Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
The Uttarakhand forest department will rehabilitate captive elephants being mistreated by owners in resorts around Corbett National Park. The department will also replace the local veterinary officer guilty of providing false fitness certificates to ailing and injured animals. The department has decided to take this action following an inspection undertaken …
SHILLONG: Admitting that the establishment of State Zoo proposed in Umtrew, Ri Bhoi district has encountered road blocks, the State Government has assured that the project would be hopefully completed by 2013. Claiming that the work is on track, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) VK Nautiyal said, “So far …
Aizawl: Recently-inducted Governor Vakkom B Purusothaman on Wednesday expressed optimism that the Mizoram government’s flagship programme New Land Use Policy (NLUP) could bring a paradigm shift to the state’s economy. ”This is not a veteran Congressman lauding a Congress government’s policy. This is my personal opinion and not a political …
India stole the limelight at the World Tourism Mart 2011 here by wining two global awards — World’s Leading Destination and World’s Leading Tourist Board. Tourism Minister Subodh Kant Sahai received the awards from Graham E. Cooke, president and founder of World Travel Awards, at the Excel Exhibition Centre where …
A study on the biodiversity of flowering plants in the district has cautioned against the unbridled expansion of tourism industry to some of the most vulnerable biodiversity spots in the district. The book ‘Biodiversity of Flowering Plants,' a research work by V.T. Antony, head of the department botany at St. …
After long deliberations on the Regional Plan (RP) for four coastal talukas in Goa, the State Government has finally completed the process of land use plans pertaining to the entire State. The land use plans for coastal talukas — Bardez, Tiswadi, Salcette and Mormugao — were finalised by the Town …
Everybody travels and everybody stays at hotels one time or another but travelling comes with a steep carbon as well as water footprint. For example, every day you stay at a hotel, you might burn enough fossil fuels to release more than 33 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. …
A group of international hotels is collaborating on a groundbreaking initiative to standardize carbon accounting in the hospitality industry. The Carbon Measurement Working Group aims to reach a consensus on a single methodology for calculating carbon footprints and consistent metrics for communicating emissions. Currently, carbon measurement metrics vary widely which …
The Jharkhand industrial policy (draft) 2011 has been formulated with the basic objective of optimally utilizing the available resources in planned and systematic manner for the industrialization of the state. It is aimed at enhancing value addition of the natural and human resources in an efficient manner to generate additional …
The UNEP and the OECD have a released a report titled “Climate Change and Tourism Policy in OECD Countries,” which warns that unless resource-efficient policies are developed, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the tourism industry will double over the next 25 years. The report draws on the results of a …
Siliguri, Aug. 25: The Siliguri Municipal Corporation will propose to the state government to develop the town as an eco-tourism destination, the decision coming a day after travel operators urged the mayor to help Siliguri become more than a mere transit point for hill and Dooars visitors. As a first …
A hotel in orbit, lunar sightseeing flights and luxury rides into the cosmos -- all are part of Russia's vision to ensure it is not left behind in the growing space tourism industry. Russian firms unveiled their plans at the country's premiere air show this week at Zhukovsky, outside Moscow, …
The mission of this Policy is not to remedy a panacea but to create a direction that will drive the tourism industry in Manipur and to let the dynamics of the industry to take over thereafter. The Policy seeks to harness the tourism potential of Manipur and to present to …
Stress on need to evolve new development model Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has urged the Union Department of External Affairs and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to keep to the least minimum the charges levied on the assistance given to the States. Inaugurating a tripartite portfolio review meeting of ADB-assisted …
SONARPUR, 20 JUNE: The tourism industry in the Sunderbans is likely to get a boost after works for a tiger rescue centre at Jharkhali in Basanti is completed. The spot would be more attractive to the animal lovers as a crocodile breeding centre was also constructed near the tiger rehabilitation …
The other day Governor Vohra spoke to a delegation of J&K; Tourism Alliance that had called on him at his official residence in Srinagar. The memorandum presented by the delegation enlisted various demands aimed at improving tourism in the valley. The Governor had his ideas about the subject. The fact …
Till not too long ago, the Tourism Ministry was enthusiastically targeting 10 million foreign tourist arrivals for 2010, hoping for an extraordinary 100 per cent jump from the 2007-level. Even as it was faced with a reality check following the slump due to the slowdown, it did not officially revise …
This note is in response to a request from Madhya Pradesh Ecotourism Development Board (MPEDB), on envisaging the role of communities in ecotourism. Using six case studies, the possible role of communities across the spectrum of different levels of community involvement are highlighted along with their positive and negative impacts. …
