Change in lifestyle can complement environment conservation, says Principal District Judge
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Change in lifestyle can complement environment conservation, says Principal District Judge

The Hindu  

Principal District and Sessions Judge of Udupi district Kiran Siddappa Gangannavar on Tuesday said that everyone should join hands to reduce environment pollution by changing one’s lifestyle to complement conservation. Mr. Gangannavar, who is also the chairman of the District Legal Services Authority, said environment and biodiversity play their own role in the existence of human life. Stating that children should be enlightened about environment conservation and encouraged to plant more saplings, the judge said one should reduce the use of single-use plastic to prevent environment pollution. Environment pollution Inaugurating the celebrations on the SDM College premises in Mangaluru, Dakshina Kannada District Legal Services Authority member-secretary and senior civil judge B.G.

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Slew of events mark World Environment Day in Mysuru region
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Slew of events mark World Environment Day in Mysuru region

The Hindu  

A number of both government and non-governmental events to mark World Environment Day with thrust on shoring up green cover through social forestry and afforestation, were organised on Wednesday. Such programmes were conducted in Madikeri, Mandya, Mysuru, and Chamarajanagar in the region and scores of World Environment Day events were also held by educational institutions. The Bharatiya Jain Sanghatana in …

Enhance mangrove coverage for environment protection, says Shobha Karandlaje
1 year, 9 months ago

Enhance mangrove coverage for environment protection, says Shobha Karandlaje

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers Development Shobha Karandlaje on Monday, June 5, said there was a need to enhance the coverage of mangroves across the coastline along with increasing forest cover elsewhere. She was speaking after launching the Mangrove Sapling Plantation Drive to mark World Environment Day at Kodi in Kundapura organised by the Forest Department. While …

World Environment Day: Arati Kumar-Rao wants you to listen to the land
1 year, 9 months ago

World Environment Day: Arati Kumar-Rao wants you to listen to the land

Live Mint  

There is an interesting anecdote from Arati Kumar-Rao’s new book, Marginlands: Indian Landscapes On The Brink, which best describes the beauty of India’s vast natural landscapes and the urgency to rescue them from the precipice of destruction. The people of the Thar get only forty cloudy days in a year, and yet they have as many names for clouds.” Many …

Environment conservation is commitment and not compulsion for India: PM Modi
2 years, 1 month ago

Environment conservation is commitment and not compulsion for India: PM Modi

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Environment conservation is a commitment and not a compulsion for India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, asserting he believes development and nature can go hand-in-hand. Modi said environment conservation is a commitment and not a compulsion for India. India's initiative to adopt a healthier and cleaner lifestyle include upgrading infrastructure to encourage electric mobility, increased use …

Environment Conservation is Commitment and Not Compulsion for India: PM Modi
2 years, 1 month ago

Environment Conservation is Commitment and Not Compulsion for India: PM Modi

News 18  

Environment conservation is a commitment and not a compulsion for India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday, asserting he believes development and nature can go hand-in-hand. With such a glorious culture and philosophy of lofty traditions of living in harmony with nature, it is only natural for India to remain at the forefront of global efforts for environment protection,” …

World Nature Conservation Day 2022: Find date, history, and significance
2 years, 8 months ago

World Nature Conservation Day 2022: Find date, history, and significance

Firstpost  

World Nature Conservation Day is an attempt to recognise that a well-functioning environment is the need of the hour for sustaining a productive human society World Nature Conservation Day is observed annually on 28 July to create awareness about the need to preserve the environment and its natural resources. World Nature Conservation Day is an attempt at recognising that a …

Environment Day: Alia Bhatt, Dia Mirza, Sidharth Malhotra, others pledge support
3 years, 9 months ago

Environment Day: Alia Bhatt, Dia Mirza, Sidharth Malhotra, others pledge support

Hindustan Times  

The global host for the World Environment Day 2021 to highlight the importance of ecosystem restoration is Pakistan but India and Bollywood celebrities are not far behind in channeling their massive fanbase to draw the attention towards the threat to the environment due to rising pollution levels and climate change. World Environment Day 2021: Alia Bhatt, Dia Mirza, Sidharth Malhotra …

Ignoring the environment is bad economics
4 years, 2 months ago

Ignoring the environment is bad economics

Live Mint  

In hindsight, India’s tryst with liberalization came only a few years after a pivotal but increasingly forgotten moment in the world’s environmental history, the Bhopal Gas Tragedy of 1984. It developed a feeble framework to protect ecology and people; environment remained a mutable variable of India’s economic policy, appended to its corporate growth. Our deteriorating environment—abysmal air quality, toxin-laden water, …

A clean environment will empower us, writes PM Narendra Modi
6 years, 5 months ago

A clean environment will empower us, writes PM Narendra Modi

Hindustan Times  

Yesterday, the United Nations honoured me with the ‘Champions of the Earth Award’. It was a proud moment for every Indian to see India’s proactive role in mitigating climate change being acknowledged and appreciated by the United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres, and Erik Solheim, the Executive Director of the UNEP. When we as a society are aware of our …

World Environment Day: Choked...and gasping!
6 years, 9 months ago

World Environment Day: Choked...and gasping!

Hindustan Times  

On World Environment Day, HT profiles some green enthusiasts working to save the planet from being stifled by pollution. ‘PARKS, NATURAL RESERVOIRS ARE MODERN-DAY TEMPLES’ Prabha Chaturvedi holds environment awareness sessions in schools. The 79-year-old spunky environmentalist Prabha Chaturvedi doesn’t belive in planting trees on World Environment Day. Meet Ekta Shekhar, the activist, who led several awareness marches in Varanasi …

World Environment Day 2018: From President Kovind to PM Modi, all pledge for cleaner and sustainable India
6 years, 9 months ago

World Environment Day 2018: From President Kovind to PM Modi, all pledge for cleaner and sustainable India

India TV News  

On the World Environment Day today, President Ram Nath Kovind and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pledged for keeping India cleaner and greener. "On World Environment Day, we reaffirm our commitment to a cleaner and sustainable planet. Plastic is a classic case of, whatever is given to us, we know how to make a problem out of it: Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev …

Celebrating World Environment Day, UN implores action against illegal wildlife trade
8 years, 9 months ago

Celebrating World Environment Day, UN implores action against illegal wildlife trade

India TV News  

New Delhi: Rising illegal trade in wildlife products have conservationist worried and the concerns of activists are echoed by United Nations as well. To raise global awareness on wildlife conservation, UN has themed this year’s World Environment Day as “Go wild for life-zero tolerance for the illegal wildlife trade.” World Environment Day is observed every year on June 5. This …

Need to strike balance between environment conservation, development, says Javadekar
9 years, 6 months ago

Need to strike balance between environment conservation, development, says Javadekar

Firstpost  

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday underlined the need to strike a balance between environment conservation and development, saying both are equally important for the survival of humanity. Dehradun: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday underlined the need to strike a balance between environment conservation and development, saying both are equally important for the survival of humanity. Addressing the annual …

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