Environment  

Shikha Garg, who was a United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), was travelling to Nairobi to attend a United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) meeting

Mavropoulos, president of the International Solid Waste Association, a non-profit organization, was travelling to Nairobi to attend the annual assembly of the UN Environment Programme, according to Athens News Agency

One of the major resorts in Gulmarg, Kashmir, faced 70% cancellation of bookings. But with situation under control now, the tourism department is leaving no stone unturned to provide a safe environment for the tourists.

The Modi government has been trying to provide core infrastructure and give a decent quality of life to its citizens, as well as a clean and sustainable environment. 

The high court said that Bengaluru Development Authority cannot go ahead with the steel flyover project without clearance from the State Environment Impact Assessment Authority.

The bi-weekly pollution action plan, which is being formulated by scientists from IIT-Delhi, is expected to come up with pre-emptive measures. It will give an idea about which place will record a higher level of pollution.

The Sita Rama Lift Irrigation Project is expected to benefit at least 180 villages and is scheduled to be completed in three years.

The study, published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives, expands overall knowledge of the effects of tobacco smoke on cardiac function in nonsmokers.

A bench headed by NGT chairperson AK Goel asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) to pass a fresh order for renewal of consent and authorisation to handle hazardous substances, subject to appropriate conditions for protection of the environment in accordance with law within three weeks from Saturday.
 

The Wildlife Crime Control Bureau is a statutory body under the environment ministry set up to combat organised wildlife crime

Assistant Secretary-General and Head of the New York Office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Satya S Tripathi, said the government should not carry out the rebuilding work alone because no government can ever be able to deal with a problem of such a massive proportion.

'The Delhi government will forthwith deposit a sum of Rs 25 crore towards the cost of damage to the environment with the CPCB for restoration of the damage. We further direct that on failure to comply with this order, the Delhi government may be required to deposit at least Rs 10 crore per month till the order of this tribunal is fully executed,' the Bench said

On November 15, the projects in Amaravati came up before the ministry of environment’s Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) which is headed by the director general of forest and special secretary Siddhanta Das.

Reacting to video of her with co-protester of the Sterlite movement, environment activist Fathima Babu said the protest will not be hampered by this