To control the increasing plastic pollution in the country, the Union Government of India has decided to ban all units of single-use plastic, including expanded polystyrene and polystyrene. The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), a government body under the Ministry of Environment, issued a list
Even though I don’t like plastic, the convenience this non-biodegradable material has offered since its invention over a century ago cannot be denied. And I get the hypocrisy, as we all – even though people advocating the shedding of plastic – use it inadvertently and
I often wonder about the towering Mount Everest, the planet’s highest mountain, how it came to be, and where it is heading to amid the climate crisis fiasco. Well, it came into existence after an upward thrust by tectonic action as the Indian-Australian Plate collided
The past week has been one of the most devastating events where a devastating fire ravaged the Jangi Chilgoza forest in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district. The fire stretched for several kilometres and devoured the chilgoza pine forest, which is an important conifer and a cash
Due to prolonged dry spells triggered by heatwaves and decreasing water supply from perennial sources, Himachal Pradesh’s capital Shimla is now facing an acute water crisis. Since summertime is also a peak tourist season in Shimla, drinking water woes are causing problems for residents, tourists,
When you think of farms, in all likelihood you start imagining a vast lush-green countryside. Well, that’s not what farms are anymore. Many cities across the world are developing sustainable urban farms within compact areas. Besides being sustainable and offering a break to people from
In a shocking discovery, several bats are dying due to wind turbines in Germany. Led by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), the study found that the increasing number of deaths of bats will harm the populations of their species. It will
Google Maps is a helpful tool in navigating a city or country with real-time traffic updates and directions. It even shows us the available public transport in a particular area. Now, tech giant Google has added another helpful feature to the Maps. The company has
Panoramic Antarctica has been a pristine, mostly untouched wildness without any human interruptions for so long. That’s until the increased influx of humans and their omnipresent plastic material began to tarnish the frozen continent. A study mentions that Antarctica has five times greater microplastics in
Using the computer modeling system, researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute in Germany have predicted the disappearance of the Siberian tundra by 2500. The reason for this is the obvious global warming that’s rapidly increasing the temperatures in the Arctic region. As a result, Siberian