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
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417 coal blocks pose risk to freshwater sources: Greenpeace
Using the Right to Information Act, NGO Greenpeace has accessed documents from the ministry of environment and forest and climate change (MOEFCC) that show that 417 of 825 current and future coal blocks
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Order passed by the Central Information Commission regarding Shailesh Nayak Committee report on coastal regulations, 13/05/2016
<p>Order passed by the Central Information Commission in the matter of Kanchi Kohli Vs PIO, M/o Environment & Forest dated 13/05/2016 regarding Shailesh Nayak Committee report. Kanchi Kohli, associated with Centre for Policy Research
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417 coal blocks endanger fresh water sources, documents show
Documents accessed by Greenpeace India under RTI law shows that mining is on in four inviolate forest areas and 117 zones encroaching river beds As many as 417 out of 835 current and future coal blocks
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Opposition criticises government's move to dilute Forest Rights Act
Representatives of several opposition parties have come together to criticise the government for continuing to try and dilute the provisions of the Forest Rights Act, which makes it mandatory to get consent
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ACB gets 4th plaint against CM, this time over mining licence
Bengaluru:The recently formed Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) seems to be becoming a tool for some to settle political scores. It has so far received four complaints against chief minister Siddaramaiah and
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Lifestyle ailments continue to be Mumbai’s most lethal killer
Mumbai: With demanding work schedules and volatile environmental changes, it's hardly shocking that lifestyle ailments continue to be Mumbai's most lethal killer. For the 15th year in a row, coronary heart
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Mining siege of Aravalis on, 14 FIRs in 19 months
Gurgaon: An RTI response from the district mining office has revealed that 14 FIRs against illegal mining have been lodged in the last 19 months in the city. According to the response (a copy is with
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Govt hospitals under-utilize CM's health insurance scheme
Only 43 of the 89 government hospitals in southern Tamil Nadu use funds allocated for the government medical insurance scheme, while 25% funds allocated for development of these hospitals lie under-utilized.
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Aravali illegal mining: 14 FIRs in 19 months
Accused Violated SC Judgment An RTI response from the district mining office has revealed that 14 FIRs against illegal mining have been lodged in the last 19 months in the city. According to the response
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Kashmir forests growing only on paper
Several plantation units exist in records but missing on the ground I 6 FIRs filed Lakhs of trees, both conifers and broad-leaved, claimed to have been planted by the Forest Department in the past few