Traders smuggle potent greenhouse gas, primarily used for cooling, to Europe: EIA investigation
Traders have been illegally sourcing hydrofluorocarbon, primarily from China and Türkiye, and routing it through Bulgaria into the rest of …
Simply Put: Essential Commodities (or the Act of it)
A thaw? Centre agrees to farmers’ demands on stubble burning, power subsidy
No consensus reached on core demand to repeal farm laws; next meeting January 4
Amended drugs and cosmetics Bill has strict provisions for clinical trials
Proposes fine up to Rs 3 lakh and punishment up to a year
Climate Emergency CoP 25: Walk the Doha talk, say India, China
Pre-2020 emission gaps must be closed before moving on, insists Ravi Shankar Prasad
WHO adopts plan to make vaccines cheaper and more accessible
Calls for transparency around vaccine pricing and procurement
New draft rules for RTI draws flak
Activists say the rules undermine the spirit of the law
Ozone layer to recover in 4 decades but aerosol injection may undo gains: UNEP
The success of the Montreal Protocol can inspire climate action, say scientists
20 years down the line what ails the urban local bodies
Lack of money, capacity and states' unwillingness to cede power
Kolkata to host parallel AIDS conference after US denies entry to sex workers
Country’s laws do not permit granting visa to those involved in prostitution
Draft organ donation rules propose stiff penalty on illegal trade
Small health centres to get licence for organ retrieval
Breakthrough in impasse over toxic export ban
Parties take a step forward to make it easy to enforce Basel Ban Amendment
Undermined
Ordinance to reform the mining sector will do more harm than good
Cancer experts call for easing regulations on narcotic drugs
Morphine, a drug which can help ease cancer pain, is banned in India
Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations
178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment
Basel final day: Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations
Hong Kong Convention in way of ban on toxic exports
Could prove the death knell for Basel Convention
Organ transplantation act to regulate tissue transplantation too
New Act expected to improve quality of treatment
Breed basket
Even when it comes to dogs, we still haven't got over the colonial hangover. We import breeds and give them English names. Rajat Ghai speaks to S …
Basel Ban Amendment becomes law
Croatia became the 97th country to ratify the ban, which was adopted by the parties to the Basel Convention in 1995, to protect human health and …
BASIC ministers pledge support for robust and fair rule book on Paris Agreement
They stress on the need for a comprehensive and party-driven negotiating text by Bangkok intersession in September 2018
Down To Earth wins prestigious Ozone Awards for best media coverage
The jury chose Down To Earth for its extensive and incisive reportage on ozone spanning over 25 years
Differentiated and legally binding
Unlike the Paris Agreement, Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol is legally binding with mandatory HFC reduction targets for countries
Tiger reserved: Fiftieth anniversary of Project Tiger means little to forest-dwelling communities
The fact is that despite amendments, our policies still follow the fortress conservation approach where the strategy is to “exclude and …
Environment (Protection) Act: 39 changes made to rules in 2 years of pandemic, shows report
Most relaxations & exemptions made for development projects through gazette notifications, office memorandums, orders