<p>CHENNAI: A comprehensive groundwater regulatory authority will be established soon to address issues of water quality and availability in Chennai Metropolitan area. The move is aimed at weaning the city's residents away from an unsustainable dependence on groundwater and to impose strict control on the use of sub-surface water.
<p>CSE welcomes the shift in Indian government's position on on endosulfan at the Stockholm Convention and wants government to expedite the phase out as its health hazards are now known & accepted.</p>
The outcome of Stockholm Convention to ban endosulfan capping a long-drawn campaign against the pesticide on health grounds may have brought cheers to the opponents but the domestic industry is crying foul suspecting an European link aiming to capture the Indian market. India and a few other developing countries extracted several exemptions, including a phase out period of 11 years to ban produ
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) is undertaking desilting of the Mithi river and Vakola Nullah. The desilting will cost the authority an estimated Rs 30 crore. MMRDA officials said that this was part of the work being undertaken to improve the overall discharging capacity of the river, which had flooded in 2005.
LUCKNOW: The Union Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) might release the report on effective management of the tiger reserves in the second week of May. The committees, which were set up to evaluate the five cluster of reserves have submitted their report to the ministry. All 39 reserves of the country were clubbed according to region and state into five clusters.
LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government, on Saturday, approved the closure of 5 out of 21 blacklisted tanneries that have been polluting the Ganga in the state. Closure notices, UP Pollution Control Board officials confirmed, were served to the errant tanneries after informing them about the need to set up primary treatment plants (PTPs) at their set-ups.
Regulator Says Co Expects Lower Volumes From D1, D3 Fields For 2012-13 New Delhi: Output from Reliance Industries
New Delhi: More than 75 prominent citizens, including two retired naval chiefs and a former head of India
When Alexander Fleming discovered pencillin in 1928 he could hardly have imagined that one day the world would be battling drug resistant superbugs with genes like New Delhi metallo-beta-lactamase (NDM-1), which can render the most intensive antibiotic treatments ineffective. About 4.4 lakh new cases of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis emerge annually, causing at least 1.5 lakh deaths.
New Delhi: After a fortnight-long break saw civil society members battle accusations of lobbying, the joint drafting committee of government and Anna Hazare nominees will resume work on Monday to draw up the Lokpal Bill amid strong differences on its architecture. Civil society was hopeful that substantive discussions on the anti-graft ombudsman would start with the second meeting after the
Equally Effective In Ensuring Service: Study New Delhi: Transparency measures like the Right To Information Act are intended to reduce levels of corruption, but is there any proof that this actually happens?
Punjab is heading towards record production of wheat this season. Reports emerging from Malwa, Majha and Doaba regions have clearly indicated that the state
Chandigarh: Punjab is expected to ride on a technology breakthrough by the Chinese, whereby straw can be used as cent per cent raw material for running boilers. An experiment to produce power from straw was made at Jalkheri in Fatehgarh Sahib district in 1992, but without any success. An attempt to revive the project by handing it over to a private firm in 2001 also did not succeed due to la
With the rise in mercury, forest fires have been triggered in Kangra district. A number of pine forests in the lower hills of the state are on fire. In the absence of adequate financial support for preventive measures the Forest Department has been looking towards the
HARIPUR (East Midnapore), 30 APRIL: The decision to set up a nuclear power plant at Haripur took a significant turn as thousands of fishermen and local residents raised their voice in protest against any government move to acquire land in the area. Amid this situation, together with other parts of the district, Haripur, a remote hamlet along the Bay of Bengal in Contai South Assembly constituen
TEN per cent Reservation if LEFT FRONT retains power HENRIA (East Midnapore), 30 APRIL: Lending Miss Mamata Banerjee
Though a decision has been taken for banning killer pesticide Endosulfan globally, the strong Indian pesticide manufacturers
The tall green blades of salt marsh grass (Porteresia coarctata) or wild rice that grows in abundance on the mud flats of Sunderbans with the mangroves, are being used to develop fisheries into a more sustainable and environment friendly source of livelihood for the local villagers.
Over 10,000 people clean 20 beaches in 43 km coastline Mangalore, Mangalore beaches were buzzing with people, this time not to party but to clean the coastline. The district administration as a part of Clean, Green and Progressive Mangalore launched
Just when Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh had expressed shock over the manner in which Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA) was being implemented in certain States, the Wildlife Society of Odisha, member organisation of the National Board for Wild Life (NBWL) has drawn the attention of the Ministry to the alleged
