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. …
India's water management issues have pushed the country to the top among 11 nations on the Environmental Justice Atlas, an interactive portal conceived by an international team that maps ecological conflicts, resistances and environmental injustices. The team has expressed concern over India's plans on hydro-power generation in Himachal Pradesh and …
As we finish using an aesthetically designed tube of toothpaste, face wash or face wash, thousands of microbeads and microplastics would have mixed with the water systems, thereby causing serious environmental damage. More than 455 billion plastic microbe ads and 749 billion microplastics have been released into the Indian ocean …
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has become common in the Western world, but its causes remain unclear. With the dramatic increase of cases in Asia in recent years—echoing the disease’s drastic rise in the West decades earlier—investigators have another shot at studying environmental contributors to IBD as it emerges in new …
Air pollution is associated with morbidity and premature mortality. Satellite remote sensing provides globally consistent decadal-scale observations of ambient nitrogen dioxide (NO2) pollution. The researchers determined global population-weighted annual mean NO2 concentrations from 1996 through 2012. Original Source
The State government on Wednesday issued guidelines for payment of Environment Impact Fee of Rs 3 per sft for buildings above 10,000 square feet of built-up area. The fee is payable by builders before approval of the building plan by the competent authority. The fee is payable for the entire …
GREATER NOIDA: After Noida, Greater Noida has adopted a tough stance against developers violating National Green Tribunal (NGT) norms during construction activities. Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) on Wednesday said it has fined 40 builders, Rs 50,000 each, with projects under construction in Greater Noida. The GNIDA has also …
In a brazen violation of environmental laws, majority of the brick kilns in Kashmir are not implementing the specified and necessary measures for minimizing the pollution levels. Out of 300 brick kilns’, the Central Kashmir district Budgam has 230 and they are posing threat to the biotic environment in the …
The Indian Medical Association has decided to hold awareness programmes about the health consequences of noise pollution among public and students. Against the backdrop of India being the noisiest place in the world due to noise pollution generated by the vehicular traffic, unnecessary use of air horns, sound generated by …
No way for vrooming motorbikes with altered silencer. Visakhapatnam: ‘Punjab’, ‘Indore’ and ‘Glass Wool’ seem like regular names — on the face of it — but they are actually the names by which modified silencers for motorcycles go. Priced between Rs 1,500 and Rs 10,000, they are a current rage …
Indian Medical Association’s recently formed Working Group to fight against noise pollution will have its sitting in New Delhi during this month. The Working Group was formed along with the Association of Otolaryngologists of India (AOI) during the National Initiative for Safe Sound Leadership Meet and Workshop in Chennai recently. …
The district administration has formed five teams, to be headed by various department officials, to ensure proper implementation of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) stern directives regarding a ban on the use of polythene bags. District Magistrate Harbans Singh Chugh at a meeting held today told City Magistrate Jai Bharat …
The multi-purpose port, India’s biggest refinery and the Jaitapur nuclear plant threaten the coast's ecology. In its rush to present a business-friendly face, the State government is now betting on the ecologically-rich Konkan coastline, where three proposed projects — a port which will also include a thermal power plant among …
DEHRADUN: In the first ever global Nitrogen footprint study, China (20%) has been identified as world's top nitrogen emitting country followed by India (11%). Both the nations have been tagged as Net Exporters which means that the total nitrogen emissions are higher for their exports than their imports. Due to …
Mothers-to-be, take note! Exposure to high levels of small particle air pollution is associated with an increased risk of premature birth, a new study has found. Researchers at the US Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Centre and the University of Cincinnati, identified a 19 per cent increased risk, with the greatest …
Varanasi: Perturbed by the increasing levels of hazardous pollutants including heavy metals in water, air and soil, the natives of different villages in the Singrauli area of Sonbhadra district formed a forum -Singrauli Pradooshan Mukti Vahini supported by Banwasi Seva Ashram to raise their voice and draw the attention of …
Nagpur: State run power generation company Mahagenco seems to be completely apathetic towards the threat to human lives it has created due to high level of emissions from its power plants. Not only is it not making any effort to get cleaner coal, but its pollution control equipments also have …
KOLKATA: Environment activist Subhas Datta has written to the vice-chancellor of Visva Bharati University , Santiniketan, and the West Bengal Pollution Control Board, drawing their attention to the huge amount of plastic waste generated at this year's Pous Mela, which also created immense pollution. The fair, which draws visitors from …
Some of the most fragile districts in ecologically sensitive areas (ESA) of Western Ghats have been heavily cut to size, according to a detailed dna analysis of state government reports on physical demarcation of the region. The demarcation has largely been found in Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka, which are looking …
All three asked to give reason why consent to operate should not be revoked for causing environmental pollution PANJIM: Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) and its coal handling terminal Adani and Jindal have come under the scanner for increasing pollution in Vasco, with Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) issuing show …
Coca-Cola's bottling arm Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages may face disruptions at one of its bigger plants after environment watchdog National Green Tribunal issued a notice to the company seeking explanations on its plant's drainage and waste "polluting" the environment. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) said "facts in a pollution report" it …
