Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Sharing of the Teesta river water is expected to top the agenda of the Joint Committee of Experts (JCE) of India and Bangladesh which will meet in Dhaka. "If possible, discussions about sharing other common rivers will also be held,' said Khalilur Rehman, a senior member of the Indo-Bangla Joint …
To meet the power demands of rice mills, a small-scale unit based in Tanuka, Andhra Pradesh has developed a low-cost technology to generate electricity using rice husk. After three years of research, Associated Engineering Works have come up with the rice husk gasifier, which won them the department of scientific …
The Delhi government's decision to re-open 372 industrial units, which were found polluting the Yamuna river, has once again demonstrated its inability to withstand even the slightest pressure. Not even when the larger interest of the people of Delhi is at stake. The step, if nothing, is highly retrogressive and …
Compare Southeast Asia with South Asia. The land area of Southeast Asia is 435 million hectares (mha). In South Asia, India is 327 mha and all other countries included would probably add up to the land area of Southeast Asia or a little less. The total population of Southeast Asia …
Pollution reached its highest recorded level in Hong Kong during the first week of the New Year as low winds and dirty air from the mainland left the area cloaked in smog. The air pollution index at Tung Chung in north Lantau was 161 at 1 pm
At least three farmers, who died recently in Falla village 28 kilometres from Jamnagar town, felt this way. They were not alone. With them were almost half a thousand others. The farmers were unhappy because the authorities had taken a decision to tap a water source, in this case the …
With very few non-polluting micro-buses plying on the roads of Kathmandu, the Nepal government might soon review its pro-environmental decisions. Sources at the ministry of population and environment said that the government might make announcements after discussing a fresh technical report that has been prepared by a team of government …
Oceanographers have discovered significant plumes of chemicals that spew from what appears to be the first signs of deep-sea vents. During a survey of the Atlantic's East Scotia Ridge in the south of the equator, Roy Livermore of the British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge, UK, and his colleagues detected the …
Dear Prime Minister, This is a year of severe drought in Gujarat and western Madhya Pradesh - an area that is well known for natural disasters of this kind. During the last general elections, your home minister, fighting for a fresh term from this region, had to face evocative slogans …
Bangladesh is keen that India implement the Sankosh river water diversion project to give the former its due share of water from the Ganges as enshrined in the Indo-Bangladesh agreement. According to sources, implementation of the river project would help achieve the twin purposes of providing adequate water to Calcutta …
both the public as well as the industry in Chennai frequently face acute water problems. Sometimes, industrial units are left with no option but to close down. Madras Fertilisers Ltd ( mfl ) and Madras Refineries Ltd ( mrl ), located at Manali on the outskirts of the state capital …
the Union ministry of environment and forests has formulated a Rs 241-crore project for ecological rehabilitation of the cyclone-ravaged areas in Orissa over a period of five years. The ministry will also request the Planning Commission to immediately release Rs 26.67 crore, out of which Rs 7.45 crore is to …
The European Court of Justice said Italy has failed to uphold European clean water legislation in the San Rocco valley. The court found Italy's failure to prevent waste from entering streams and rivers had jeopardised the environment and health of valley residents. Italy was charged by the European Commission with …
