Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
in the wake of the ban on hoardings in Delhi, hoardings at bus shelters which use diesel gensets for lightning, have become a major source of air pollution. Around 1,200 bus-stop shelters have been leased out by the Delhi Transport Corporation ( dtc ), 30 per cent of which are …
the Federal Bureau of Investigation ( fbi ), arrested David L Smith, a New Jersey resident, responsible for developing the e -mail computer virus Melissa. Smith was held after the state police and the fbi conducted a joint investigation and traced him through his America Online account. Melissa has caused …
Air pollution in the congested Bangladeshi capital Dhaka is responsible for a large number of premature deaths and is affecting several million people a year, a World Bank official has said. "We estimate that air pollution in Dhaka causes some 15,000 premature deaths and several million cases of sickness every …
though we usually do not think of congested streets and hour-long traffic jams when we talk of cells and their functions, on a metaphorical level, jam-packed city streets and the microscopic cells of the human body do not differ much. Both experience the typical rush hour symptoms, though the way …
the theories of how the continents were formed may have to be revised. Scientists have discovered a continent that rose above the Indian Ocean at least three times over a period of 80 million years, only to disappear beneath the waves every time. It has been discovered on the seabed …
The story of Joint Forest Management (JFM) in Tripura began in the early 1990s, right after the National Forest Policy 1988 was formulated,' says Dipak Datta Ray, chief conservator of forests, Tripura. The state was one of the first seven states in the country to adopt the policy in 1989. …
marriages in Gwaldam, a small town in Uttar Pradesh's Chamoli district, are not only about tying wedding knots. When a girl leaves home after marriage, she leaves behind something valuable for her parents. In Gwaldam, it's a tree for them to nurture in the way she had been until her …
burying waste paper and wood permanently locks away large amounts of carbon that if burnt would escape into the atmosphere and speed up global warming. The us now says it wants to include landfills as carbon sinks under the 1997 Kyoto Protocol to curb greenhouse gas emissions. This could lead …
the innovative attempt to give money in return for the traditional knowledge of the Kani tribals of the Western Ghats as Intellectual Property is now complete. Royalty from the sale of
Although Canada's west coast is known for disputes over the Pacific salmon, wild salmon in the north Atlantic Ocean and farm-raised salmon have been making headlines. The salmon population in the North Atlantic dropped to 114,000 mature fish in 1998, its lowest point ever. Meanwhile, salmon farmers in the Canadian …
Ukraine has said that it would keep its promise to shut down the troubled Chernobyl nuclear power plant by the year 2000, but only if it received enough financial assistance from the West. "Till date, Ukraine's position is unchanged. Ukraine is ready to fulfil its obligation to close the Chernobyl …
Both systems exist in Rajasthan. Small, cheap and easy-to-build water harvesting structures and a large canal. One relies on traditional wisdom and local expertise to function. The other, the Indira Gandhi Canal, has been built and maintained by a centralised bureaucracy. The canal passes through the sewan grassland regions of …
A few years ago, at a public meeting organised by the Centre for Science and Environment on air pollution, T N Seshan - who retired in 1997 as the Chief Election Commissioner of India - had jokingly pointed out that there are more laws in India per square inch of …
in the 1960's, when the Netherlands' economy boomed and politicians promoted "a motor car for every labourer', bicycles were seen as the poor man's transport. But Luud Schimmelpenninck, then in his early twenties and a hippie, thought differently. Under his leadership, a group of rebellious student hippies launched Provo, a …
mexico City, the most polluted city on the planet, is considering radical methods to clean up its act. Travellers to Mexico's capital city often fail to see it from air as it is usually shrouded by smog throughout the year. This has cost the city dearly, with many of its …
in response to the Supreme Court's ( sc ) recent interim order allowing the Gujarat government to raise the height of the Sardar Sarovar dam, the Madhya Pradesh ( mp ) government decided to file a petition demanding a fresh look into all aspects of the dam. "Latest hydrological data …
the British tobacco industry recently got a big boost when the largest legal action against it collapsed, drastically reducing Britain's chances of mounting a successful anti-tobacco litigation like its transatlantic neighbour, the us . The case collapsed on February 27, when 46 of a group of 53 lung cancer victims …
ceramic products are a versatile lot, and enjoy a wide range of scientific, domestic and industrial applications. Without ceramics, ordinary household tiles, microchips and state-of-the-art superconductors, for instance, would not have been possible. They are also cheap to produce on a large scale and would become every physicist's dream if …
Bushfires in New South Wales, Australia, have claimed the lives of five people and injured 27 in the past three months. In addition to the 4,500 sheep that were killed, the fires consumed about 8.91 hectares of grassland. There are about 22 fires blazing across New South Wales
The irrigation department of Thailand will drastically reduce the rate of water flow from the Bhumibhol and Sirikit dams over the next few months. It has warned farmers in the regions of Central Plains not to start the third rice crop. Kicha Polparsi, deputy permanent secretary of the agriculture and …
