Environment

World Earth Day: Plastic remains biggest threat for environment

World Earth Day: Plastic remains biggest threat for environment

The theme for this year’s Earth Day is ‘Planet vs Plastics’ recognising the threat from production and consumption of plastic

April 22, 2024

Engineered landfill not a silver lining

Delhi’s first engineered landfill, aimed at stopping percolation of leachate, a contaminated liquid, is not the final solution due to…

April 15, 2024

Delhi braces for summer with refreshing orange squash

The Robin Hood Army held its inaugural Chabeel of the season, distributing Orange squash in Tagore Garden

April 12, 2024

Air pollution-related terminologies awareness low among urban poor in Delhi-NCR: Study

The study conducted from December 2023 to January 2024 covered 500 people in Delhi and National Capital Region (NCR) cities…

April 8, 2024

Delhi’s first engineered sanitary landfill up and running

The landfill will collect and treat the chemically toxic leachate

April 5, 2024

World Sparrow Day: Meet the man who has dedicated his life to conserving sparrows

Rakesh Khatri has created seven lakh nests and trained 14 lakh people for conserving the sparrow, which has grown extinct…

March 20, 2024

Delhi world’s most polluted capital city again, India ranks third in worst air quality

Delhi has become the world's most polluted capital city again, according to the World Air Quality Report 2023 by Swiss…

March 19, 2024

Visitors in for a treat: Male hyena to be introduced at Delhi Zoo soon

Besides the male hyena, the National Zoological Park in Delhi is also set to receive a four-horned antelope in March

March 15, 2024

Experts hail bird survey, call it need of the hour

Delhi government’s decision to come up with a trimonthly bird atlas will help in conservation and prevention of diseases among…

March 6, 2024

‘People love breeds, not animals’

Animal activist Manavi Rai, who quit her job to focus on helping animals, says people adopt foreign breeds only to…

March 7, 2024