Ramulu, who has seven acres of farmland in Kazipally village, was well off years back and used to support his family of four including his wife and two daughters. He used to grow paddy on his land and earn enough by selling it twice a year. But, now he has given up farming as his fertile land has turned barren due to pollution of the land and water due to effluents from bulk drug units and the pharma industry.
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is looking forward to the liftoff of its Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PSLV-C24 from Sriharikota at 5.14 p.m. today. After more than 19 minutes of flight, if the PSLV-C24 puts India’s navigation satellite, called the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS-1B), into a perfect orbit, applause will echo across the Mission Control Centre. More so, because it will be the 25th consecutive successful launch of a PSLV, the ISRO’s trusty workhorse.
Vector-borne diseases are adding to the vicious cycle of poverty and have a significant impact of socio-economic status of communities, the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said. While countries in South-East Asia have made substantial economic progress, dengue and malaria fuel a vicious cycle of poverty and are still killing thousands of people. On World Health Day — April 7 — the WHO has impressed upon countries to prevent and control vector-borne diseases including dengue, kala-azar, lymphatic filariasis and malaria, among others.
In an unusual plea, Himachal Pradesh wants the Supreme Court (SC) to quash the state’s June 2013 notification clamping a ban on the sale of food articles packaged in non-biodegradable material. The state had found the notification, issued “under the directives” of the state High Court (HC), “impractical” to implement in view of the free flow of tourists, the government said in an affidavit filed through standing counsel Pragati Neekhra.
Space technicians were preparing on Thursday for the launch of the first satellite in an ambitious European project to monitor Earth for climate change, pollution and deforestation and help disaster relief. Sentinel-1A, a satellite designed to scan the Earth with cloud-penetrating radar, is set to lift off at 2102 GMT on Thursday aboard a Soyuz rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, the European Space Agency (ESA) said.
As a UN body - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) - in its latest report has set an alarm bell ringing for the world to the looming threats of global warming, its chairman R K Pachauri wants
Energy company Anadarko Petroleum Corp agreed on Thursday to pay more than $5 billion to clean up areas across the United States polluted by nuclear fuel, wood creosote and rocket fuel waste that caused
Sikkim was declared the best State, whereas Gujarat slipped from 17th to 24th rank in human development, according to the India Public Policy Report (IPPR) 2014. The report, released on Wednesday by the
जीएम फसलों पर कृषि मंत्रालय ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट में दिया हलफनामा सरकार ने सुप्रीम कोर्ट से आग्रह किया है कि वह उसे जीएम फसलों के फील्ड ट्रायल की इजाजत दे। कृषि मंत्रालय ने कोर्ट में एक हलफनामा दाखिल करते
ओखला बर्ड सैंक्चुरी के आसपास ईको सेंसिटिव जोन तय किए जाने के मामले में नैशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्युनल (एनजीटी) ने दिल्ली, यूपी और हरियाणा सरकार को निर्देश दिया है कि वह इस संबंध में प्रपोजल तैयार कर मिनिस्ट्री
A few kilometres away from the manicured green lawns and rows of neat flower beds of Lutyen’s Delhi, staff of the Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash and GB Pant Hospitals and residents around the area are fighting
‘Step taken by the State is valid as a right of pre-emption’ Orissa High Court on Wednesday upheld the State government’s circular of December 2012 in which the government had asked the mine owners in the State to supply half of their mine lumps to local standalone units.
In what could spell fresh trouble for India’s hydrocarbon explorers, the Supreme Court on Thursday asked the government to explain why it chose the “complex” Rangarajan formula for gas pricing when it
Adani Power added 2,640 Mw the last financial year, accounting for 15 per cent of the addition of 17,000 Mw in India Adani Power, a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises and part of the Rs 50,000-crore Adani Group, on Thursday said it had become the largest private power producer in India with the commissioning of the fourth unit of 660 megawatt (Mw) at its power plant at Tiroda in Maharashtra. The overall capacity is 8,620 Mw.
अगर आप बिना फिल्टर किए पानी पी रहे हैं तो सावधान हो जाइए। गाजियाबाद का पानी पीने लायक नहीं है। जामिया मिलिया इस्लामिया विश्वविद्यालय के नेचुरल साइंस विभाग की सर्वे रिपोर्ट में इसका खुलासा हुआ है। रिपोर्ट
The European Parliament on Thursday voted to exempt international flights from paying for their carbon emissions amid pressure from national governments to continue applying the measure to domestic flights
Over 1 in 10 deaths globally caused by Ischaemic Stroke (IS) due to tobacco was reported in India. The revelation is part of a study by Oxford University which was released on Friday. Out of 187
In a significant finding, the global environment group Greenpeace has applauded Apple, Facebook and Google for committing to power their data centres with 100 percent renewable energy. It, however,
Co to go slow on capacity addition due to poor health of discoms, fuel shortage and regulatory hurdles Adani Power, which overtook Tata Power as the nation’s largest private-sector electricity producer, plans to go slow on capacity addition as uncertainties over fuel supply, weak financial health of state distributors and delays in environmental approvals prevent power companies from announcing new projects.
Market has halved over two years as consumers opt for cheaper, fuel-driven cars India’s move to popularise electric vehicles has skidded on policy flip-flop and consumer propensity to opt for the cheaper fossil fuel-driven variants. The size of the domestic market for electric vehicles, primarily two-wheelers, has more than halved over the past two years, forcing about half a dozen manufacturers like BSA Motors, Ultra Motors, Luminous and Eco Motors to shut shop.
