Govt asked to upgrade rules for forest conservation
The Supreme Court yesterday asked the central government to upgrade its rules and guidelines under the Forest Conservation Act in the light of past experience. It shall be done within two
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Trawlers in Goa seas ignore fresh ban order
Twenty days after the ban imposed by the high court on fishing by the mechanised boats in Goa, it still continues in spite of the fresh court order issused last week cancelling licences of all the
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More deaths at Gir
30 buffaloes succumb to mystery disease: Around 30 buffaloes have died due to some mysterious disease in the Gir forest sanctuary in Junagadh in the past few
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UP forest officers make a beeline for green Uttaranchal
While IAS, IPS and PCS officers of Uttar Pradesh are showing no enthusiasm to come to the new state, there is a mad scramble among forest officials to get postings in the forest-rich
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Pace of poverty reduction slow after reforms
Report: Pace of poverty reduction in the country slowed down after economic reforms began in the ealry 90s despite an average economic growth rate of over 6 per cent per annum during 1990-98.This
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Global solidarity needed to tackle root causes of poverty
Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Kalus Toepfer said in Kitakyushu, Japan that a new era of global solidarity was needed to tackle the root causes of poverty and
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New find offers hope to Nepal's anti-HIV campaign
More than a decade after the first HIV case was reported in Nepal, the poor Himalayan nation's anti-HIV/AIDS programmes is beginning to register some progress. Two new studies underscore that fact.
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Cardamom cultivation useful in checking top soil erosion
Cardamom-based agro-forestry system in Sikkim has been identified by the G B Pant Institute of Environment and Development Institute as the most efficient way for checking the top soil erosion in
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Mining reserves
The leakage of iron slurry into the Yennehole stream is being seen as a major ecological disaster by environmental groups. The issue quietly took a backseat while other matters caught the imagination
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200 polluting units closed in Delhi
The government today launched a crackdown on polluting industrial units in the Trinagar and Rithala areas of north-west Delhi with over 200 units being sealed or having their power connections
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Rich in carcinogens
The risk of developing cancer as a result of exposure to dioxins is 10 times as great as previously estimated, according to a leaked report from the US Environmental Protection
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Nine more cases leptospirosis reported in city
Nine more cases of leptospirosis were reported in the metropolis in the last 24 hours.With this, the number of cases has shot up to 29 in the city and suburbs alone indicating the spread of the
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Toxi waste seeps back into Yamuna
It may well be a classic case of one step forward and two backwards. Just as the Supreme Court's prodding appeared to have forced polluting units to relocate from Delhi, many of them are now quietly
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Monitor calamity relief funds given to States
High Court: For a better monitoring of the Calamity Relief Funds (CRF) allocated to the states by the Union Government, the Delhi High Court on Friday asked the Union Government to consider steps for
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Polluting units' closure starts today
With the deadline given by Delhi Lieutenant Governor Vijai Kapoor expiring on Sunday, nearly 50 sealing squads will fan across the Capital on Monday.The Lt-Governor (L-G) had given industrial unit
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Congress to launch 'Nyay Yudh'
Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee (DPCC) will start a 'Nyay Yudh' (fight for justice) on December 19 in all districts of the state to press the central government to come clear on the categorisaiton
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Instant plots for Delhi units
Acting on instructions of the Haryana Chief Minister, Mr. Om Prakash Chautala, the State Government has evolved a special scheme to offer instant land allotments for industrial units in Delhi likely
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Alliance for eco-friendly waste management
Ecological activists from 12 Asian nations, the US and the UK assembled in Bangkok to formally launch "Waste Not Asia", Asia's first alliance against the proliferation of waste incineration of
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City plans more spraying on Staten Island to counter West Nile virus
New York Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani announced yesterday that the city would re-spray all of Staten Island tomorrow and Thursday with the pesticide Anvil as a "prudent measure" against the West Nile
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Tiger kills man at Alipore zoo
Nearly five years later, history repeated itself at Alipore zoo today when a visitor was mauled to death by a tiger. Bob, the male offspring of Shiva who had mortally wounded another visitor on 1