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The second Modi government had the right intentions in dealing with environmental degradation and climate change but there wasn't enough focus on implementation, top environmentalist Sunita Narain has said. In an interaction with PTI editors here, Narain said successive administrations have diluted the environmental clearance system to the extent it no longer works. "Overall, my assessment is that the government had the right words and the right intentions. If you look at the government's policies, you can't argue that anything was per se wrong. Renewable energy, drinking water, waste management... all were on the table. So you put the whole package together, it's all there. My assessment is that there wasn't enough focus on implementation," Narain said. In its second term, the Modi government focused on several initiatives, including scaling up renewable energy, improving forest cover, combating desertification, reducing air pollution, conserving wetlands, providing potable piped .

The admit card for UPSC CSE Prelims 2024 is likely to be released today. The prelims examination will take place on June 16. Here's all you need to know

Over 63 per cent of the total candidates recommended by the Union Public Service Commission for the Civil Services Examination (Mains) during 2017-21 had Engineering degrees, Rajya Sabha was informed. Minister of State for Personnel Jitendra Singh presented data of candidates recommended in CSE (Mains) which showed that out of 4,371 aspirants who appeared during the period, 2,783 were from the engineering stream. The statistics showed that 1,033 candidates came with humanities background, 315 from science and 240 medical graduates. In case of the candidates with higher degrees, humanities background contenders ruled the charts with 597 postgraduates in humanities and 243 postgraduates in engineering clearing the examination. The data presented by the minister on Thursday in response to a question showed that 3,265 male candidates (74.6 per cent) and 1,106 woman candidates (around 25.4 per cent) made it through the examination during 2017-21. The candidates recommended by the UPSC

Buoyed by positive indications from the market regulator, the Calcutta Stock Exchange (CSE) hopes on making a comeback as the third equity exchange of the country by March-April 2024, a senior official said on Sunday. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) barred the CSE from trading on its platform in April 2013 due to regulatory and compliance issues. "We will come back as the third equity bourse of the country soon. There is positive feedback. We have to adhere to some measures, which will be done by January," CSE chief general manager Dhiraj Chakraborty told PTI. "We hope to resume as an independent exchange again by March-April with new technology, which will be the best in the industry," he said. Currently, the CSE is surviving by providing its members with facilities to trade on the NSE platform. "With the approval of SEBI and subject to the decision of the Calcutta High Court, CSE expects to resume its trading and settlement functions on its own platform in the

A CSE report has found that countries most in need of financial assistance do not receive enough climate finance

Help with transitioning to organic farming and better marketing as well as market access are the key issues that need to be tackled to scale up organic farming in the country, the latest report of the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), 'Market Access for Organic and Natural Produce', says. While transition is getting more traction of late, the report says, not much effort is afoot to create better markets. "Most ongoing initiatives focus on the transition through capacity-building and incentives. But a lot needs to be done to provide better markets through a structured approach," said Amit Khurana, director, sustainable food systems programme, CSE on June 21, in a webinar organised to release the report. The report includes six selected case studies from three key stakeholder groups farmer-producer organisations (FPO), retail corporations and state governments, he added. Speaking on the occasion, Rajashekar Reddy Seelam, founder and managing director of Sresta Natural ...

The region in the grip of a multi-pollutant crisis and ground-level ozone has exceeded standards nearly on all days of March-April, says CSE

Industry body PHDCCI has urged capital market regulator Sebi to provide an early and easy process for small firms that wish to delist shares from Calcutta Stock Exchange. In a representation to Sebi earlier this month, the chamber has recommended a "single window system" or "one-time settlement scheme" for small companies wishing to regularize their functionality on CSE. The chamber argued that smaller companies may not have the financial resources to comply with certain regulations and may face greater challenges in meeting regulatory requirements. An amnesty scheme or minimum penalty" or waiver could help alleviate some of these challenges and encourage more companies to comply with regulations and also for the sake of the interest of shareholders, leading to erosion of capital of the small companies, PHDCCI said. The chamber claimed that CSE is a non-trading exchange but is collecting listing fees every year from the companies that were listed decades ago. "The income of small

What does this intense heat wave that has hit large parts of India so early this summer really mean?

Speaking on the occasion of World Water Day, CSE Director General Sunita Narain said climate mitigation has to be about water and its management

This analysis is based on the real time data available from the current working air quality monitoring stations in Delhi-NCR and the larger Indo-Gangetic Plain

In a statement, the research and advocacy organisation said by announcing these targets, India is not just walking the talk, but "running the talk"

The mean travel speed on some Delhi stretches dipped from 46 kmph during the lockdown period to 29 kmph after it as the reopening of the economy led to a rebound in congestion

On Wednesday, environment watchdog CSE claimed that honey sold by several major brands in India has been found to be adulterated with sugar syrup.

Environment watchdog Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) food researchers selected 13 top and smaller brands of processed and raw honey being sold in India to check their purity.

CSE director general Sunita Narain said consumers have a right to right to know what is contained in the package

The international jury decided to give the award to CSE also for keeping the issue of environmental sustainability

It has secured the 16th position in global rankings, climbing up two positions from the last year

Potassium iodate, used as a flour treatment agent in making bread, causes cancer