H¤ntzschel/FBN via AP)$ Lifestyle

Scientists potty train cows to deal with environmental issues caused...

What started with a half-in-jest question on a New Zealand radio talk show resulted in a study published in the journal...

14 Sept 2021 11:25 AM IST

Covid19 hit South Asia very hard, worst economic performance in 40 years says World Bank. (PTI Photo)

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Climate change could force 216 million from their homes: World Bank

World Bank's vice president for sustainable development said that the data give a 'global estimate' of the scale of...

14 Sept 2021 4:12 AM IST