Over 50,000 under evacuation orders or warnings as wildfire imperils homes north of Los Angeles More than 50,000 people were under evacuation orders or warnings Wednesday as a huge and fast-moving wildfire swept through rugged mountains north of Los Angeles, but fire officials said a rapid ground and air assault was giving them the upper hand. World 23 Jan, 2025
Soil – the life beneath us: Measures to keep it healthy Soil is more than just dirt beneath our feet—it is a living, breathing system that nurtures life itself. Opinion 12 Dec, 2024
Bioremediation adoption: Safeguarding Nepal's natural resources The Bagmati River, once a symbol of purity and spirituality, now symbolises severe ecosystem degradation. Opinion 11 Sep, 2024
Israeli embassy launches ECA campaign The Embassy of Israel today initiated an Environment Conservation Activity under the slogan, “Stop Pollution: Used Batteries Collection” in cooperation with the schools of Kathmandu. Nepal 04 Jan, 2022
UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says. Environment 19 Feb, 2021
Ganges River flows with history and prophecy for India ALONG THE GANGES: More than 2,000 years ago, a powerful king built a fort on the banks of India’s holiest river, on the fringes of what is now a vast industrial city. Today, little of the ancient construction remains, except for mounds of rubble... Women 11 Aug, 2020
Pollution turns one side of divided Paraguayan lagoon purple LIMPIO, PARAGUAY: The Cerro Lagoon in the Paraguayan city of Limpio is sharply divided into two parts: one purple, one blue. One part emits a foul odour, the other doesn't. The lagoon was split by construction of an embankment and roadway to carry... Art & Culture 06 Aug, 2020
South Sudan ignores reports on oil pollution, birth defects PALOCH, SOUTH SUDAN: The oil industry in South Sudan has left a landscape pocked with hundreds of open waste pits, the water and soil contaminated with toxic chemicals and heavy metals, according to four environmental reports obtained by The Associated... Women 13 Feb, 2020
Coping with intellectual disability: Govt, NGOs should help Children with intellectual disability can be given special counselling, physical therapy and taught meditation. Special learning schools should be set up to help them overcome their disabilities to some extent Intellectual disability (ID),... 13 May, 2019
UN report says nature is in worst shape in human history Nature is in more trouble now than at any other time in human history, with extinction looming over 1 million species of plants and animals, scientists said Monday in the United Nations' first comprehensive report on biodiversity. It's all because... Art & Culture 06 May, 2019
UN warns of millions of premature deaths by 2050 due to environmental damage NAIROBI: Environmental damage caused by man-made activities is having a devastating toll on human health, the United Nations said on Wednesday, warning of millions of premature deaths due to air and water pollution by 2050 if action was not... Art & Culture 14 Mar, 2019
40 dead, many feared buried in mud after Brazil dam collapse BRUMADINHO, BRAZIL: The death toll from the collapse of a dam holding back mine waste in southeastern Brazil rose to 40 on Saturday as searchers flying in helicopters and rescuers laboring in deep mud uncovered more bodies. An estimated 300... Women 27 Jan, 2019
