The world’s largest solar park located at Pavagada in Tumakuru district of Karnataka, having a total capacity of 2050 MW is now completed. The facility dubbed ‘Pavagada Solar Park’ (a.k.a. Shakti Sthala) is fully operational and coincides with India’s 2022 renewable energy target of 175
Sambhar Lake has been in the news for not so good reasons in the recent past, but finally, there’s something to cheer about for bird enthusiasts. In the annual census conducted by the Asian Waterbird Census (AWC) in the month of January, it was found
Whilst India is thriving to become a plastic-free country, a Mumbai-based NGO Mumbai Sustainability Centre (MSC) has been collecting plastic wrappers through a unique initiative called the ‘Safai Bank of India’. With a goal to prevent plastic waste from ending up in landfills, the Safai
Tiger ‘Zalim’ will no longer be roaming the Ranthambore wilderness. Famously known for rearing orphan twin cubs, Zalim was found dead in Ranthambore Tiger Reserve (RTR) in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan. Zalim had reared orphan cubs after their mother died in 2011. The 15-year-old
The Indian Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to deal with anthrax deaths in elephants. Sporadic deaths of wild elephants due to anthrax prompted the government to establish new guidelines. Recently, a four-year-old elephant was suspected
The number of majestic tigers is declining by the day. Home for over 2,900 tigers, India has lost one more of the big cats. On January 19, 2020, a radio-collared tigress was found dead in Gadchiroli forest, Nagpur, during a routine patrol. Apparently, the GPS
There has been a growing online campaign to help save the five lions held in cages at Khartoum’s Al-Qureshi Park in an upscale district of the capital. For weeks, the animals have been suffering from a shortage of food and medicine. Online calls to help
Open defecation in India is no news. Although Swachh Bharat Abhiyan strives to provide each household with a toilet so that the country could become open-defecation free, the problem is far from gone. And yet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had proudly announced the achievement of
The development projects often disrupt the natural habitat of wild animals, which results in inevitable human-animal conflicts. In a recent case, the proposed construction of Dhalbhumgarh airport has been deferred to save the vital elephant corridor in the region. The construction of the airport requires
The 2020 Summer Olympics are fast approaching and Japan, the host of 2020 Olympic Games, has planned for an environmentally-friendly and sustainable execution of the international event. The Olympics are set to commence in Tokyo on July 24. Keeping the climate change in mind, the