Longing for lungs: Delhi's wait is over
This is probably the first of its kind in the world. Spread across an expansive 200-acre plot in the Yamuna basin, a bio-diversity forest" will soon become a reality. The thick green carpet,
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Water panel directs State not to desilt Cauvery basin tanks
Karnataka, which is all set to take up the desilting of tanks across the State with the assistance of World Bank under the Jalasamvardhance scheme, has suffered a setback with the Central Water
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Microelectronics market demands increasingly pure water - a boon for the water treatment equipment market
Despite a recent decline in the sales of microchips, which might have been expected to produce a knock-on effect for companies supplying the industry, the market for water treatment equipment is
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Medha Patkar calls for 'people's struggle'
The Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA) leader, Ms. Medha Patkar, along with activists and villagers affected by the Sardar Sarovar and other dams being constructed on the Narmada has called for a people's
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NBSAP agenda to be drafted by farmers, locals
Farmers of the Deccan plateau plant manchu korra, a foxtail millet that lives off dew, on poorly irrigated land. Tribal women in Vidharba and Bastar know of the medicinal use and conservation of
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Spacecraft aims to snap infant image of the universe
A spacecraft that looks a bit like a foil-covered umbrella aims to take the "ultimate baby picture" of remnants of the theoretical Big Bang that gave birth to the universe, astronomers said on
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Water harvesting
Keeping in view the depleting ground water table in Delhi, water harvesting will be taken up in a big way during the summer season. This was announced by Delhi Urban Development and Environment
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UP, Uttaranchal power tussle intensifies
The tussle between the UP and Uttaranchal governments over the control of various Garhwal-based hydel power projects has intensified. While the Uttaranchal government has been demanding full control
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Jelly plants, could grow, and glow, on Mars
Terrestrial scientists planning to sprout genetically altered weeds on Mars hope to take part in a $300 million mission to the red planet that could pave the way for human colonization. The plants,
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Uttaranchal lifts veil on Nanda Devi reserve
Its five glaciers, 13 peaks and miles of meadows have been shielded from human gaze and tough for the last 19 years. Now, in a controversial decision, the Uttaranchal Government has decided to throw
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Team set up to monitor storage level in Cauvery
The meeting of the Cauvery Monitoring Committee held here today took place in a cordial atmosphere although Tamil Nadu demanded that Karnataka should stick to the weekly schedules for releasing water
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20,000 tonne bomb ticks
Around 20,000 tonnes of undisposed hazardous solid waste produced by Andhra Pradesh industries is expected to pose a grave danger to public health with the onset of monsoon. As the rain falls, the
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Natural fungal absorber which eats up oil pollution is released in UK
An organic, non-toxic, non-leaching and sustainably-produced absorbent will hit the UK market in the next month. The product, aptly named Supazorb, soaks up hydrocarbons and other noxious chemicals
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AP Govt to adopt water use audit
The Andhra Pradesh Government, while initiating moves to take up water audit on the lines of the power audit, has decided to have a water year from June 1 to May 31 aimed at bringing efficiency in
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Execute project on Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve
The Tamil Nadu State Government should take immediate steps to execute the Gulf of Mannar biosphere reserve preservation project, Prof. M.S. Swaminathan, agriculture scientist, said today. For
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Political science
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is an independent scientific and technical body under the sponsorship of UNEP and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) which provides the
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West Bengal to introduce first biotech policy soon
The West Bengal government will soon come out with its first biotechnology policy, laying emphasis on revenue generation from the agriculture and food processing industries. A vision committee
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Govt project greens Rajasthan villages
"Banjar dharti kare pukar, vriksha laga karo shrinagar"--this was just a slogan a few years back, a cry of the barren land simply unheard by people in general. For watershed development was supposed
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The Obama-Biden plan to crack down on excessive energy speculation
Barack Obama understands that while many factors are contributing to record oil prices, we must do everything we can to help ease the burden on struggling families in the near term while putting in place policies like conservation, development of alternative fuels and investments in new technologies to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and reduce oil consumption by 35 percent, or 10 million bar
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Star gobbles up a planet
Like a fox with some feathers on its face, a distant star shows telltale signs of having eaten a planet, astronomers said this week. "We report the discovery of lithium in the atmosphere of a