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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Half of Mumbai to be much quieter as BMC notifies 1,537 silence zones
If the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has its way, almost half the city will soon be a much quieter place to live in. For the first time, the civic body has notified 'silence zones', identifying
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Re-planting 1.36 lakh chopped trees? NHAI hems & haws…
670 km stretch of East-West Corridor The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) seems to be out of step with present-day concerns over climate change and its impact. Only this can explain NHAI's
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Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar’s flip-flops over air pollution
ET analysed Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar's statements on the issue since April, and found him shifting positions and emphases according to the situation. Sometimes, he even resorted to taking
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NGT order remains on paper
It directs Collector to stop mining, quarrying in 14 villages The inability of the Palakkad district administration to enforce an order of the southern Bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) stopping
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CBI must take suo motu note of rhino poaching, says NTCA report
The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA)'s rhino task force has suggested that the CBI should be given the mandate to investigate, suo motu, those cases of rhino poaching in which the horn of the
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Poor governance leading to rhino poaching
Like other crimes, rampant rhino poaching in the Kaziranga National Park (KNP) is also a product of poor governance and weak institutional structures, observed the Rhino Task Force constituted by the Union
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RTI query: HC gives state info panel 2 weeks to reply
INDORE: Five years after filing of an RTI application and spending of Rs 25,000, fight to get required info on human clinical trial agreement copy continues. Hearing a contempt petition on the matter on
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More than 600 leases on farmland for mining, state opposition cries foul
NAINITAL: In gross violation of many mining guidelines including Section 157 of the Zamindari Abolition and Land Reforms Act, 1963, which says that the individual holder of agricultural land can only lease
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Ghaziabad’s plan for cycles back on track
GHAZIABAD: The Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) is set to resume work on its ambitious cycle track project, after a stay imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) was lifted, earlier this
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Over 6,000 trees felled in a decade
In 8 yrs, only 8 cases of animal killing under Wildlife Act Ten years. 6,308 trees felled. All illegally. Mere 137 cases registered under the Protection of Trees Act. Of these 6,308 trees, over 4,900