In the context of the declaration of the plan to achieve Swachh Bharat by 2019, the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has prepared a note on the Swachh Bharat Mission. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: The
Estimates of the probable impact of the outbreak show that existing stocks of potentially useful medicines are insufficient, says Oliver Brady.
To preserve water and environment from getting polluted due to immersion of idols during festive season, district administration has decided to put blanket ban on idols of plaster of Paris (POP) and chemical
Samples from a lake hidden under 800 metres of ice contain thousands of microbes and hint at vast ecosystems yet to be discovered.
Liquid water has been known to occur beneath the Antarctic ice sheet for more than 40 years, but only recently have these subglacial aqueous environments been recognized as microbial ecosystems that may
Aiming to encourage green building technology, Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said that the government would consider granting various concessions for constructing houses using the technology. Inaugurating
Heeding a plea to check air pollution from industries in Uttarakhand, the National Green Tribunal Wednesday directed the State Pollution Control Board (USPCB) to inspect all air pollution control devices
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat has announced that swarbhom swasthaya yojna, a health scheme, will be implemented in the state on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi. He said that Congress-led
Villagers have demanded that the 660-mw Kishao dam project on the Tons that will supply water to Delhi, Haryana and Rajasthan should be scrapped. The dam will render about 6,000 villagers as oustees in
Littering, Failure to Segregate Garbage Will Now Invite Fine The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has finally woken up to the garbage problem of the city as it drafted the public health and sanitation
MUZAFFARPUR: A single dose of ambisome injection has cured 16 kala-azar patients in a single day at Kala-azar Research Centre being run by Dr T K Jha in Bramhapura locality here. Jha claimed on Thursday
Plans to develop an airport in the city has hit buffers as farmers have listed a host of demands before they consent to land acquisition. The farmers held a meeting with the civic administration on
Ghaghra has joined Saryu in wreaking havoc in Bahraich and cut off 400 villages from the rest of the country as more water from Nepal was released within the last 24 hours. The swollen rivers washed away
Tripura government will set up an elephant reserve at Gandhari in Gomati district for better conservation of the jumbos whose population was dwindling in the state. The reserve would be spread over
In a major victory to activists red-flagging encroachments near Kaliasot river, central zone bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered state government to remove all encroachments from green belt
In a jolt to Haryana government and major realty players of national capital region (NCR), the Punjab and Haryana high court on Wednesday stayed the Faridabad draft master plan 2031 that was recently notified
The civic body's parallel water supply pipeline project would be officially initiated on September 1. But water experts and activists expressed serious reservation about the viability of the project and
Venkateshwara Hatcheries claim that levels are far below EU standards With Chicken sales impacted in certain states of India after a report by Centre for Science and Environment claiming to find antibiotics
Vehicles which do not possess Pollution Under Control (PUC) certificates will not be provided diesel and petrol in the national capital from October 1. The decision to this effect was taken up by the city
People with an annual income of more than Rs 5 lakh will not be entitled to the benefits of the food security scheme in Uttarakhand, a senior government official said here. "Chief Minister Harish Rawat
