Tapping rain water
A report called 'A Conceptual Framework for rain-water Harvesting in Bangalore', brought out by the Centre for Symbiosis of Technology, Environment and Management - STEM and sponsored by the Department of Forest, Ecology and Environment, Government of Karnataka.
Cement plant initiated despite opposition
The Himachal Pradesh Government has once again initiated a move to set up a cement plant in this subdivision ignoring strong protests of the residents. Earlier, the proposal of setting up a cement plant at Nalani Maloh (Sundernagar) was rejected by the Ministry of Environment and Forests as the proposed …
Earthquake resistant building
A earthquake resistant modern hospital building is to be constructed at the premises of Bhaktapur District Hospital with the financial and material cooperation of the US army office aided by the Nepal's Ministry of Defence and the Royal Nepal Army.
Rs 2,000-crore plan for relocating towns ready
The Gujarat Government has worked out a Rs 2,000-crore package for sectoral relocation of the four worst-quake affected towns in Kutch district-Bhuj,Anjar, Bhachau and Rapar.
Drinking water dearer in HP
Drinking water tariff was increased steeply and liquor prices slashed in the finance-starved Himachal Pradesh by the Cabinet which met here today under the chairmanship of Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal.
Govt plans for a 'green' Jharkhand
It is a plan to "green" a new state. Till now, the wealth of Jharkhand lay below the ground, but now plans are afoot to make its topsoil profitable too. On the wasteland covering two-third of the state, the government has decided to plant herbal and medicinal plants.
Oysters polluted with endocrine disruptors
Oysters and mussels were found to be contaminated with endocrine disruptors after being exposed to a harmful compound used for antifouling paints for vessels. According to an examination of 24 mussels and 34 oysters collected from four fish markets in Kyonggi-do (South Korea), all the samples were discovered to contain …
Karnataka stirs biotech recipe
Karnataka on Saturday unveiled its ambitious Biotechnology Policy, hoping to reap from it what infotech did to the State in the last decade.
Indonesia quake
A powerful earth-quake shook the north of the Molucca Sea off Indonesia this afternoon, the French seismological institute here said. The quake measured 7.1 on Richter scale.
Isahaya land reclamation site blockaded by angry fishermen
About 200 fishermen on Saturday blockaded some entrances to the Isahaya Bay land reclamation site to protest the government of Japan run project they believe is to blame for the season's poor seaweed crop from the Ariake Sea.