On Monday, Union Minister of State for Jal Shakti Bishweswar Tudu said that arsenic has been detected in groundwater in parts of 230 districts in 25 states and fluoride in…
On Tuesday evening, rescue workers pulled out all 41 workers trapped in Uttarakhand's Silkyara tunnel in a multi-agency rescue operation. Union Minister VK Singh and Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh…
Rescue teams in Uttarakhand are battling against time to evacuate 41 workers who have been trapped under debris for over 170 hours with limited food and communication following a tunnel…
A few days before the day when 40 workers were trapped inside the Silkyara-Polgaon tunnel, a temple devoted to a local deity Baukhnaag Devta, considered the region's guardian, was razed…
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday expressed confidence that stubble would cease to be a problem over a period of time. "Bitumen, bio CNG, LNG is being made from stubble.…
Amid severe pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Supreme Court on Tuesday pulled up the Punjab government over stubble burning. “We want it (stubble burning) stopped. We don't know how you do…
The Oregon State Board of Education unanimously voted on Thursday to remove basic mastery of reading, writing, and math in order to graduate from high school until 2029. The board claimed that requiring all students to…
The National Disaster Management Authority has said in its report that Uttarakhand’s Joshimath must be declared a zone of “no new constructions”. In its 130-page ‘Post Disaster Need Assessment’ (PDNA)…
The Central government has proposed forming a 13-member technical committee headed by the Director of the GB Pant National Institute of Himalayan Environment to evaluate the carrying capacity of 13…
Himachal Pradesh government has banned hill cutting for two weeks except for rebuilding roads and buildings damaged by heavy rains that claimed over 350 lives. Furthermore, all commercial and tourist-related…
On Thursday, at least eight buildings that had developed cracks and were declared unsafe following recent rains collapsed in Anni area of Himachal Pradesh's Kullu district. There were no casualties.…
On Tuesday evening, two persons were killed when eight houses, including six makeshift ones, collapsed and a slaughterhouse was buried under the debris following a landslide in the Krishnanagar locality…