Climate change
Climate change is influencing each country on each mainland. It is upsetting public economies and influencing lives. Climate designs are changing, ocean levels are rising, and climate occasions are turning […]
CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS RELATED TO ENVIRONMENT
Environmental legislation are often defined as, a set of laws and regulations which are aimed toward protecting the environment from harmful actions. In both the international commitments and constitutional framework […]
Fertilizers pose threat to ecosystem
The chemical substances supplied to the crops to increase their productivity and crop yield are called fertilizers. They contain the essential nutrients required by the plants to grow- nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus. Fertilizers are chemical substances supplied to the crops to increase their productivity. These are used by the farmers […]
Environment Protection Act -1986
The constitution of India clearly states that it is the duty of the state to “protect & improve the environment and to safeguard the forests & wildlife of the country”. The department of environment was established in India in 1980. this later became the Ministry of environment & forests in […]
The fragile ecology of the Himalayas
On 7 February 2021 Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district experienced a disaster in the form of an avalanche when a small portion of the Nanda Devi glacier broke off. The sudden deluge […]
Death of the Aral
Introduction The Aral Sea was an endorheic lake lying between Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia. By definition it is a lake contrary to it’s name, translates to ‘Sea of Islands’ as it had around 1000 islands dotting it’s waters. It’s drainage basin flows through Uzbekistan and parts of Tajikistan, […]
Ecology and Equity by Madhav Gadgil and Ramachandra Guha – Book Review
Madhav Gadgil is an Indian ecologist and the founder of the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science. He is know for heading the Western Ghats Ecology Experts Panel (WGEEP) of 2010, also known as Gadgil Commission. He was awarded with the Padma Shri in 1981 and the Padma […]
‘FAST FASHION’ a boon or bane
Have you ever wondered how you contributed to sabotaging the environment? If not it’s high time to dig deeper into the treasure, which is a greener Earth. You know what […]
Population Explosion: The cause of poor living conditions of indians
The population of India is increasing at an alarming rate. India is not the country with the highest number of people. There are countries which has more number of people than India like Russia. But they are not overpopulated. Those countries have enough space to fit in the number of people. India has more people than the country could fit in. The number of people residing in per unit square of land in India is much higher than that of other countries. This makes India an over-crowded country.
EDUINDEX NEWS 