Delhi

An engineer or an ecologist talking about water may not cause many heads to turn, but when they do it through poetry, there is a chance that more people will take notice.

Union Budget 2015-16 reduces funds for Water and Environment Ministry 

Centre presents an opposite picture in the Uttarakhand dam case

8 million tonnes of plastic waste dumped into world's oceans in 2010: Study

NGT announces heavy fines, bans farming to clean up Yamuna

Despite its shrinking greens, Delhi has significant tree diversity. Pradip Krishen, a naturalist, author and filmmaker, identifies around 250 tree species in the concrete jungle, in his book titled ‘Trees of Delhi’ published in 2007. But these trees do not have the breathing room they need as the Public Works Department's (PWD) pavement tiling projects enclose trees completely in concrete.

Fishermen unhappy with Centre's revised guidelines for deep sea fishing

Every school going child knows that the earth is called the Blue Planet, because nearly 70% of its surface is covered with water. All pictures of the earth show a blue green earth, dotted by land masses. So how would we explain the idea of water scarcity to them?

Social sector likely to get less funds in Union Budget 2015-16

Government admits that hydropower projects aggravated the Uttarakhand disaster