स्वच्छ ईंधन से महरूम उत्तराखंड की आधी आबादी
नेशनल फैमिली हेल्थ सर्वे 2015-16 की रिपोर्ट के अनुसार उत्तराखंड में पहाड़ी जिले स्वच्छ ईंधन इस्तेमाल करने के मामले में मैदानी जिलों से बहुत पीछे हैं। देहरादून, [नेहा सिंह]: उत्तराखंड की आधी आबादी को
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Diabetes: Reasons why it's becoming a major health problem in India, steps for prevention
Diabetes is now considered an emerging global epidemic with the disease making a steep rise in the number of cases worldwide. In India, the trend is overwhelming as the country is home to more than
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Kochi may get a mangrove heritage site
KOCHI: With the destruction of mangrove forests continuing unabated both in private and public lands, the district office of the state biodiversity board has come forward to protect one such area by declaring
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Antibiotic exposure perturbs the gut microbiota and elevates mortality in honeybees
<p>Gut microbiomes play crucial roles in animal health, and shifts in the gut microbial community structure can have detrimental impacts on hosts. Studies with vertebrate models and human subjects suggest
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Disasters Emergency Committee makes East Africa appeal
UK aid agencies have launched a fundraising appeal to help millions of people facing hunger in East Africa. The Disasters Emergency Committee says at least 16 million people in Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia
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Gunma-based firm takes the lead with innovative industrial waste recycling
Around 1,500 people visit an industrial waste treatment facility in central Japan each year to see up close how the operator can recycle more than 99 percent of the solid garbage it receives from a variety
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Central America urbanization review: making cities work for Central America
Central America is undergoing an important transition. Urban populations are increasing at accelerated speeds, bringing pressing challenges for development, as well as opportunities to boost sustained,
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Integrated water resources management in Central America: the over-riding challenge of managing transboundary waters
The Central America region is generously endowed with water resources, but concerns are growing about water scarcity in parts of the region. This can mean both a physical lack of water and a lack of mechanisms
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding municipal waste management in Kalyan Dombivali Municipal Corporation, Maharashtra, 15/03/2016
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Western Zone Bench, Pune) in the matter of Kaustubha Dattatraya Ghokhale & Others Vs State of Maharashtra, through Chief Secretary & Others dated 15/03/2017
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Cooum river, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 15/03/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion on the News item reported in “the Hindu” dated 25.10.2013 about beach at Adyar Estuary with trash, rubble
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Arctic sea ice, Eurasia snow, and extreme winter haze in China
<p>The East China Plains (ECP) region experienced the worst haze pollution on record for January in 2013. We show that the unprecedented haze event is due to the extremely poor ventilation conditions,
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by Bihar Cement Plant, 15/03/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Bihar Cement Plant Vs. Bihar State Pollution Control Board & Ors. dated 15/03/2017 regarding pollution caused by Bihar Cement Plant. A Joint
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Supply change: tracking corporate commitments to deforestation-free supply chains, 2017
Recent years have witnessed a groundswell of private sector commitments to reducing deforestation linked to the agricultural commodities that underpin vast corporate supply chains. A growing number of
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Success stories on information and communication technologies for agriculture and rural development
Family farming remains the predominant form of agriculture in Asia and the Pacific. There are more than 570 million farms in the world of which over 500 million are family-owned. They are responsible for
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Turbulent waters: pursuing water security in fragile contexts
Water insecurity—ranging from chronic water scarcity to lack of access to safe drinking water and sanitation services, to hydrological uncertainty and extremes (floods and droughts)—can cause severe disruptions
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D-G Shipping directed to file report on oil spill
NGT also seeks action plan to deal with ‘tar balls’ The Southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal has directed the Directorate-General of Shipping to file a detailed, comprehensive report on the
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HC asks Karnataka and Centre to inform about steps taken to ensure environment protection
The Karnataka high court on Monday directed the counsels representing both the state as well central government to ascertain by Wednesday the steps taken in the matter of implementation of the directions
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Committee moots special building rules for Munnar
Thiruvananthapuram: An assembly committee on environment has noted that applying the same building rules across the state was unscientific, and suggested that Munnar be split into separate zones and with
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Green okay must for steel flyover: NGT
Two weeks after the government scrapped its controversial steel flyover plan, the National Green Tribunal ruled such a project cannot be executed without environmental clearance. Dismissing the government’s
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Scientists race to prevent wipeout of world's coral reefs
Maldives: There were startling colors here just a year ago, a dazzling array of life beneath the waves. Now this Maldivian reef is dead, killed by the stress of rising ocean temperatures. What's left is