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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Forum opposes Puducherry govt's move to convert water bodies, community forest areas into house sites
PUDUCHERRY: A water users' forum has taken a strong exception to the Puducherry government's decision to provide house sites to the Scheduled Tribe people by converting lands classified as ponds, irrigation
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Notices to state, Centre over illegal mining in Son Gharial Sanctuary
National Green Tribunal (NGT) has issued notices to Central and state government on a petition seeking ban on illegal sand mining around Son Gharial Sanctuary in Sidhi district. Advocate and social activist
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Green’ Navi Mumbai civic HQ runs up steep power bills
Navi Mumbai: The new civic headquarter's claims of being a low-maintenance green building appears to be fast losing ground. If the electricity bill for April is anything to go by, the amount due only for
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NTCA urged to probe leopard deaths in State
Following the death of two leopards in different incidents apparently due to inefficiency of Forest Department personnel, activists have requested the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) member
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4,200 unmetered water connections in Pimpri Chinchwad
Pimpri Chinchwad has over 4,200 unmetered water connections belonging to former corporators, educational institutions, cooperative banks, commercial establishments among others, stated the municipal corporation
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Layout formed on Venkataraya lake 'illegal'
The BDA formed a layout on Venkataraya lake at Gubbalala near Uttarahalli. It took 11 months for the Bangalore South tahsildar to admit that the layout formed on Venkataraya lake in Gubbalala village
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Allow regulated vehicular movement in Kaziranga: Assam to NGT
Assam Government has pleaded before the National Green Tribunal that regulated movement of vehicles be allowed in the Kaziranga National Park instead of complete restriction, saying the stretch is the
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SC asks ministry to seek clarification from drug cos on clinical trials
Pharma companies must specify whether risk involved in testing new formulations on human beings justified by benefits expected from exercise The Supreme Court today directed the Union Health Ministry to make drug companies, which want to experiment with new formulations, to answer three queries in a format to be prepared by the technical committee.
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As Delhi scrambles for water, Railways extract 14.45 lakh litres daily
The extensive Delhi zone of the Indian Railways, it seems, is still dependent on tubewells for its whooping water demands running into lakhs of litres and has failed to set up Rain Water Harvesting Systems (RWHS) at its stations and colonies. In an RTI reply, the Railways has stated that 14,45,500 litres of water was consumed daily in its eight colonies in Delhi for domestic purposes and also for cleaning trains. All this water was drawn from tubewells .
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Illegal Mining: Kasargod Losing Its Hills, Green Cover
The mining activities in the seven panchayats of Kasargod district is causing widespread damage to the ecology of the hilly region here, which is part of the Western Ghats. Owing to the indiscreet mining,