During a public event at the United Nations climate change conference in Doha, India's veteran environmentalist Sunita Narain told a senior negotiator from India, "The Indian government should take a principled
Despite a straight hike of Rs.5 in diesel prices earlier this year, consumption of diesel in Delhi surged by 15 per cent in 2011-12, reflecting the soaring number of diesel vehicles on the Capital's roads.
The Directorate of Mines on Monday informed the Supreme Court appointed Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) that it has completed the process of lease renewal of 40 mines, which are working under deemed extension provision. “The CEC queried about the status of mines operating under deemed extension provision. We informed them that we have sent recommendation letters for 40 mines out of 50 working under deemed extension basis. Rest of the cases will be expedited soon,” said Deepak Mohanty, after his meeting with CEC officials here on Monday.
The government-owned coal-based thermal power plants are the biggest defaulters in controlling environment pollution in Sonbhadra. While the other polluting industries in Sonbhadra have put the checks
Awholly-owned subsidiary of state-run Coal India has hit coal seams during exploration in Mozambique, a senior company executive said. Coal India Africana Limitada, which had drilled four boreholes in
One in two children suffers from zinc deficiency, a study conducted on newborns and infants in three city hospitals has found. The study, coordinated by the AIIMS paediatrics department, found that
India on Monday signed a pact with Ukraine to take advantage of its expertise in nuclear safety and radiation protection. The agreement was signed in the presence of visiting Ukraine President Viktor Yanukovych
Steel minister Beni Prasad Verma has cautioned environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan against holding up clearances for SAIL’s iron ore mines in Orissa and Jharkhand, saying this would force the state-owned
Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday launched e-toilets that are customised to function automatically in extreme cold weather. Tailored to meet sub-zero climatic conditions of Jammu and Kashmir,
Months after the Union Health Ministry turned down demands of a section of the medical community to devise ways to fight Totally Drug Resistant (TDR) Tuberculosis, an article in the latest issue of Indian
The work on the project to draw gas from Gujarat to Srinagar and Jammu will be completed by July 2014. This was apprised in a meeting of high level officers, presided over by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah,
Amid allegations of monopolisation of chrome ore trade leveled by the All Odisha Steel Federation against state controlled miner- Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), the Odisha government has informed the Competition Commission of India ( CCI) that there is no policy for fixation of sale price of the ore. AOSF, an organization representing the interests of steel and sponge iron makers, had filed a case with the CCI in January 2012, alleging monopoly in chrome ore trade by OMC.
Keeping in view the seismic vulnerability of Kashmir, the High Court has asked the government to establish an “effective disaster management committee”. The direction came in after a division bench of
Odisha chief secretary BK Patnaik today appeared before the Supreme Court along with state steel and mines secretary Rajesh Verma and Aditya Prasad Padhee, principal secretary to Chief Minister, for contempt of court in a matter related to granting of iron ore mines to Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd (BPSL). The SC has asked the state government to file its reply in three weeks. The court in March had allowed the appeal of Bhushan Power & Steel and directed the state government to act according to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two parties, signed on May 15, 2002.
Under fire from the Ministry of Mines for the inordinate delay in clearing applications for renewal of mining lease, the State Government on Monday reportedly told the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered
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
The Supreme Court today made it clear that it will not interfere with the Cauvery Monitoring Committee’s order directing Karnataka to provide Tamil Nadu with 12 TMCft of Cauvery water during December despite
The recent clamp-down on miners by the Odisha government, the largest producer of iron ore in the country, is likely to affect India’s sponge iron production by around 15 per cent in the current financial year, according to the Sponge Iron Manufacturers Association (Sima). “Since Odisha is the largest producer of iron ore and sponge iron, the recent measures taken by the state government will surely impact on (the country’s) sponge iron output. In 2011-12, the output was around 20 million tonnes (mt). We expect this to drop by 15 per cent in 2012-13,” said Deependra Kashiva, executive director of Sima.
It might be hard to visualize or believe in today’s messy, gridlocked, turmoil-ridden subcontinent, but the US intelligence community in a new report released on Monday says that by 2030, a surging India,
Forest biodiversity in the Eastern Ghats is undergoing a tremendous change. Experts at the department of environmental sciences, Andhra University, believe that the hilly slopes in the district are changing
