EQ: Save the Ganga, Cambodia’s Wild Tigers Nearly Extinct & More

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In the last year, 14 cases of tiger-poaching have been recorded on the India-Nepal border. (Photo: iStockphoto)

E-India

Keep experimenting!
While assessing the performance of Delhi’s odd-even vehicle plan, the environment minister stated that all states have the right to conduct experiments to improve the environment.

A traffic jam in Delhi. (Photo: Reuters)

New rules for hazardous waste disposal:
The environment ministry has announced an updated set of rules for the management of hazardous waste. According to the ministry, the rules are an attempt to balance environmental and industrial concerns.

hazardous waste can contaminate surrounding areas. (Photo: iStock)

Save the Ganga:
A new report highlights an unhappy truth – the Ganga is choking under the weight of human pollution. With millions of litres of raw sewage and industrial effluents being dumped into the river, it is considered one of the most polluted rivers in the world.

Puja ceremony on the banks of Ganga. (Photo: iStockphoto)

E-Renewables

Sun Edison bankruptcy woes:
A new report looks at how Sun Edison’s financial troubles could derail a proposed 500 MW “ultra mega” solar complex in Andhra Pradesh.

Solar panels installed at a solar plant in Guna district of Madhya Pradesh. Image for representative purpose only. (Photo: Reuters)

E-Law

Make firecrackers less polluting:
In an effort to reduce pollution from firecrackers, the National Green Tribunal has directed the government to regulate their chemical composition and ensure that they comply with the Ambient Air Quality standards.

Regulating chemicals in firecrackers could reduce the environmental damage they cause. (Photo: iStock)

E-Waste

New solid waste management rules:
The government released new rules for the proper management and disposal of solid waste management last week. Among other things, the rules seek to integrate rag-pickers and make manufacturers responsible for non-biodegradable waste.  

A worker moves through a pile of empty plastic bottles at a recycling workshop in Goa. (Photo: Reuters)

E-Stat

7.46 million metric tonnes:
The amount of hazardous waste produced in India in a year.

(Photo: iStockphoto)

E-International

Wild tigers in Cambodia are “functionally extinct”:
A WWF official has confirmed that poaching and habitat loss have essentially wiped out Cambodia’s tigers. Officials there are attempting to import wild tigers from other countries to save the tiger.

Cambodia’s tigers have been wiped out (Image for representational purposes only. iStock)

E-Nature

Figs, wasps and a co-evolution:
Did you know about the symbiotic relationship between figs and wasps? A new article describes this inter-species interaction in detail by highlighting how dependent each species is on the other.

Wasps, like many other insects, interact with other species. (Photo: iStock)

E-Video

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