Rampant urbanisation has led to shrinkage in Natural Conservation Zones such as forests, water bodies and wastelands in the National Capital Region, Union Urban Development Minister Venkaiah Naidu informed
Ministers of China, Brazil and South Africa to hold closed-door talks with Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar and team The ministers of China, Brazil and South Africa, along with their respective
In its bid to tackle sanitation and waste management issues in the country, the government on Wednesday decided to make India free from open defecation on a priority basis. At a high-level meeting at the
Even as the Genetic Engineering Approval Committee, a regulatory panel under the environment ministry recommended field trial for 13 genetically modified crops last month, Poovulagin Nanbargal, a movement
Environmentalist and writer Sunita Narain on Wednesday said parking charges should be on a par with the real estate prices in the area. "Why should parking be so cheap or free? Can we run offices like
India is not bound to mandatorily cut greenhouse gas emission levels under Kyoto Protocol but voluntary efforts are being undertaken to reduce them, the government said on Wednesday. India is a party
Concerned over effluents discharged into the Ganga and the Yamuna, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) today directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board
Won’t compromise on farmers’ interest, says Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Commerce minister New Delhi, August 6 The government today said there was no change in its stand at the WTO negotiations
Centre asks state to submit revised report Taking notice of the misleading data and other glaring deficiencies in the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the Shimla Water Supply Scheme from the Kol Dam
Kashmir being one of the most favourite international tourist destinations, doctors here have warned that the Valley is more vulnerable than any other state to pandemic viruses like Ebola, which has so
Their population increased by 2.88 lakh during 2001-11 The slum dwellers in Jammu and Kashmir have increased by 2.88 lakh between 2001 and 2011 with the slum population crossing the staggering 6.5 lakh
The Supreme Court today asked the Punjab and Haryana High Court to adjudicate a PIL by Haryana Janhit Congress (HJC) chief Kuldeep Bishnoi seeking quashing of laws enacted by Haryana and the Centre to
In a unique initiative, almost 6,000 progressive dairy farmers in Punjab will come together to set up their own hi-end milk plant at Ludhiana for processing milk and retailing it. The state-of-art milk
The Punjab Pollution Control Board (PPCB) has taken to legal recourse against tanneries operating from the Leather Complex here. Sources said the PPCB had filed a criminal case against the Punjab Effluent
NAGPUR: Even as Wathoda farmers are exploring legal action against illegal dumping of spent acid by galvanizing industries in the perennial Chornala near Butibori, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board
MADURAI: The Madras high court Madurai bench on Wednesday passed orders dismissing 18 writ petitions that challenged the order of the national green tribunal (NGT) allowing the public works department
Women And Children In State Are Malnourished To A Shameful Extent Malnutrition among women and children remains abysmally high in Uttar Pradesh despite several thousand crores spent annually on supplementary
In the two decades that followed Goa's liberation, the state's population growth gained speed with a rise by 34% in the '70s and 26% in the '80s. But it has only been a downward trend, since. According
The Shah commission's final report on illegal mining in Goa has recommended a Central bureau of investigation (CBI) inquiry into illegal mining in the state. So far, the state government has tried to
Uttarakhand has a thriving hotel industry, but there is only one food sample testing laboratory in all of the 13 districts of the state. The Food and Drug Testing Laboratory at Rudrapur caters to nearly
