'E20 petrol, which contains 20% ethanol and is being sold by Indian oil refiners, has been much in the news lately. ' India has achieved its target to blend 20% ethanol per litre of fuel five years Read More...
'Around 180 countries have failed to find consensus on an internationally binding legal agreement that sought to restrict plastic pollution.' Talks in Geneva remained deadlocked on the issue late t Read More...
'The Environment Ministry has notified new rules under the Environment Protection Act that lays out a process for addressing sites with chemical contamination. ' Called the Environment Protec Read More...
'Recently, the government decided to scale back its 2015 mandate requiring coal-based thermal plants to install flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) devices (clean-air equipment) that remove sulphur dioxid Read More...
'With the Indian carbon market set to be launched in 2026, CO2 removal technologies such as biochar are expected to play a crucial role. ' Biochar is a type of charcoal rich in carbon and is produc Read More...
'Crop protection chemicals are commonly known as “pesticides”.' These are basically substances sprayed on crops to protect against insects (“pests”) that cause damage, wheth Read More...
'Recently, South African scientists injected radioactive material into live rhinoceros horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching.' The pr Read More...
'Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the results of the first-ever comprehensive population estimation of riverine dolphins – Gangetic and Indus dolphins – done in India.' The surve Read More...
'The Haryana government’s ambitious 3,858 hectare Aravali safari park project spread across Gurugram and Nuh — which was one of the poll promises of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party last Read More...
'The Supreme Court directed the Forest Department of Rajasthan to map on the ground and via satellite every ‘sacred grove’ in detail.' They were to be identified irrespective of their s Read More...
