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• Haryana mulls introduction of Faridabad, Gurgaon Mono rail

  Haryana is considering introducing a Mono rail between Faridabad and Gurgaon, which will further accelerate the pace of development in the area, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda said on Sunday. The modalities of the project will be worked out, Mr. Hooda told a rally here while announcing a slew of incentives for Faridabad, including construction of a road from Bata Chowk to B.K. Civil Hospital costing Rs.12 crore and rehabilitation of slum dwellers after a survey in February.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • Haryana
    • Faridabad (T)
    • Gurgaon (T)
    • Mono Rail
    • Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)
    • Public Transport
    • Transport

• In 3 yrs, green panels wrap up sans any nod

  In what is an indication of the lack of big projects being initiated in the city, the three-year tenure of the two regulatory bodies that were constituted to check environmental degradation have ended

  • 10/12/2012

  • Indian Express (Chandigarh)
  • • Environment
    • Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)
    • Environment Clearance (EC)
    • Urbanisation

• BHEL plans Rs 2,000 cr-investment for solar gear making plant

  State-run BHEL plans to invest up to Rs 2,000 crore for setting up solar equipment manufacturing facility having a capacity of 600 MW. BHEL, grappling with persisting headwinds in the power sector, is betting on business diversification spread across various areas including solar energy and defence sectors. "Initial investment could be around Rs 500-600 crore and then when we (can) expand it. (Overall investment) can go up to Rs 2,000 crore for a 600 MW capacity," BHEL Chairman and Managing Director B P Rao said.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Financial Express (New Delhi)
  • • Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd. (BHEL)
    • Solar Energy
    • Solar Cells
    • Renewable Energy
    • Energy

• UP's state fish Chitla is now critically endangered

  Chitla - the state fish of Uttar Pradesh is now critically endangered. The fact comes from National Bureau of Fish Genetics Resources (NBFGR), Lucknow. Till a few month ago, the fish belonged to the endangered

  • 10/12/2012

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Uttar Pradesh
    • Fish
    • Fisheries
    • Endangered Species
    • Water Pollution
    • Water Resources
    • Gomti
    • Ganga
    • Yamuna
    • Ghaghara

• Polar bears could be extinct in 25 years: Experts

  For a millennium, the majestic, lily-white polar bear has lorded over the frozen wastes of the Arctic. But if two Russian experts are to be believed, the enigmatic "monarch of the ice" could be extinct

  • 10/12/2012

  • Times Of India (New Delhi)
  • • Wildlife
    • Russia
    • Climate Change
    • Global Warming
    • Denmark
    • Norway
    • Canada
    • Alaska
    • United States Of America (US)
    • Hunting

• 54 mining leases operating under deemed extension

  As many as 54 mining leases in Odisha are operating under deemed extension following the expiry of their leases. The expiry period of the leases ranges from five to 25 years. According to information given by minister for steel & mines Rajani Kant Singh in the state assembly, mine owners like Tata Steel, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL), Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), Essel Mining & Industries Ltd (EMIL), Mid East Integrated Steel Ltd, Ferro Alloys Corporation (FACOR), Rungta Sons and KJS Ahluwalia are operating their leases under deemed extension.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Keonjhar (D)
    • Tata Iron and Steel (TISCO)
    • Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL)
    • Central Empowered Committee (CEC)
    • Mineral Rules 1960
    • Illegal Trade
    • Mineral-Based Indsutry
    • Mining

• Odisha scouts for alternative bauxite source for Vedanta refinery

  After the shutdown of Vedanta Aluminium's one-million tonne alumina refinery at Lanjigarh on December 5, the Odisha government seems to have woken up, albeit belatedly, to the raw material crisis that has stalked the company for last five years. In a bid to help revive operations of the Lanjigarh refinery, the steel & mines department has started the process of identifying prospected bauxite deposits where mining operations can commence with the statutory clearances.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Vedanta Aluminium
    • Bauxite
    • Mineral-Based Industry
    • Mining

