Chinese authorities have granted approval for an environmental assessment of a controversial 2 GW dam project — slated to be the country’s tallest dam — despite concerns voiced by a number of environmental groups.

The Ministry of Environmental Protection this week said it had approved a year-long assessment of the Shuangjiangkou project on the Dadu river in the southwestern Sichuan province.

Corporation does not have authority to measure side effects’

There are 11 mobile towers illegally built on schools and nursing homes under the East Delhi Municipal Corporation. Of the 11, seven have been erected atop educational institutions and four on nursing homes located in Shahdara . These facts were part of the answers given to queries raised by Sanjay Kaushik, Deputy Chairman Standing Committee of the Corporation, on Thursday.

The Madurai Corporation is planning a complete ban on plastic cups and carry bags in the city. This issue is likely to be taken up for discussion at the Council meeting to be held on Friday.

Based on a report prepared by an expert team, the Corporation is mulling the ban, and a final decision will be taken based on the response from the Councillors.

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The world has entered a “new danger zone” with levels of Earth-warming carbon dioxide in the atmosphere never experienced by humankind, the United Nations (U.N.) climate chief warned on Monday.

Over 1,00,000 children, below the age of 11 months, die of diarrhoea annually in India which is the second leading killer of young children globally, after pneumonia.

Siddaramaiah announces implementation of several promises in manifesto

Hours after being sworn in as Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah announced the implementation of several promises made in the Congress poll manifesto, including providing rice at Re. 1 a kg to poor families through the Public Distribution System from June 1.

291 cases of serious adverse events reported

The East Delhi Municipal Corporation has launched ‘Suposhan’ , a programme to detect and correct iron deficiency, ‘anaemia’, among children studying in schools under its jurisdiction.

Cancer might become the leading cause of death for non-communicable diseases by 2015 in the country if the current trend of significant increase in different cancers’ continued unabated, two cancer