“As the World Environment Day on June 5 draws near, India awaits the end of its national elections and the declaration of their results. The State of India’s Environment in Figures – an annual publication by the Centre for Science and Environment and Down To Earth magazine – is a unique collation of statistics that provides a snapshot of the state of affairs in the country using numbers. What it also provides is an agenda for development, based on hard facts and data, to the new-old government that will emerge to take hold of the country's reins,” said Sunita Narain, director general of CSE, here.

A Rotary club-led initiative is helping farmers improve their harvests, increase yields, and raise their incomes by improving water resource management and farming practices in India.

The Department of Moalejat at Aligarh Muslim University organized a symposium, in collaboration with AIMIL Pharmaceuticals of New Delhi, on “Metabolic Disorders”.

The Department of Periodontia and Community Dentistry of Dr Ziauddin Ahmad Dental College at Aligarh Muslim University organized a poster-making competition for undergraduate students to mark the World No Tobacco Day 2024, highlighting the theme, "Protecting Children from Tobacco Industry Interferences."

Some 30 years ago, on May 21, 1993, more than 200 people were hospitalized and 21 dead, after drinking contaminated municipal tap water, in the Ghatiya, Khateek Pada, and Mandi Sayeed Khan areas of Agra.

The Aligarh Historians Society of Aligarh Muslim University organized the 21st Prof M Athar Ali Memorial Lecture, which was delivered by Prof Naman P Ahuja from the School of Art and Aesthetics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, who is also the General Editor of the prestigious art journal, Marg, published from Mumbai.