After the Niyamgiri ban, a controversy is brewing in Chhattisgarh over bauxite mining by Vedanta Resources, the UK-based mining conglomerate, in the Maikal hill ranges in Kawardha district with the opposition Congress demanding a probe into alleged large-scale infringement of green and tribal areas and violation of panchayat laws.
CHENNAI: Even as India looks forward to expand its nuclear power programme with imported reactors and fuel,
Union Minister of State for Science and Technology Prithviraj Chavan on Sunday ruled out private sector participation in the atomic energy sector. Addressing a press conference at Kalpakkam after taking part in the silver jubilee celebrations of the commissioning of the Fast Breeder Test Reactor, Mr.
With more than 600 cases being reported from Bhatu Kalan, Ratia and Tohana areas of the district, malaria has gripped Fatehabad.
Himachal Pradesh has expressed reservation over the provision of
Shujaat Bukhari SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government is expected to generate revenue of Rs.850 crore a year from taxes on water used for power generation.
BJP national secretary Dr Kirit Somaiya today said the Central government was not concerned about the rotting foodgrains despite having been reprimanded by the Supreme Court.
INDIA and some other developing countries have rejected a proposal to restrict their ability to impose stiff duties to protect farmers in the case of sudden surges in imports of farm goods at the ongoing talks for opening up global trade in goods and services. Costa Rica
ALARMED by the increasing number of road accident deaths in India
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Research conducted by experts connected with the Kerala Medical Journal, a scientific publication of the Indian Medical Association State branch, has shown that the prevalence of contagious and non-contagious skin diseases is alarmingly high in urban schools in Kerala. An editorial on the topic, written by V.
Is radiation from cellphone towers proving to be harmful for residents living around them?
Mumbai On Sunday, 350.org launched its worldwide 10/10/10 (October 10, 2010) environmental campaign to inspire people to lower the human carbon footprint. The mission of the campaign was twofold.
In a bid to look for options to finance its big-ticket infrastructure projects, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) on Friday had the first round of discussions with officials of the World Bank (WB). However, officials of both bodies were not willing to share what was discussed.
Pune Environmentalists and a number of citizens celebrated the unique date of 10/10/2010 by coming together at
Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan announced today that compensation given on natural calamities in the state will be linked to price rise. The farmers will get compensation according to damage to the crops. The process to give compensation after calculating the average of the whole area of crop will be amended.
Nalini Ravichandran | ENS THE next time your child bawls at your knee asking not to be sent to school because of a toothache, don't spank his derriere for using an ageold excuse for bunking class.
... is an example of how not to plan a project, says Shyam Balasubramanian `It is expected that the project qualifies to get CRZ clearance.' Is that an acceptable statement coming from a consulting firm that has prepared a feasibility report for a project? asks Nityanand.
Two hand-reared tigress from Madhya Pradesh's Kanha tiger reserve would soon be shifted to adjacent Panna sanctuary to give company to three translocated big cats there, the first such experiment in the country. "The two orphaned siblings have been hand-raised since 2005 when their mother was mauled to death by a male tiger and are likely to be translocated this month-end," sanctuary's field di
Once self-reliant people have been reduced to coolies and their kids are dropping out of school, finds Sangeetha Neeraja The way industrial development is happening along the coast, traditional fishermen will be reduced to coolies in trawlers.
