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. …
Jharkhand has finally decided to act on rehabilitating thousands of residents of Jharia, where an underground fire has been raging since three decades, announcing today that 4,650 families will be shifted within the next 100 days. The decision, taken at a high-level meeting here at the Central Institute of Mining …
Washington:A team of scientists is working on a new generation of eco friendly pyrotechnics that produce less smoke and use fewer toxic metals. Fireworks are fun and exciting, but the flashing displays can harm the environment and pose risks to human health. According to a report in ABC Science, researchers …
BHUBANESWAR: Members of All India Crop Biotechnology Association (AICBA) Wednesday called for adoption of innovative technologies to boost crop productivity to meet food security needs. Calling for an urgent need to increase food productivity visualising the uncertain monsoon rains, climate change and other weather parameters here Wednesday, they also said …
Since 1999, Changing Nature Of Delhi Weather Making Coolers Less Effective Amit Bhattacharya | TNN New Delhi: During the prolonged spell of intense heat this summer, there was at least one reason for middleclass Delhiites to cheer about
BHUBANESWAR: City-based Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture (CIFA) will hold a two-day national consultation on growth in fisheries sector here from July 4. While all states and Union Territories (UTs) are likely to take part in it, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar would chair the meeting. The consultation will discuss …
The Maharashtra government is considering implementing a cloud seeding programme to boost rainfall this season. Though the monsoon is showing signs of revival, the state agricultural department is gearing up for the worst. Project Varsha, as the programme is called, was first mooted in 2005 and had since been lying …
Researchers Want To Analyse Dust Cloud For Traces Of Vapour In the hunt for water beyond terra firma, Nasa scientists are preparing to launch a space mission carrying a missile that will fire a hole deep in the surface of the Moon. The aim of the mission to be launched …
New Delhi: Temperatures are expected to soar over the next few days in Delhi and other parts of the country with the movement of monsoon clouds towards north and northwest India taking a pause. Delhi could again see 40-plus temperatures over the next couple of days though occasional thundershowers could …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government has started consultation with several institutions to find out ways to check erosion of coast at Puri and Konark. The institutions with which the State Government is in touch are Indian Institute of Oceanography, Goa, Central Water Power Research Station, Pune, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, …
Ask any skeptic of global warming to keep his ears open and he would get to hear the evidence. With large portions of ice shelves falling off and glaciers melting, the ravages of climate change are not just visible, now it
Experts Worry Melting Permafrost May Release More Gas Oslo: A rise in concentrations of a powerful greenhouse gas over the Arctic after a decade of stability is stirring worries about a possible thaw of vast stores trapped in permafrost, experts said. Levels of methane in the atmosphere rose 0.6% in …
Direct Seeded Rice, on which successful experiments were carried out in UP last season, is ready for large-scale cultivation GG OOD NEWS for growers who were contemplating giving up rice cultivation largely due to non-availability of labourers and scarcity of water. The Direct Seeded Rice (DSR), whose successful experiments were …
BHUBANESWAR: Two new rice varieties - Swarna Sub-1 and IR.64 Sub-1 - developed by International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines, combining high-yield potential with high degree of tolerance to submergence, have proved as a boon for flood-prone area farmers of South Asia, including Orissa. Talking to this paper, Jafran Keshari …
