Conflicting govt. orders hit drought relief in Orissa
A chaotic situation prevails in Orissa's drought hit districts following conflicting instructions from the government on continuation of labour intensive works.
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Greens clean up Everest base camp
A group of 48 environment lovers have come back to Kathmandu from their two-week long cleaning campaign around the basecamp of the Top of the World.
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Estonia closes environment chapter in EU talks
Estonia moved closer to meeting the conditions of the European Union membership as it reached a provisional agreement on environmental issues with the 15-member block, the foreign ministry said on
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Sewers silted, waterlogging alert sounded
Flooded streets ahead. With sewer lines silted, outflow canals clogged and the conservancy department in Calcutta "shrugging off onus", civic engineers in the drainage and sewerage department are
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Wheeze in the breeze
Calcuttans have learnt to live with the city's poisoned air. But the truth is that they are slowly and steadily dying with it. According to recent research, there has a four fold increase in
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One more report on the Yamuna
The Delhi Government today decided to compile a status report on cleaning the Yamuna to add to a host of existing reports and agencies monitoring its pollution. The decision was taken by the Delhi
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Environment Day sparks debate on Yamuna's state
The solution of cleaning up Yamuna will not be found until a separate channel was to carry waste was created, said Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) chairman Dilip Biswas. Speaking at the
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Delhi no more than a sewer
A report on Delhi's environment, to be unveiled today by TERI, states that the three most important factors of environmental health consequences are water, air and solid / hazardous waste--and that
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Food for Work scheme on till Sept. in drought-hit States
The Group of Ministers (GOM) on Drought Management has extended the Food For Work Programme to September 30 from June 30 in the drought affected States.At a meeting held in New Delhi today to review
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Tata chemicals pipe leak sparks environment row
BAD times seem to be dogging the Mithapur plant of the Tata Chemicals Ltd (TCL) near Dwarka in Gujarat, which had barely recouped after a major fire in its manufacturing facility a few months ago.
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AP eco-conservation project taking shape
A human face to environmental issues; empowering people to become active agents of sustainable and equitable development and ensuring that a good quality of life is enjoyed by all for generations,
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Mild quake rocks quito
An earthquake measuring 4.1 on the Richter scale rattled Ecuador's capital on Friday but no injuries or damage were reported, the Geophysical Institute at Quito's Polytechnic University said.
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Drought-hit states to get Rs 112 cr more central aid
A ministerial panel has recommended assistance of another Rs 112.25 crore, under the National Calamity Contingency Fund (NCCF), for the drought-affected Rajasthan, Gujarat, Chhatisgarh, Madhya
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Rs 19 lakh water scheme for Dwarakanagar
Work on the Rs 19 lakh water supply scheme for Dwarakanagar, off 100 feet Ring Road in Padmanabhanagar (ward 55), commenced today in Bangalore. With the implementation of the scheme, the Bangalore
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Turn buried bodies into organic soil - scientist
A Swedish scientist investigating the most environmentally friendly form of burial has found a way of quickly recycling corpses into soil enricher, the Swedish daily Svenska Dagbladet reported on
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A care for the environment
The United Nations General Assembly established the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in 1972 to mark the opening of the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. The mission of the
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Federal court blocks some logging in US Northwest
A Federal appeals court has issued a ruling that could block logging on thousands of acres in the U.S. Pacific Northwest, saying new studies must be undertaken to assess the impact of the timber
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Timber group urges campaign to push demand
A major international campaign to promote tropical timber is needed to push consumer demand, participants at a meeting of the International Tropical Timber Organisation said. Delegates said in a
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Hopping mad
Besieged by bad news about beef, more and more diners are skipping over to kangaroo-to environmentalists's fury : a report.
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Leopard skin recovered, man held in city
The west district police have arrested a person and recovered a leopard skin from him on Saturday, reports out correspondent.