NHPC, Sikkim govt sign pact to set up 2,198-cr project
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sikkim government to set up Rs 2,198 crore Teesta Stage-5 hydropower project in the Himalayan
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sikkim government to set up Rs 2,198 crore Teesta Stage-5 hydropower project in the Himalayan
Govt all gas about converting: Four months after March 31 - the day the apex court ordered the government to phase out all pre and post-1990 commercial diesel vehicles by converting them to a cleaner
The Sikkim government has decided to recruit villagers as honorary mountain guardians or Himal Rakshaks. The decision has already been notified in the state gazette, which says that only villagers
The Prime Minister, Mr. A.B. Vajpayee, has convened a meeting of the Cauvery Water Authority on July 14 in which the Chief Ministers of the three southern States and the Union Territory of
Modern humans are not descended from Neanderthals but co-existed with them about 40,000 years ago, scientists have said. An analysis of DNA extracted from the ribs of a 29,000 year-old Neanderthal
Changes in the ocean's carbon cycle as a result of the greenhouse effect are already under way, says a climatologist. As carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) dissolves in water, the oceans could dampen global
Conscious of the dark clouds of pollution hovering over its skies, Delhi has decided to take the lead and ban registration of all non-four stroke scooters, diesel multi-utility vehicles, commercial
Human dependence on bacterial slaves
The prestigious Club of Tokyo of water management experts from all over the world has appreciated the "excellent rehabilitation" works done under the Sardar Sarovar Narmada dam project in Gujarat, it
In a quirk of evolution and genetics, Argentine ants are overwhelming native California ants while forming what scientists believe may be the biggest ant colony in the world, stretching from San
As pressure builds on automobile users to use compressed natural gas as clean fuel, the shortage of CNG conversion kits and gas-filling statons is coming in the way, those in the business
Scientists are winning a battle to end the ancient terror of a killer volcano's blasting unexpectedly to life, and the eruption of Mount Usu is proof. When the volcano shot superheated steam and ash
AP: The Andhra Pradesh government yesterday submitted before a five-judge constitution bench that Karnataka was trying to usurp the surplus water in the Krishna river and claiming the best of the two
The post-Copenhagen world requires a fresh look at the big picture. In the absence of international agreements, what steps can be taken nationally, regionally and locally to reduce both carbon emissions and carbon concentrations?
The state of Kerala in the southwestern corner of the Indian peninsula is climatically unique in many respects because of the impact of the Western Ghat Mountains. This results in a wide range of climates and the associated marked gradient in the annual total of rainfall which ranges from ~6000 mm at the crest of Western Ghat, to as low as 600 mm in the valley portion.
The Himachal Pradesh government and the National Thermal Power Corporation(NTPC) have entered into a memorandum of understanding to construct and develop the 800 mw Kol hydel project in the
A report alerting state and federal legislators to potentially "fatal" environmental problems in the management of the Murray-Darling river system has been suppressed for more than a year. The
This paper explores the possibility of linkages between the PAT scheme and the bilateral carbon offset mechanism proposed by the Government of Japan. It is well established that linking a domestic program
bird species now face a wave of extinction not seen on the Earth since the dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago, according to a report from the Worldwatch Institute, a us-based
Bangladesh experienced its worst ever cold wave that killed at least 220 people in the western and northern districts. Biman Bangaladesh, the national airline, cancelled many of its domestic and