In 1963 the peacock was declared the National Bird of India because of its rich religious and legendary involvement in Indian traditions The criteria for this choice were many The bird must be welldis ...

SRINAGAR: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Jammu and Kashmir government to submit a timeline for setting up sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Srinagar, Chadoora, and Budgam ...

A recent study has found that plastic waste is the most prevalent form of pollution along the Narayani river, especially in ...

Once revered as a sacred lifeline for northern India, the Yamuna River now stands as a grim reminder of administrative ...

ILLUSTRATION BY JOE MCKENDRY Most ... river cannot be polluted; it can go on forever.” The Ganges reinforces that story line during the summer monsoon, when it is said to be “in swell.” At ...

In the case of Uttarakhand, a compliance affidavit submitted by Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board (UKPCB) disclosed that “most of the ... in the entire stretch of Ganga in Uttarakhand and ...

The Ganga’s stretch between Kanpur and Varanasi is perhaps the river’s most polluted zone ... as Professor R K Sinha of Patna University, often referred to as the 'Dolphin Man of India ...

In a matter pertaining to illegal encroachments on Ganga River ... Patna's groundwater, is heavily laced with Arsenic," Vashishtha told the Court. The counsel further raised a concern that most ...

In Bihar, the water from the Ganga has not ... had taken a dip in the river. The BSPCB stated in its affidavit dated March 17 that at sites such as Gaighat in Patna, in the year 2020-21, the coliform ...

HONG KONG — Six out the world’s 10 most polluted cities are in India, while California has the worst air pollution in North America, a new report shows. New Delhi was the most polluted capital ...

That is only 2 per cent of the river’s entire length, but it is in this tiny stretch that over 80 per cent of the ... That the Yamuna in Delhi is at its most polluted at present is evidence enough of ...