Chennai, March 10 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu Forest Department has planted 20,000 mangrove seedlings across 20 hectares along the Buckingham Canal during 2025–26 as part of a major initiative to restore coastal ecosystems and enhance Chennai’s resilience to climate change. Sharing details of the project on social media platform X, Additional Chief Secretary for Environment, Climate Change and Forests, Supriya Sahu, said the plantation effort is designed to create a natural coastal bioshield while i…
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Mumbai, March 7 (IANS) Actress Dia Mirza has once again voiced her concern over the ongoing environmental degradation, and said that her “almost five-year-old understands that when trees are cut down, “we are not clearing land, we are erasing life.” Sharing a strong message on her social media account, the actress shared a series of images highlighting the importance of preserving nature.Alongside the carousel, she captioned the post as, “More Green Please.” She further wrote, “Our t…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav, and his Finnish counterpart Sari Multala on Thursday renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environmental cooperation between India and Finland at a meeting held in the national capital. In a post on social media platform X, Yadav said he was happy to note that India had renewed the MoU signed in 2020, deepening cooperation on pollution prevention and control, waste management, clima…
Chennai, March 5 (IANS) The Tamil Nadu government has announced a major initiative to promote the cultivation of high-value timber trees on agricultural lands to help farmers diversify their income while expanding the state’s green cover.The move also seeks to simplify existing regulations governing the harvesting and transport of trees and encourage farmers to integrate tree cultivation with conventional farming practices.Officials said the initiative is likely to create new income opportunit…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) India and Bhutan have decided to further strengthen bilateral cooperation on trans-boundary rivers and hydropower projects at a high-level official meeting in Thimphu, according to an official statement issued on Friday.V. L. Kantha Rao, Secretary, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (DoWR, RD and GR), Ministry of Jal Shakti, led an Indian delegation comprising officers from the ministry, officials from the Assam and West Bengal govern…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held delegation-level talks on Saturday at Hyderabad House in New Delhi.The talks focused on further strengthening the partnership between the two nations in the fields of trade, economy, education, investment, digitalisation, the Global South and other multilateral issues. Earlier, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) had stated that PM Modi and Brazilian President Lula would be reviewing t…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva held a bilateral meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Saturday, focusing on further strengthening bilateral ties. Earlier in the day, the Brazilian President also paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar also called on Brazilian President Lula and discussed ways to advance the Strategic Partnership between the two nations. The EAM expressed…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) External Affairs Minister (EAM) S. Jaishankar on Saturday called on Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and discussed ways to advance the Strategic Partnership between the two nations. Later in the day, PM Modi and the Brazilian President will hold a bilateral meeting. The EAM expressed confidence that the Brazilian President’s engagements with Prime Minister Narendra Modi later in the day would impart a new momentum to the bilateral ties. Following the meeting…
New Delhi, Feb 21 (IANS) Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan on Saturday. President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi warmly welcomed the Brazilian President upon his arrival.Later in the day, PM Modi and the Brazilian President will hold a bilateral meeting, discussing ways to further strengthen the partnership between the two Global South nations.”Both leaders would be reviewing the entire gamut of…
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) Artificial Intelligence (AI) can play a crucial role in strengthening India’s maritime management, disaster response systems, marine livelihoods and overall blue economy, experts said on Thursday.The discussion took place during a panel session titled ‘AI for Oceans of Tomorrow: Data, Models and Governance’ at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 here.According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, Director General of Meteorology Dr. M. Mohapatra, in his keynote address, h…