China's main anti-graft body reprimanded the environment ministry on Tuesday for a series of problems, including interference by ministry officials and their relatives in environmental impact assessments. Environmental degradation is one of China's most serious issues and a very sensitive one too, with thousands of protests every year sparked by concern about pollution, particularly from …
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IANS) Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar Friday said his ministry would organise a “Chintan Shivir” or a platform for its officers to ideate and suggest measures geared towards “good” governance. “Chintan Shivir is organised in order to enable young officers share their experiences,” he told media persons here. Set up in Bengaluru, Bhopal and …
Minister for Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Prakash Javadekar has said that government's initiatives, efforts, and action plans to pursue the clean and renewable energy path had put India in a leadership position in dealing with climate change issues.
Senior Congress leader and former Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan is set to resign from the party, after shooting off an explosive letter to Congress president Sonia Gandhi (written in Nov last year) where she accused vice-president of the party Rahul Gandhi of interference in government work while she was a minister.
By Philip Pullella and Karen Lema MANILA (Reuters) – Pope Francis waded into the global debate on climate change and the environment on Sunday, saying in the text of a speech that man was destroying nature and betraying God's calling to be stewards of creation. Francis offered his thoughts about the environment and climate change for the second time in four days at a rally with young people at a …
A study of twins conducted by Stanford University School of Medicine investigators shows that our environment, more than our heredity, plays the starring role in determining the state of our immune system, the body's primary defense against disease. This is especially true as we age, the study indicates.
Gurgaon, Jan 9 (IANS) Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar Friday said sustainable practices were the need of 21st century, as he inaugurated the Prakrit school that seeks to focus on sustainable learning and living practices for children.
Gurgaon, Jan 9 (IANS) Environment, Forests and Climate Change Minister Prakash Javadekar Friday said sustainable practices were the need of 21st century, as he inaugurated the Prakrit school that seeks to focus on sustainable learning and living practices for children.