Govt. deputes children for anti-plastic drive
Do a great job through grassroots efforts in a low-key profile, may be the motto of the Delhi government's environment department. At least they have pressed the right button to sensitise people of
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France to sponsor solid waste management project in Imphal
In a significant development, the France Government has agreed to sponsor a solid waste management at Imphal at the initiative of State Governor, Ved Marwah. It may be mentioned here that the
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Sanitation project to cover 774 schools in Nalbari district
The Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) in collaboration with the UNICEF has adopted altogether 774 primary and middle vernacular schools of four educational blocks in Nalbari district in
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Grain largesse from Centre
The Union health and family welfare ministry will soon launch a National Nutrition Mission geared towards providing food to pregnant women and adolescent girls below the poverty line, Dr CP Thakur
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Rs 300 cr. World Bank aid for Chhattisgarh
The World Bank has approved a Rs. 300 crore aid to the Chhattisgarh Government for people oriented development of forests in the state. The amount will be released annually for the next five
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Atom bomb research surprise
Two generations of families living downwind from a Soviet atomic bomb test site experienced a higher-than-normal level of DNA mutation, but no known health effects, according to research published.
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Orissa to ban illegal prawn culture
The Orissa Government has decided to ban prawn culture on illegal gherries in the state. A workshop on "Fresh water prawn culture" was jointly organised by the State Directorate of Fisheries and a
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BJP to raise illegal mining issue
The Bharatiya Janata Party has decided to corner the Congress on the issue of exploitation of miners and illegal mining in Shivpuri district of Guna Parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh which
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Greens choke on WTC scrap
The Andhra Pradesh Government has paved way for the entry of tonnes of poison by allowing the wreckage of the WTC twin towers into Chennai, say environmental activists in the city. Shocked at the
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Green Organisation seek Sonia's intervention
Several organisations, working towards wildlife conversion, have sought Congress President Sonia Gandhi's intervention and urged her to restrain Congress MPs from Karnataka from "pressurising" Chief
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Delhi in quake zone, says reporter
A project "Global Earthquake Safety Initiative" was conducted globally in 21 cities, including New Delhi and Mumbai. A report prepared by the GeoHazards International (GHI) and the UN Centre for
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WTO panel to set up 7 bodies for new round of talks
The World Trade Organisation's (WTO) trade negotiations committee, which held its first session in Geneva on January 28 agreed to set up seven bodies for kicking off the next phase of negotiations,
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Himachal govt. ready to fell trees to fill empty coffers
To fill its empty coffers, the BJP-HVC coalition government in Himachal Pradesh has begun sharpening the axe to take on protected green wealth in the state. Highly-placed sources told The Indian
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Sustainable conservation
Wildlife conservation and social justice both require us to move towards a model in which local people are central partners in managing and benefiting from conservation. Finally , after years of
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Elephant treatment camp at Nameri Park held
The Early Birds, an NGO, which was formed in 1991 with the sole intention of providing protection to the forest and wild life of north-eastern states recently successfully completed a three day
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New measles outbreak suspected as parents shun MMR vaccine
Fears of a measles epidemic grew after health officials in Gateshead revealed they had four suspected cases of the illness, just days after news of an outbreak among babies and nursery-school
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Pact for child labour elimination
International labour organisation signed an agreement with the consortium of employers associations for the elimination of child labour titled 'Cease child labour' on Friday in Andhra
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2 killed by elephants
A herd of elephants killed two persons, injured 14 and damaged as many houses in two villages of Midnapore West district's Jhargram (West Bengal) on Monday.
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US to seek delay in China's new GMO rules - USDA
China will be asked to postpone its March 20 effective date for new rules governing the import of genetically modified foods so that U.S. soybean shipments will not be interrupted, a U.S. Agriculture
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State plans to use biotech to boost agriculture
The Maharashtra government is working out details of an ambitious plan to usher in a technology-driven green revolution with the help of biotech companies. A corpus of Rs crore will kickstart the