• Drive against vehicular emissions loses steam

  After initial hype and hoopla in 2008, when harried vehicle owners had to queue up outside pollution check centres to get pollution under control (PUC) certificate to escape hefty penalties, these centres

  • 10/12/2012

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Air Pollution
    • Vehicular Pollution
    • Motor Vehicles Rules 1989
    • Oxides Of Nitrogen (NOx)
    • Carbon Monoxide
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
    • Jammu (D)
    • Srinagar (D)
    • Jammu & Kashmir

• Rs 2.5-cr aid for Faridabad solar project

  Faridabad is being developed as pilot solar city for which the Union Ministry of New and Renewable Energy has conveyed its sanction in-principle for providing financial assistance amounting to Rs 2.50

  • 10/12/2012

  • Tribune (New Delhi)
  • • Faridabad (D)
    • Haryana
    • Solar Energy
    • Renewable Energy
    • Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE)
    • Chandigarh
    • Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Mission (JNNSM)

• 5.6 quake shakes Philippines' Mindanao

  A moderate 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook the typhoon-hit southern Philippine island of Mindanao Monday, seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The quake struck

  • 10/12/2012

  • Statesman (New Delhi)
  • • Natural Disasters
    • Earthquakes
    • Philippines

• Chhattisgarh steel makers want Odisha model in state

  Reeling under serious raw material crises, steel makers in Chhattisgarh want Odisha model in the state for their survival. The Odisha government in its recent order had directed that atleast 50 per cent of the iron ore lumps and 50 per cent of the iron ore fines won from the mines in any month and not put to captive use by the lessees should be sold to the stand alone mineral based industries located in the state. The instruction shall be effective from December 2012 till further order.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Chhattisgarh
    • Iron And Steel Industry
    • Mineral-Based Industry
    • Iron
    • Minerals
    • National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC)
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Mining

• States should replicate Jharkhand MNREGA performance: Ramesh

  Union Minister Jairam Ramesh today suggested states to replicate Jharkhand's performance in MNREGA under which it has constructed 78,000 wells in the last two years. "(As many as) 78,000 wells have been dug in the last two years, which is a record. I have suggested (the state) to put the (construction) details in the website," the Rural Development Minister told reporters here.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Business Standard (New Delhi)
  • • Jharkhand
    • National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA)
    • Ministry Of Rural Development
    • Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
    • Drinking Water
    • Economy

• Pollution by pharma units shocks Oz Don

  Hyderabad: As the government is planning to go liberal regarding the environmental violations by bulk drug units, the international community has taken up cudgels against the pollution caused by them. Professor Hans Lofgren, of the Deakin University of Australia said that he will make a representation to his government to take up the issue and also sensitise the US and Sweden against “exporting pollution”. During his visit to some Medak villages located close to pharma units, Prof Lofgren was “shocked” by the extent of pollution and the sufferings of residents.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Deccan Chronicle (Hyderabad)
  • • Andhra Pradesh
    • Medak
    • Drug Industry
    • Industrial Pollution
    • Lake Pollution
    • Environment
    • Health Effects
    • Hazardous Waste

• Installation of solar lights intensified in panchayats

  In 46 village panchayats of Dindigul district Village panchayats have intensified installation of solar streetlights not only to face acute power shortage but also scale down expenses. To begin with, installation commenced in 46 village panchayats at an estimated cost of Rs.1.1 crore. On completion of the first phase, the rest of the villages will be covered in subsequent phases, according to Collector N. Venkatachalam.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Hindu (Chennai)
  • • Dindigul (D)
    • Solar Energy
    • Panchayats
    • Electricity
    • Renewable Energy
    • Energy
    • Tamil Nadu

