On climate change, the Congress has used all the right words and promised an action agenda to combat global warming. The BJP, on the other hand, is largely silent on the issue of climate change apart from
Since the last 60 years, the village has never had piped water supply or even a single hand pump to draw water. A tiny village in Uttar Pradesh has refused to vote in the national election if they do
PATNA: Political parties have set their agendas and are busy with electioneering with not even a week left for the first phase of Lok Sabha election on April 11. But none of them has made environment protection
Australia’s conservative government on Tuesday announced billions of dollars in funding to cut carbon emissions in a pre-election pitch to entice voters increasingly frustrated with climate policy inaction.
Rhino has become a major election issue in Assam this time. It is the precious one-horned rhinoceros that stands out in Assam’s wildlife protection areas, especially Kaziranga National Park. With unabated
Lama Lobsang Gyatso, a Buddhist monk and a crusader against mega dams, has opted out of the Assembly elections in Arunachal Pradesh for a “greater green cause”. The Janata Dal (Secular) had given the
HYDERABAD: With the deadly swine flu virus (H1N1) becoming highly active since the beginning of the year and 35 new cases being detected in the last few days, health experts warned people to be cautious
Ahead of general elections next month, the mega steel plant project in Odisha is back in the limelight, with JSW Steel now seeking forest clearance from the union environment ministry. South Korean steel
ECI had directed to use eco-friendly campaign material during the election and there was no need for PVC flex boards and other such non-bio-degradable materials for the campaign in the state KOCHI:
New Delhi: The newly-elected Congress government in Chhattisgarh has found that funds from several social welfare schemes, including District Mineral Foundation and Compensatory Afforestation, were diverted
State election commissioner (SEC) Ashok Kumar Chauhan on 4 January 2016 announced that toilets will be mandatory requirement for eligibility to contest panchayat elections. This declaration means that
Preparations are under way for holding the local body election in the district as per the green protocol recommended by the State Election Commission (SEC) to minimise use of plastic material during the
In Rajasthan, the search for the “women’s vote” can be a zigzag journey where every signpost of change is also a pointer to that which has not changed. Come to Jhunjhunu, where in March this year, the
Showing urgency to accomplish its promise to clean the Ganga in view of 2109 General Election, the NDA government has focused on cleaning the river’s second largest tributary — the Yamuna — which discharges
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Nitin Chandran Vs. Union of Indian & Ors. dated 16/09/2015 regarding pollution of the environment by creating litter and
PUNE: Politicians in the city are using the reduced water supply to attack opponents and score brownie points with the citizens ahead of the state elections. The BJP, which has an absolute majority
The petitioner contended that very huge banners made of PVC are put on public spaces depicting election slogans of political parties and once the poll is over, the election material is dumped without due
PATNA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in Bihar have made it mandatory for candidates contesting village elections to have a toilet in their home as part of a move to improve sanitation in the
Coming down heavily on the opposition, Modi said that they always looked at the poor as vote banks, throwing freebies at them only to win the elections. He also stressed that PMJAY was yet another example
The successful conclusion of the Presidential election in January 2019 represents a historic window of opportunity for Madagascar to break cycles of political instability that abruptly interrupted its
