Vistara will stop giving plastic water bottles on board its flights, in a bid to reduce plastic usage. The airline, which had earlier banned chewing of gutka on its flights, on Wednesday said it “plans
THE SUNDARBANS TERRAIN IS TURNING HOSTILE TO THE BENGAL TIGER AS SALINITY TAKES A TOLL ON THE FLORA & FAUNA Prithvijit Mitra & Achintyarup Ray | TNN
DEVELOPMENT WITH A HUMAN FACE HAS BEEN THE CREDO OF OUR DEMOCRATIC POLITY. BUT THE RIGHTS OF MILLIONS OF SONS OF THE SOIL ARE OFTEN HELD HOSTAGE TO CORPORATE GREED. THE COUNTRY
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa mining scam, billed by some as the biggest loot of public property ever, has shocked even those who know little of the nitty-gritty of mining operations. In a nutshell, ores were extracted from mines much beyond the permitted limit. In many cases, mining was done without any permission in hand. The trend is still continuing.
New Delhi: Naxals are not Gandhians with guns. But nor do adivasis go around dancing in the forests draped in exotic costumes and enjoy tranquil lives, as tourist brochures and Doordarshan would have us believe. The truth is that over the past century, millions of tribals, who grew up and live in these forests, find themselves dispossessed of their forest land and its produce.
New Delhi: A division bench of Delhi high court on Friday stayed the formation of the panel to study health risks caused by mobile phone towers.
Revised CNG Rate 58% Less Than Petrol Price
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has earned carbon credits worth Rs 5 lakh against net carbon emission reduction (CER) achieved by making Okhla compost plan functional. This makes MCD the first civic agency in the country that has earned carbon credits.
New Delhi: On Saturday morning, scores of Delhiites would be seen riding bicycles and battery operated vehicles on the streets of the city. Delhi government
New Delhi: Just how noisy is noisy enough for an aircraft to be banned from landing at Indian airports so that people living nearby can sleep peacefully is an issue that
New Delhi: The groundwater levels in the city are plunging to such an extent that many parts of Delhi have already gone dry. Largescale exploitation of groundwater has led to a colossal problem of water availability in the city. The only viable way to preserve it, or at least replenish it, is rainwater harvesting.