• Soil in Kolli Hills lacks organic carbon, nitrogen and potash, says study

  Tests conducted on soil samples to determine level of macro and micro nutrients Study on the availability of micro and macro nutrients in soil samples collected from Valapurnadu Panchayat atop Kolli Hills reveals that it lacked three of the four main macro ingredients – organic carbon, nitrogen and potash. “On the other hand availability of zinc (micro nutrient) is also below average,” M. Janakiraman, a Soil Pedologist and Consultant said.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Hindu (Chennai)
  • • Namakkal (D)
    • Soil Science
    • Farmers
    • M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF)
    • Zinc
    • Chemical Fertilisers
    • Agriculture
    • Tamil Nadu

• TNPCB officials asked to inspect effluent treatment plants

  Environment Minister M.C. Sampath chaired a review meeting here on Saturday to discuss the pollution situation and steps to be taken to bring down pollution by industries. Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB) officials of Salem, Namakkal, Erode and Krishnagiri Districts along with Industries Minister P. Thangamani were also present. Mr. Sampath asked TNPCB officials to inspect effluent treatment plants and functioning of the air pollution preventive equipment every month. He emphasised the need for proper plastics disposal mechanism.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Hindu (Chennai)
  • • Namakkal (D)
    • Salem (D)
    • Erode (D)
    • Industrial Pollution
    • State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
    • Waste Disposal
    • Industrial Waste
    • Waste Management
    • Non-Biodegradable Waste
    • River Pollution
    • Hazardous Waste
    • Tamil Nadu

• “KKNPP has state-of-the-art safety features”

  Asserting that “third generation plus” safety features had been incorporated in the reactors of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, Union Minister of State in Prime Minister’s Office V. Narayanasamy on Sunday said the first 1,000 MWe reactor would start generating power by December-end. He told reporters that the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL), which were keen on guaranteeing the safety and security of the people living around the KKNPP site, had ensured the incorporation of state-of-the-art seven-tier safety features in the reactors.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Hindu (Chennai)
  • • Tirunelveli (D)
    • Koodunkulam APS
    • Nuclear Power Plants
    • Nuclear Safety
    • Department Of Atomic Energy (DAE)
    • Nuclear Power Corporation Of India (NPCIL)
    • Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
    • Nuclear Power
    • Energy
    • Tamil Nadu

• A novel on man-elephant conflict and poaching

  GUWAHATI: It took three years of ground research for Prabhat Goswami to come up with what has been called the first novel based on man-elephant conflict to be published in the past 35 years! Sukula Hatir Khus by Prabhat Goswami is a novel that traces the man-elephant conflict in Assam since the days of Gopinath Bordoloi. This 600-page novel is also an attempt to find out the reason for this conflict and a possible resolution of it. This novel also delves into the modus operandi of poachers and how smuggling of ivory is carried out.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Sentinel (Guwahati)
  • • Assam
    • Elephant
    • People - Animal Conflicts
    • NGO
    • Poaching
    • Wildlife

• India inks pact with Ukraine on nuclear safety

  In a bid to enhance safety of its increasing number of nuclear plants, India on Monday inked a pact with Ukraine on Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection to take advantage of its expertise in the crucial sector. Four other pacts, including framework agreement to expand defence ties were also inked between the two countries after comprehensive talks between Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych during which they agreed to forge a comprehensive partnership between their countries.

  • 10/12/2012

  • Hindu (New Delhi)
  • • India
    • Ukraine
    • Nuclear Safety
    • Radiation
    • Nuclear Accidents
    • Nuclear Power
    • Energy

• Poaching of migratory birds continues in Chilika

  Poaching of migratory birds continues unabated in the Chilika Lake despite warning by wildlife officials against killing of winged guests in Asia’s largest blue lagoon. Stringent anti-poaching law is

  • 10/12/2012

  • Business Line (New Delhi)
  • • Poaching
    • Migratory Species
    • Birds
    • Wildlife
    • Orissa (Odisha)
    • Lakes
    • Berhampur
    • Bhubaneswar