Two elephants along with a calf found dead in Chhattisgarh's Raigarh and Dhamtari district. Raigarh Police confirmed, two allegedly used live wire to run their farm borewell but on June 16, the pachyderm electrified and died. Likewise, Dhamtari districtÔÇÖs officials said, "one calf got stuck into the mud, the official tried to help him but he stuck deep and died."
Meghalaya Government has introduced a new electric vehicle policy 2021 to be implemented from April 1. Applicable for the next five years, the policy aims at ensuring 15% EVs in Meghalaya by 2025 to save roughly 50 lakh litres of fuel. Offering… read-more
TAGS: Electric Vehicles, Meghalaya, Meghalaya governmnet, EVs
Taking inspiration from the Chipko Movement, a Uttarakhand-based farmer Jagdish Kudiyal has incredibly revived a dead spring by planting saplings. Reportedly, Jagdish hired several labourers to dig pits near the fountain that ultimately revived… read-more
TAGS: Uttrakhand, Mann Ki Baat, Narendra Modi, Chipko movement, Jagdish Kudiyal
Nearly 93 tigers have died in the ‘Tiger state of India’ Madhya Pradesh including 25 due to poaching. Providing January 2018-January 2021 data, the state forest Minister Vijay Shah on March 1 revealed that 77 people were arrested for poaching.… read-more
TAGS: Tiger, Big Cats, Enviroinment, Madhya Pradesh
The Centre has launched the sixth edition of the annual Swachh Survekshan as the Urban Affairs ministry awaits the Cabinet's approval for the phase-II of the Swachh Bharat Mission. Specifically focusing on sewage management in cities below 1 lakh… read-more
TAGS: Swatchh Bharat, Swacch Survekshan, Housing and Urban Affair Ministry, Cabinet, waste segregation
The central government approves diversion of 140 hectares forest land for doubling railway lines despite strong protests to save Goa's Mollem. Out of the total, nearly 120ha of forest falls under Mollem's Bhagwan Mahavir National Park that will… read-more
TAGS: Goa, Mollem, Bhagwan Mahavir National Park, Collem, Margao
Union Minister Hardip Singh Puri has apprised that between 2015-2021, India had exported around 38,50,431 litres of water worldwide. The export comprises 23,78,227 litres of mineral water, 6,02,389 litres of aerated water, and 8,69,815 litres of… read-more
TAGS: Hardip puri, lok sabha, Exports, water, China, Maldives