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Updated Jul 17, 2021, 10:36 am IST The bag is most sustainable and commercially viable alternative to single-use plastic  About 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are being used worldwide annually. Only one percent of them are being recycled, Manohar Babu pointed out. (Representational image: Twitter/@DRDO_India)) Tirupati: In a bid to put an end to single-use plastic globally, the DRDO, in collaboration with Ecolastic Products Private Limited, has co-developed biodegradable and compostable bags, which are sustainable and commercially viable. Speaking to Deccan Chronicle over phone, DRDO Ad...

In view of rapid spread of the coronavirus in the country, the Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change, recently issued an advisory to close all zoological parks, national parks, tiger reserves and wildlife sanctuaries for visitors till further orders to control the spread of the pandemic.

Eight Asiatic lions in Hyderabad zoo test Covid positive May 04, 2021 At least eight Asiatic lions at the Nehru Zoological Park in Hyderabad have tested positive for Covid 19, forcing the authorities to close the zoo. ICMR-Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology will investigate how the lions contracted the virus and the source of infection. The State government has decided to close all zoologcal parks, including Nehru Zoological park, other national parks and various wildlife sanctuaries in Telangana until further orders, following a directive from the Ministry of Environment and Forests. ...

Indian government’s development plans for the Andamans may endanger the world’s largest sea turtles The government wants to open Little Andaman and ‘release the area for deployment of strategic assets’. A leatherback sea turtle at a nesting site in the Little Andaman. | Adith Swaminathan/ Mongabay India A 58-page, undated “vision document” for the “sustainable development” of the Little Andaman Island in the Bay of Bengal was produced by the NITI Aayog, a think tank of the central government. The document, not in the public domain but reviewed by Mongabay-...

Leatherback turtles under threat as government considers ‘development’ in Little Andamans by Rosamma Thomas on 12 April 2021 Proposed development of the Little Andaman islands, if implemented, will pose a threat to nesting sites of the leatherback turtle. Five species of marine turtles are found in Indian waters. The leatherback is the largest of all living turtles and India and Sri Lanka are the only places in South Asia with large nesting populations. The island is also home to the Onge native tribe with a population of just 112 individuals, having dwindled over the years. A 58-page, u...