The trial in India’s industrial hub of Surat reduced particulate emissions by 20 to 30 per cent, with participating plants complying fully with environmental regulations.
In a landmark development poised to reshape the future of agriculture, Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday announced the successful creation of the world’s first genome-edited rice varieties developed indigenously in India.
Factors that affect ozone generation include solar radiation, humidity, precipitation and the presence of precursors – substances that lead to the formation of a pollutant through a chemical reaction – such as methane, nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds.
The MMCFS and MME forecasts are updated every month to satisfy the demands from different users and government authorities for the forecasts of the spatial distribution of monthly and seasonal rainfall along with the regionally averaged rainfall forecasts for better regional planning of activities.
The study highlights that the economic damage will not be evenly distributed. Developing nations, often located in regions more vulnerable to extreme weather events, will bear the brunt of the impact.
The establishment of a Mangrove Co-Management Committee brought together villagers, local governance bodies, and women’s Self-Help Groups (SHGs) to spearhead conservation efforts.
The government has taken significant steps to open up the space domain to Non-Government Entities (NGEs), allowing them to engage in comprehensive space activities. This liberalization is anchored by the establishment of the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe), which serves as a crucial facilitator, authorizing and supervising NGE activities.
UNEP has found that fewer than one-third of the countries party to the Paris Agreement submitted updated climate commitments by the end of September 2025.
A study by researchers at the National Institute of Technology, Srinagar, published earlier this year, was the first to measure the levels of microfibres in wastewater from dhobi ghats and similar commercial laundries.