Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Significant studies on climate change and generation of data on high-altitude eco-systems can now be possible with the setting up of a high-altitude research centre at Ribling in Lahaul-Spiti by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR). The centre will be of international importance considering the growing thrust on …
This study conducted during January- March, 2007, in the Kullu Valley of Himachal Pradesh in India, takes the apple as an indicator crop to investigate the positive and negative effects of climate change on farm economy. It explores the impacts it had on the agricultural economy of the hill farmers …
Shimla: The state government will consider granting 50 per cent subsidy to farmers to encourage organic farming in the hill state. Stating this while formally inaugurating Renuka Fair on Wednesday Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal said the government had submitted a Rs 270 crore organic farming project for funding to …
Shimla: The parallel conclave of non-government organisations pursuing environmental issues strongly opposed the construction of big hydropower projects in the Himalayan region which were being set up in the most insensitive manner, causing loss of livelihoods and depletion of natural resources. The declaration of the conclave, held under the Himalaya …
Shimla: While asserting that the situation with respect to glacier melt and climate change was not as alarming as being projected by the western world, Dr Akhilesh Gupta, Adviser, Department of Science and Technology, today said India would not be bullied by dictates of the western world in achieving high …
The Department of Fisheries released more than 5,000 trout fingerlings into the Trithan river today. Deputy Director, Fisheries, RP Dogra said the cold and non-polluted waters of many streams in the state was fit for survival of the trout which had attained the class of most loved table fish and …
Another case of swine flu has come to the fore here with a 18-year-old local girl testing positive in the HINI tests conducted at the IGMC, Shimla, last evening. The girl has been kept in isolation at the hospital and her family members had been quarantined, according to CMO Dr …
DINKER VASHISHT AND ASHWANI SHARMA SHIMLA, O THE Centre's decision to insist on employment visa for Chinese workers in India has upset the government of Himachal Pradesh where, in the Theog-Rohru apple cultivation belt, Chinese workers and engineer have been made to stop work on a road project, key t …
In light of the High Court judgement that Dutch firm Brakel had employed fraudulent means in the execution of the Jangi Thopan Powari mega-hydel project, the Himachal Pradesh government on Thursday cancelled the company
Chandigarh: The cold desert of Lahaul and Spiti, till now known to supply high quality potatoes and peas to the country when the crop in most parts is almost over, is slowly capturing the market with its apples. In its nascent stage yet, apples from this part of Himachal have …
KOCHI: The Ministry of Environment and Forests has issued a notification under the Biological Diversity Act (2002) and released a revised list of endangered species in Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh and Kerala. The National Biodiversity Authority has issued alerts to protect 13 animal species and 26 plant species threatened …
The Centre is coming out with a new mechanism to encourage states to maintain and enhance forest covers. The policy which is in the design stage, aims at giving special
