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2021: Year of India’s Commitment to Net Zero Carbon Emissions

December 30, 2021

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has listed its milestones of the year 2021. In a press release, the ministry shared the progress made in the areas under sustainable development goals (SDGs) 12, 13, 15 mapped majorly to the

IIT Madras Raised Rs.200 Crore in Last Two Years for Tech-Driven CSR Projects

Tannuka Juneja

December 22, 2021

CSR & Philanthropy·News

IIT Madras has raised about Rs.200 crore from over 140 corporate firms in the past two years for technology-driven corporate social responsibility (CSR) projects. The information was shared by the institute at the recently held conference, Explore and Grow – CSR Partnerships,

SAIL Gets Golden Peacock Environment Management Award 2021

Tannuka Juneja

December 20, 2021

Conservation & Sustainability·News

The Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) has been awarded the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for 2021 in the steel sector by the Institute of Directors (IOD). SAIL has been the winner of this award for successive three years in recognition

70 Percent Municipal Solid Waste Processed

TC Web Desk

December 10, 2021

Conservation & Sustainability·News

Under Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban (SBM-U), out of 4,372 urban local bodies (ULBs) across the country, 4,371 have been certified open defecation free (ODF) and processing of municipal solid waste (MSW) has increased from 18 per cent in 2014 to 70 per cent

Alarming WQI in Lower Stretches of Ganga: ITMERG

TC Web Desk

December 9, 2021

Get Rid of Red Tape and Bureaucracy For Green Energy

Jyoti Verma

December 8, 2021

In Closing

According to His Excellency Freddy Svane, every individual living on our planet is responsible for the pollution and climate change that have reached critical levels. He is optimistic, though, as India has pledged to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2070, as announced

Climate Holocaust

Gaurav Chowdhary

December 8, 2021

Features

On November 1, 2021 Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced at the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow that India will achieve the target of net zero emissions by 2070. Seven years earlier, on August 15, 2014, delivering his first

Devbhoomi Waiting for God

Amitabh Srivastava

December 8, 2021

Top Story

Come February 2022 and the 21-year-old Himalayan state of Uttarakhand will be plunged into yet another Assembly election amidst increasing voter apathy. The question is, what will those lining up at the polling booths in wintry conditions get in return for their

30,000 NCC Cadets Clean India’s Beaches Under Puneet Sagar Abhiyan; 14 States and UTs Benefitted

TC Web Desk

December 7, 2021

Conservation & Sustainability·News

Beginning December 1, around 30,000 NCC cadets are cleaning India’s beaches under Puneet Sagar Abhiyan to raise awareness about keeping country’s coastline clean. In the month-long campaign, the cadets have so far cleaned the beaches of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Gujarat, Karnataka and