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. …
LUCKNOW: The Indian Railways in its vision statement for the year 2020 has envisaged construction of four dedicated high speed rail corridors connecting major cities. Six corridors have been shortlisted for pre-feasibility studies. Urban transport and high speed directorate of Research Designs and Standards Organisation (RDSO) on Saturday organised the …
The ministry of railways on Friday announced a high-level committee will conduct a safety audit of Indian Railways and recommend ways to further improve systems and protocols. Speaking at a press conference, minister of railways Dinesh Trivedi said the panel was likely to submit a preliminary report within three months. …
A Public consultation on Friday to hear suggestions and objections to a proposed interim development plan for the land occupied by the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (CSIA) saw a series of organisations representing slumdwellers on airport land, an academician from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) and activists of …
Sometimes the orange sun rises first. Sometimes it is the red one, although they are never far apart in the sky and you can see them moving around each other, casting double shadows across the firmament and periodically crossing right in front of each other. Such is life, if it …
Washington: To soar far away from Earth and even on to Mars, Nasa has dreamed up the world’s most powerful rocket, a behemoth that borrows from the workhorse liquid-fuel rockets that sent Apollo missions into space four decades ago. But with a price tag that some estimate at $35 billion, …
London: There will be an unexpected sight high in the skies over the British county of Norfolk nextmonth: A huge balloon attached to the ground by a giant hosepipe. It isn’t obvious, but it is the first small step in an experiment which aims to re-create the cooling effect of …
Planet At Right Distance From Its Star For Water To Exist European astronomers said on Monday that they had found what might be the best candidate for a Goldilocks planet yet: a lump of something about 3.6 times as massive as the Earth, circling its star at the right distance …
The 4.2 magnitude earthquake experienced in and around Delhi on Wednesday night was felt more strongly than its reading on the Richter scale suggested because of the fact that the origin of the waves lay in close proximity to the city and not very deep below the earth’s surface, scientists …
Collision Risk Up For Satellites, Astronauts. Cape Canaveral: The amount of debris orbiting the Earth has reached “a tipping point” for collisions, which would in turn generate more of the debris that threatens astronauts and satellites, according to a US study released on Thursday. Nasa needs a new strategic plan …
Anew site being explored by the Mars rover Opportunity has yielded soil samples unlike any examined before on the red planet and that appear more favourable for life, scientists said. Opportunity, the indefatigable robot that has been exploring Mars for seven and a half years, arrived three weeks ago at …
KOLKATA, 31 AUG: The state government has devised a multi-pronged strategy to curb growing environmental degradation, including development of appropriate technology to curb industrial and other pollution, and introduction of environment guards. Environment minister Mr Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar said a committee has been set up to suggest ways to tackle …
Experts today called for efforts to find out the alternatives to the mega dam hydroelectric projects proposed to be set up in the NE region. They also suggested that there should be an intense debate on the issue of the mega dam hydroelectric projects. For, they say, the NE region …
http://telegraphindia.com/1110822/jsp/frontpage/story_14407815.jsp Calcutta, Aug. 21: Manmohan Singh today underlined the importance of “environmentally friendly” nuclear energy in the country’s development four days after the Bengal government officially scrapped a proposed nuclear power project in East Midnapore citing green concerns. “The availability of safe and affordable energy is an important factor in …
The Indian Ocean bed promises to be the next frontier for earth system scientists in the country. India, who has been granted mining rights for 75,000 sq km of the ocean bed in the central Indian Ocean by the International Seabed Authority, plans to expedite its activities in the region. …
Mumbai’s latest unwelcome maritime visitor, MT Pavit, could cause severe erosion of the iconic Juhu beach if it is not towed away soon, warn marine science experts. It might be recalled that the unmanned MT Pavit was found grounded near Mumbai’s Juhu-Versova beach early on July 30. The Panama-flagged oil …
The CAG audit report has pointed out that Delhi Development Authority’s (DDA) decision to select private developer Emaar MGF for building the Commonwealth Games Village on a public-private-partnership model was ridden with irregularities. In response to the DDA’s request for proposal to hire a private developer, two bids were received, …
Observations from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have revealed possible flowing water during the warmest months on Mars, the space agency announced Thursday. “NASA’s Mars Exploration Program keeps bringing us closer to determining if the Red Planet could harbour life in some form,” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden was quoted by the …
‘Moon’s Smaller Companion Perished In A Collision With Big Sister’ London: Earth may once have had two moons — the one which shines at night now and a smaller companion which perished in a slow motion collision with its big sister, a new research has suggested. Astronomers said the collision …
The first national-level advanced training programme in earth system sciences and climate will kick off on August 8 at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune. It will be inaugurated by the secretary, ministry of earth sciences (MoES), Shailesh Nayak. A brainchild of the MoES, the 18-month residential …
London: Planetary scientists claim they have finally solved a 14-year mystery by discovering the source of the water in Saturn’s upper atmosphere. A team, led by Paul Hartogh of Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research in Germany, says that the Herschel space observatory has found giant jets of vapour …
