PoJK's forests fall prey to corruption and illegal logging

Nov 25, 2024

Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) is facing a severe ecological crisis, driven largely by widespread deforestation. Local residents report that timber mafias, often operating...

Brazil's environment minister steps down amid probe into illegal logging in Amazon

Jun 24, 2021

Sao Paulo [Brazil], June 24 : Brazilian Environment Minister Ricardo Salles resigned Wednesday, weeks after he was targeted by federal police as part of...

Illegal logging, mining cause repeated flood disasters in Himachal Pradesh: Congress's Kuldeep Singh Rathore

Jun 27, 2025

The All India Congress Committee (AICC) spokesperson and Himachal Pradesh MLA Kuldeep Singh Rathore on Friday raised serious concerns over illegal deforestation and mining,...

Buddhism & Environmentalism: How North East India's monastic communities are championing green initiatives

Jun 06, 2023

The community has been re-greening parts of the land that had been denuded by illegal logging, planting more than 20,000 saplings gifted by the...

Twitter users face trouble logging in

Jun 14, 2022

Washington [US], June 14 : Twitter users reported some problems with the microblogging site since Sunday, according to the outage monitoring website on Monday.

Heavy rain lashes Rameswaram, Met Dept announces rain alert in Tamil Nadu

Oct 22, 2024

Visuals from the city show incessant rainfall leading to water logging on the roads.