State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Prithviraj Singh | Dehradun Nearly 384 trees in Dehradun
The water level in the 113-year-old masonry dam at Mullaperiyar on the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border remained just two points below the maximum permitted level of 136 feet escalating panic among the people living on the banks of River Periyar in Idukki district of Kerala.
Two pharmaceutical companies have sought permission from the Indian Council of Medical Research to start clinical trials for swine flu vaccine prepared by them using a new method.
The ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation), in its recently-held meeting, has decided to implement rain-water harvesting in all the existing residential complexes of ONGC across the country. As a new implemented policy, ONGC has made it mandatory to implement the system of rainwater harvesting in all the future projects (new constructions) also.
Sunil Kumar | Dehradun With an aim of finding solutions to the prevailing water crisis in the State, Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan is in deliberation with Sky Water India Pvt Ltd and other companies to tap atmospheric water. The project would be known as sky water project.
Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh on Thursday trashed a United Nation
The Whistler's Warbler (Seicercus whistleri), a threatened migratory bird naturally found in the Himalayan ranges, has been observed in Sultanpur bird sanctuary in Gurgaon after some 25 years. Officials at the sanctuary claim, however, that eminent Indian ornithologist Dr Salim Ali could not observe the 9.5 cm to 12 cm long, yellow bird despite camping for long at the sanctuary.
A group of NGOs have asked the Centre to set up a non-Governmental authority for monitoring, evaluation and grievance redressal related to implementation of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. However, the Ministry of Rural Development did not seem ready to accept the proposal.
The Government on Thursday put in place a more stringent pollution control regime for industrial areas. It came out with its revised National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), which among others removes the distinction between residential and industrial areas by stipulating uniform air quality limits for both.
After having experimented with dedicated bus lanes in the central verge and the left on the first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Corridor between Ambedkar Nagar to Delhi Gate, the Delhi Government has now come up with another idea to successfully run the BRT Corridor.