Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
Right To Information (RTI)
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Opposition to granite quarrying escalates
People of around 22 villages up in arms against mining. Visakhapatnam: Residents of around 22 villages coming under three mandals of Vizag are up in arms against the ongoing granite mining on a large
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Show-cause notice to Environment Ministry over GM mustard
The indigenous GM crop, developed by scientists at Delhi University, is under the government's consideration for commercial release. However, the activists are up in arms against the genetically engineered
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Civil society innovation and resilience in the struggle for the right to food in India
India’s national network of social justice activists and civil society organisations helped achieve legal recognition for the Right to Food in the early 2000’s and are engaged in an ongoing struggle to
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Encroachers eating into forest cover: RTI
Bhubaneswar: The state's forest cover is getting depleted and has lost around 37,500 hectares (375 sq km) to encroachers, information obtained under RTI has revealed. Although chief minister Naveen
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Greens demand checks on sand mining near bridges
Navi Mumbai: After the Mahad bridge collapse in Raigad district, city-based environmentalists have demanded that taluka officials and other government agencies implement stringent checks to ensure no illegal
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Shifting of Gujarat lions to Madhya Pradesh delayed by 3 years
The shifting of about 40 lions from Gujarat to Madhya Pradesh’s Palpur Kuno sanctuary, that a top wildlife institute had recommended, has been delayed by over three years despite a Supreme Court verdict
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Ganga cleanup: Rs 3,000 cr spent, results yet to show
It is not just the Opposition that is out to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emotive connect with the Ganga. Statistics show very little has been done in the past two years of BJP rule — in spite
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Greens move NGT over sand mining in regulatory zone
The National Environment Care Federation (NECF) has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT) against unabated sand mining in the region. The petition is expected to come before the Tribunal on August
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NGO releases documents, sting videos on illegal sand mining
National Environment Care Federation (NECF), an NGO, released on Monday a 300 page document with sting video clippings on illegal sand mining allegedly taking place in Unidivided Dakshina Kannada district.
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Motley group to study air pollution impact on traffic cops in Bengaluru
Four professionals from different fields have come together to study the impact of air pollution on the health of traffic police personnel in Bengaluru. The Anti- Pollution Drive Foundation (APDF) will