PrashantNews After Uttarakhand, the green movement has reached Telangana where protests are rising against the rampant…
Category: environment
This novel campaign is for a big cause
Development Vs Environment issue PrashantNews This funeral of trees was on Sunday turned out to be…
FRI celebrates international day of forests
PrashantNews The Dehradun-based the Forest Research Institute (FRI) on Friday celebrated the International Day of Forests.…
World Goraiya Day: More efforts needed to conserve goraiya
PrashantNews Renowned Garhwali singer Narendra Singh Negi recently stated that he has put up an artificial…
We will not allow govt to cut trees: Doonites
PrashantNews When social activist Anup Nautiyal on Sunday asked a gathering of Doonites if they want…
Doon citizens to organize protest march against rampant tree felling
PrashantNews Dehradun recorded its highest temperature of 43 degree C during last summer. With the temperature…
Rising temperature causing incessant floods in Himalayas, other parts of High Mountain Asia
Rising temperature causing incessant floods in Himalayas, other parts of High Mountain Asia PrashantNews A…
Govt hikes pirul procurement rates to Rs 10 a kg
PrashantNews Much before the onset of the summers, the Uttarakhand government has hiked its procurement price…
Yamuna to be cleaned in three years time: Top Delhi official
PrashantNews It was a near-miracle when the much-polluted Yamuna in Delhi became visibly cleaner during the…
Debate: Mayoral candidates agree to preserve Doon’s greenery
PrashantNews In a significant move, all the main mayoral candidates in Dehradun on Saturday expressed commitment…
Uttarakhand govt in the soup on removing encroachments along Rispana
PrashantNews The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has asked the Uttarakhand government to remove encroachments along the…
Fern leaf fossil found in Dehradun
PrashantNews IFS officer and Chief Forest Conservator Manoj Chandran recently stumbled upon a fern fossil which…
Municipal polls: Call to protect rivers, forest around Doon
PrashantNews The Dehradun Citizens Forum (DCF) on Monday released its Green Agenda for the upcoming municipal…
An increase of 1445sq km in forest, tree cover of India in 3 years
As compared to assessment of 2021, there is an increase of 1445 sq km in the…
SDC Foundation Releases the Swachh Survekshan 2023 Report
PrashantNews The Dehradun-based SDC Foundation on Friday released a new report analyzing Uttarakhand’s performance in the…
Hopetown school girls prepares insightful report on Doon traffic chaos
PrashantNews Amid the growing traffic chaos in Dehradun, a group of students have come forward to…
Gadkari inaugurates India’s first oxygen bird park in Nagpur
PrashantNews Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways Nitin Gadkari on Saturday inaugurated India’s first oxygen…
CM calls for sustainable tourism in Uttarakhand
PrashantNews With natural disasters striking Uttarakhand repeatedly, Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Monday said plans…
Experts call for urgent steps to mitigate forest fires
PrashantNews Despite advancements in science and technology, forest fires, prevalent from February to June, continue to…
Khanduri praises PM for ek ped maa ke naam campaign
PrashantNews Uttarakhand Vidhan Sabha Speaker Ritu Khanduri Bhushan, who is on a tour of Kumaon region,…
Uttarakhand launches GEP, becomes first state
Uttarakhand’s GEP is 0.9 percent based on data of 20021-22: Dr Joshi PrashantNews Chief Minister Pushkar…
Climate Change: Urgent action required
By Dr D Bandyopadhyay Word Research can be written as ‘Re’- meaning again, and ‘search ‘…
CM Dhami sets target of planting 50 lakh trees
Forest Minister says 1.64 cr trees to be planted this year PrashantNews Uttarakhand on Tuesday celebrated…
CS calls for quick disposal of e-waste
PrashantNews Uttarakhand Pollution Control Board is going to issue notices to all those government departments which…
Need to strengthen disaster management in Uttarakhand
By Anup Nautiyal Dehradun based environmental action and advocacy group, Social Development for Communities (SDC) Foundation…
Dehradun is losing its beauty
By Dr Vinod Sharma In the name of making Dehradun a smart city, it’s losing its…
Inquiry ordered into Binsar forest fire incident that claimed 4 lives
PrashantNews After suspending two forest officials in the wake of the Binsar wildlife sanctuary incident in…
UJVN celebrates world environment day
UJVN MD Singhal calls for protecting environment PrashantNews A tree plantation programme to protect environment was…
No new incidents of forest fires in UK in past 24 hours: CS Raturi (updating)
Rains bring relief in UK from forest fires PrashantNews Widespread rains lashing Uttarakhand since Wednesday evening…
Forest fires under control, eight held (updating)
NDRF asked to remain standby PrashantNews PrashantNews The Uttarakhand Forest Department said on Sunday that the…