Meet The 7 Smallest Animals That Will Capture Your Heart
Let’s explore about these tiny and unique animals which will surely attract you.
Aug 13, 2024, 17:16 PM IST
Enjoy the Charms of Mesmerizing Forests Around The World
For a very long time, people have regarded forests as magical havens that pique one's curiosity and enchantment. These natural treasures, which range from calm woodlands to deep rainforests, provide a haven for wildlife as well as a place of inspiration and peace for visitors who stroll along their shaded pathways. Here, we investigate the enchantment found in some of the most alluring forests on the planet.
Aug 07, 2024, 17:32 PM IST
Development should not be at cost of nature: Delhi minister Gopal Rai
Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai said that there is a pressing need to find a balance between development and nature.
Jul 18, 2022, 15:37 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh: Forests in the grip of flood, tiger appeared on roads
In Madhya Pradesh's Mandla, Forests are completely in grip of the flood. A tiger appeared roaming on roads.
Aug 09, 2019, 13:30 PM IST
India and China lead the way in increasing Earth's green cover: NASA report
That spike in human population is detrimental to Earth's green cover is a notion that has been busted by both India and China.
Feb 12, 2019, 16:43 PM IST
To prevent collapse of tropical forests, protect their shape
Fires on the edges of tropical forests and their alteration by land use makes these hot ecosystems lose their shape and stability bringing a sudden, even catastrophic, transformation of land from trees to grass, researchers have found.
Apr 02, 2018, 10:34 AM IST
International Day of Forests: Reasons why greenery is important for human survival
Forests provide a wide range of environmental, social and economic benefits that improve our quality of life.
Mar 21, 2018, 11:56 AM IST
India's overall forest cover expands: Report
The Minister said the news was good because it reverses the trend of decreasing forest cover the world over.
Feb 12, 2018, 19:18 PM IST
2025 to be a period of forest downfall? ISRO scientists predict India's green cover loss!
Published in the Journal of Earth System Science in February, the study investigated the distribution of forest cover in India by reconstructing the previous forest cover and predicted the ever-continuing deforestation in selected parts of India with high deforestation rates.
May 21, 2017, 16:50 PM IST
Rhino killed by poachers in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, toll reaches 15
An adult male rhino was killed by poachers today in Kaziranga National Park in Assam taking the toll to 15 this year, a forest department official said.
Nov 16, 2016, 20:06 PM IST
No one has right to snatch away land of tribals, says PM Narendra Modi
"It`s the priority of our government to ensure that tribals get their right. No one has right to snatch away their lands," Modi said.
PM Modi calls for protection of environment on 'Mann Ki Baat'
PM Modi called for protection of the environment and said that conservation of water and forests are people's responsibility.
May 22, 2016, 12:16 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi urges people to conserve forests
Meanwhile at a function in Delhi, Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar said that every individual should plant at least 10 to 15 trees during their lifetime.
Mar 21, 2016, 22:39 PM IST
Researchers create 'cyberforests' to predict climate change
Researchers at Washington State University Vancouver created the first computer simulation that grows realistic forests down to the branches, leaves and roots of individual trees.
Feb 27, 2016, 19:42 PM IST
Birds of 11 rare species found in Jharkhand
Birds of 11 rare species thought to be extinct have been found during a survey of the water bodies in Jharkhand, a state forest department official said.
Feb 06, 2016, 15:16 PM IST
Protected forest cover key to improving biodiversity: Study
Biodiversity in the forests may be recovering as a result of repeated efforts of environmental conservationists in protecting the forest areas, reveals a new study.
Jan 23, 2016, 00:27 AM IST
"Bio-diversity hit by ignorance, low income of forest people"
Ignorance coupled with dwindling income level of people living in the fringe areas of forests, has put enormous pressure on the balance of biodiversity, deputy director of Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (WCCB), Abhijit Roychowdhury, said here today.
Dec 29, 2015, 18:30 PM IST
India to achieve more than its committed INDC target: Javadekar
In the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions announced recently, India had set a target of creating an additional 2.5 to 3 billion (250 crore) tonnes of CO2 equivalent carbon sink.
Dec 04, 2015, 19:42 PM IST
Havens, menaces or challenges: Forests in literary imagination
From Snow White to Tarzan, Robin Hood to Alice, Lord Rama to the Pandavas, Ali Baba to Winnie the Pooh, Dorothy (of Oz) to Harry Potter, from works of Shakespeare to Henry David Thoreau, Rudyard Ki
Nov 22, 2015, 11:15 AM IST
Is Ashwathama of Mahabharata still alive?
A character of the Indian epic Mahabharata, Ashwatthama was the son of guru Drona and he is the grandson of the Brahmin sage Bharadwaja.
Nov 21, 2015, 21:28 PM IST
