Home grown power
More and more villages are opting for affordable, manageable micro hydel projects
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Stemming the root ?
While there are many who welcome the Supreme Court's ban on non forest activities within forests because of its obvious advantages for the northeast's fast disappearing forest lands, the order's implications for the region's economy have not been heart
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The award and the process
To choose the most outstanding environmental effort was by all means a daunting task. There were several worthy candidates. To begin with, the award focussed on individuals. Realising that there
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WATER: Fading glories
Kashmir’s dying lakes are choking their dependants <br>
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Unwanted guest
Furore over the transfer of a snow leopard from the City Forest National Park in Srinagar to Darjeeling
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Ministerial reprieve
The Union ministry of environment and forests (MEF) had several New Year presents for Indian industry. Environment minister Kamal Nath -- for the umpteenth time -- relaxed his schedule for gross
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INDIA
• A Rs 700 crore National Fund for Calamity Relief (NFCR) has been set up by the Centre to provide immediate assistance to states during floods, cyclones, drought and earthquakes. •
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Online
www.indiadisasters.org A GOOD HELP This is arguably the first Indian website to deal with disasters. And www.indiadisasters.org covers a broad canvas: from hooch tragedies to the recent
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Tree pests
After destroying huge tracts of forests in Himachal Pradesh, tree pests are all set to create havoc in Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir, reveals a recent report of the Himalayan Forest Research Institute
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Woes of the world
It is mostly the preventable diseases which lead to fatal maladies due to negligence that hold our lives in stake, reveals the 1994 WHO report
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Policy drift
Rainfed regions are those where crop production is exclusively dependent upon rainfall. In India they cover 177 districts and exist in all agro-climatic regions but are mostly concentrated in the
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Last chance for the big cat
Several countries are getting tough with tiger poachers and traders in what may be the final attempt to save the magnificent beast:
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'I will not say Delhi is an environmental disaster'
Delhi is bursting at the seams from the pressures of rampant urbanisation. Everything that can possibly go wrong in this metro of 10 million people seems to have already gone wrong. The water, land and air everything seems to have been fouled up, the re
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Of mice and men
Till September 1994, plague was s 'upposedly a forgotten disease in India. It caught the country's medics aghast at their own ignorance. But after its outbreak, medical authorities have taken
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DYING FOR PROGRESS
The growth of cities and industries has severely affected the environment. The spread of disease has increased with the spread of civilisation
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India
• The need to check poaching of migratory birds at the Pong sanctuary in Himachal Pradesh has recently been stressed upon by a forest officer who has conducted a six-year-long study in the area.
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TOURISM & HANDICRAFTS: Backs to the wall
Militancy s most distressing casualties
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At the feet of poverty
THE Aravallis, the oldest and hoariest mountain range in India, are today some of the most barren sentinels in the country. At the foothills of this range, which extends all the way from
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INDIA
• The highly endangered bird kharmore ( lesser florican ) has been sighted in village Tarkhedi, about 70 kilometres from Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh. • India has joined an
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INDIA
•The West Bengal government has introduced a water pricing policy for affluent users and industries. Accordingly, they will not only have to pay the operation and maintenance costs of