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
Car engine experts throughout the world believe that exhaust pipes of vehicles are the major cause of environmental pollution. However, the new Emissions Analytics study has revealed that car tires are emitting more particle pollution while wearing out. Due to the rapidly increasing weight of
Seventy-one people and five animals have lost their lives in floods that have washed away roads and submerged districts and jungles with the same fury in the Indian state of Assam. Nearly 160 people are dead and over 55 lakh people have been affected by
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
During my ritualistic morning scroll through The New York Times, I found a piece of rather good news that made me smile. The news was that a polar bear subpopulation – a group of animals within the same species that are genetically and geographically different
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
Let’s just face it, we humans don’t want anyone to judge us by our looks but we do so for others. Now just on the land but our beauty bias also extends to the oceans. Don’t believe us? Well, a new study from the University
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,
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