Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, in association with Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) is organising an Indo-US Workshop on Epigenetic Regulation and Genome Control from December 16-18. Dr S.K. Brahmachari, Director-General, Council of Scientific, Industrial Research (CSIR), who is the Chief Guest, will also deliver …
MUMBAI: The crucial Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) study for the proposed Navi Mumbai airport, sought by the Union ministry of Environment and Forests before it gives the go-ahead to the project, is ready for submission. Though the report has given the thumbs up for a smooth take-off for the project, …
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the government to finalise by February 23, 2010, the next date of hearing on how soon the expert panel headed by environmentalist R K Pachauri would conclude the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) study of an alternative alignment for Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project between Dhanushkodi …
Tokyo: Japanese researchers said on Thursday they had found a way to make plant leaves absorb more carbon dioxide in an innovation that may one day help ease global warming and boost food production. The Kyoto University team found that soaking germinated seeds in a protein solution raised the number …
Washington: Ordinary paper could one day be used as a lightweight battery to power the devices that are now enabling the printed word to be eclipsed by email, ebooks and online news. Scientists at Stanford University in California reported on Monday that they have successfully turned paper coated with ink …
Henry Fountain To sequester carbon dioxide as part of any climate-change mitigation strategy, the gas first has to be captured from the flue at a power plant or other source. The next step is just as important: the CO has to be released from
There could be some reason for environmentalists to cheer. This year has seen a significant increase in snowfall in the upper region of Western Himalayas, the primary source of river water for northern India, vis-
She is possibly the most expensive baby in the country today and certainly among the most pampered. Garima, the cloned buffalo calf born as part of a Rs 7 crore National Agricultural Innovation Project funded by World Bank, is growing handsomely at National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal. Born a …
This article analyzes the interaction between stakeholders in the clean development mechanism (CDM) in Brazil and assesses the impacts this market mechanism has had on institutions and on the climate change policy discourse in Brazil. Brazil ranks as the third largest host country for CDM projects, even though it has …
Clouds generated by a single jet aircraft can reduce sunshine levels over thousands of square miles, researchers have found. The British Met Office used satellites to watch the vapour trail of an aircraft flying over the North Sea on a sunny day earlier this year. Researchers had expected high-level winds …
After a spate of deliberations with experts on climate change, Himachal Pradesh has finally outlined a first-of-the-kind research project in the country to study the impact of climate change on the state
Scientists associated with the Rs 900-crore India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) have termed the Centre's denial of permission for setting up the project at Singara in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve (NBR) as a
A Murrah buffalo at the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI) here has yielded a record 23.3 kg milk in a single day. "The rare feat was achieved on the 56th day of the second lactation of the buffalo, born at the institute using superior germplasm," said NDRI director Dr AK …
Breakthrough In Rabbits Helps Them Mate; May Help Grow Complex Body Parts Washington: Researchers have engineered artificial penises in rabbits, using cells from the animals, who then used their new organs to father baby rabbits. The work takes scientists closer to making other complex solid organs such as livers using …
Punjab, the land of rivers, is drying up rapidly. The overexploitation of groundwater is leading to drastic depletion of water table in the state, prompting the scientists to call it a
LUCKNOW: Forsake your private vehicles and go for `pool' transport. The drastic increase in vehicular pollution in residential areas of Lucknow is due to substantial increase in vehicles plying on city roads. Going for pool transport could be the contribution of Lucknowites towards saving the environmental quality. The `assessment of …
