Category Archives: Environment
GUWAHATI The first verifiable photographic evidence of the spoon-tailed duskhawker Gynacantha
GUWAHATI The first verifiable photographic evidence of the spoon-tailed duskhawker (Gynacantha basiguttata ) in Arunachal [...]
Aug
What caused Nepal’s deadly glacial flood? — Tsunami of dirt
The valley is the main link between Kathmandu in Nepal and Lhasa in Tibet. There [...]
Aug
Restoring lakes by going beyond quick fixes
Yet today, lakes are disappearing at an alarming pace. They store a disproportionately large share [...]
Aug
Zai Whitaker distinctly remembers Madras Crocodile Bank Trust ’s (MCBT) first-ever gharial
Zai Whitaker distinctly remembers Madras Crocodile Bank Trust ’s (MCBT) first-ever gharial.
Aug
As per the May 25 Supreme Court order, the HPC has to comprehensively evaluate a report dated
As the August 31 deadline for the panel to submit its report approaches, independent experts [...]
Aug
Established in 2010, the NGT is a specialised body for the effective and expeditious disposal
A parliamentary committee has pushed the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to "more proactively" use its [...]
Aug
It also asked the State Law Department to inform all the courts in Assam about the Supreme
Amid a controversy over a plan to reduce the Eco-Sensitive Zone of Kaziranga National Park, [...]
Aug
These changes were having an impact on the four forest types analysed by the researchers
The lack of rains in The Nilgiris this year has brought into focus the impacts [...]
Aug
What is the barren-land fallacy?
Trees provide many benefits, including helping cool the neighbourhood, keeping soil from getting eroded, drawing [...]
Aug