NEW DELHI: Residents living in the vicinity of Mandoli in northeast Delhi can hope to breathe easy in the months ahead. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has informed the Public Grievances Commission
The steel flyover issue has now reached Raj Bhavan. Governor Vajubhai Vala is consulting his legal experts on concerns raised by citizens’ forums opposing the steel flyover. Architect Naresh Narasimhan
HYDERABAD: It could well be a dull Diwali for Hyderabad's cracker sellers this year. With less than a week for the festival of lights, traders complain of low footfall at their stores with some pegging
AGRA: In a letter to Union environment ministry's secretary, Agra entrepreneurs wrote that the industries are wrongly being blamed for causing pollution in the city, while the factors like road dust, lack
DHARWAD: The Global Water Meet-2016, which aims at framing the Dharwad Declaration, started here on Monday with the expectations of preparing a comprehensive plan to mitigate climate change. In his
Ever since the government unveiled its ambitious plans to generate 100 GW of solar electricity by the year 2022, solar energy has been the showpiece of India’s renewable energy policy and its climate change
The Indian government has put renewed vigour into nuclear power plans as part of its infrastructure development programme, with negotiations on to unlock long-standing agreements with French, Russian and
Today, the India Innovation Lab for Green Finance (the India Lab) announced endorsement of three innovative investment vehicles that will help drive millions of dollars of needed investment to India’s
Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd, a subsidiary of Tata Power Company Limited, has inked a Power Purchase Agreement for a 100 MW solar project at Anantapuram solar park in Andhra Pradesh with the Solar Energy
AHMEDABAD: As 'World Obesity Day' this year, Wednesday, is dedicated to fighting child obesity, the trend here seems to be alarming. Every day, at least one case of childhood obesity is registered in the
KOLKATA: After causing mayhem in north Kolkata, dengue may now turn out to be a menace in the south. The death of an 11-yearold boy , a resident of Bosepukur Prantik Palli, on Sunday has laid bare the
MUMBAI: There were over 13,000 cases of monsoon-related diseases in Mumbai, with around 20 deaths, most of them due to leptospirosis, the BMC informed the Bombay High Court on Tuesday. These include dengue,
With possible far-reaching consequences for the pharmaceutical industry in India, a report from a European agency campaigning for the environment has blamed manufactures in Hyderabad for growing antibiotic
The Telangana state government has issued orders allocating water from Krishna river. Hyderabad: The 4,000-MW Yadadri thermal power plant proposed to be set up at Damaracherla in Nalgonda district will
INDORE: Ahead of Diwali, the regional Pollution Control Board (PCB) has started monitoring air and noise pollution levels in the city. The drive started this week will extend till October 30. The department
<p>Landslide is one of the most ravaging natural disaster in the world and recent occurrences in Nigeria require urgent need for landslide risk assessment. A total of nine samples representing three major
Environmental phenomena are often observed first, and then explained quantitatively. The complexity of processes, the range of scales involved, and the lack of first principles make it challenging to predict
<p>Order of the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital dated 25/10/2016 regarding availability of Iodex, Fevi-Quick and any other adhesive solutions to children below the age of 18 years.</p> <p>Chief
There is overwhelming evidence of the harm caused by the European Union’s current bioenergy policy to people in developing countries, to the climate and to Europe’s own sustainable development. The policy
<p>Although widely accepted as being one of the most important public health advances of the past hundred years, the contribution that improving sanitation coverage can make to child health is still unclear,
