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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding deterioration of Nayar river, Uttarakhand, 05/06/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …

How Modi govt is planning to provide clean drinking water to 1 lakh villages

CSC has inked an MoU with the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) for installing water filtration plants in villages. The government’s rural e-governance initiative — Common Service Centres (CSCs) — will now launch a pilot project to provide clean and safe drinking water in 50 villages, following which it will …

Uranium pollution damaging crops, health of people in Kadapa district: Scientists

HYDERABAD: Hundreds of people living in villages around the uranium plant at Tummalapalle in Kadapa district are suffering from a plethora of diseases caused allegedly by leachate of uranium radionuclei and alkali material used in the processing of uranium ore. Scientists for People (SFP), an environment protection body of scientists …

MPs to get tips on green, home-grown tech

Environment and science exhibition to be an eye-opener for MPs. New Delhi: For a period of two weeks, MPs will get an opportunity to refine themselves as catalysts of scientific and environmental change in their constituencies. On offer will be demos and literature on indigenous eco-friendly, people-centric technologies that they …

Indian Nuclear Power Programme

Substantial work has been carried out in the areas of research on technologies for utilization of thorium in nuclear fuel cycle, and on the development of an Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR), for use of thorium based fuel on a large scale. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), a constituent Unit …

Toxic metals in water should make govt sit up, says nuclear physicist

What should set the alarm bells ringing for the state government is the increasing presence of uranium in the sub-soil water used for drinking and irrigation. The average value of uranium in sub-soil water is 115 parts per billion (ppb) in the state. This means that the cancer risk of …

Waste-to-energy drive gets a boost in Chennai

Officials initiate steps to process at least 50 per cent of the city's 5,000 tonnes of daily garbage The Greater Chennai Corporation and the Department of Municipal Administration have revived a project aimed at using biodegradable municipal solid waste for generating huge quantities of organic fertiliser and electricity. On Tuesday, …

Canal water for drinking, toxic groundwater for irrigation!

While Punjab is increasingly increasing using canal water for drinking on account of high toxicity in the ground water, it will now pump out this water for irrigation purposes. The new tubewell connections – 1.25 lakh - will not just deplete the state’s already depleted water table, but water pumped …

BARC to help in disposal of solid waste

Bhaba Atomic Research Centre (BARC) will hold preliminary discussions with officials from the Department of Science, Technology and Environment for effective disposal of solid waste J Daniel Chellappa, senior scientist of BARC has said. Talking to reporters at the Petit Mega Science Fair here on Monday, Mr. Chellappa said BARC …

ISRO Puts Off Nuclear Powered Space Mission

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has decided to put off for time being its plans to use nuclear power to increase lifespan of India's second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 as there has been delay in getting the required nuclear material from Russia. The nuclear power is expected expected to increase …

CIC order raises green queries over Chitradurga techno hub

So far, there is not too much progress at Challakere by these institutions. Several NGOs and activists believe there is still a chance to get the projects cancelled permanently. Defence and space behemoths BARC-DRDO and Isro are under pressure after being “directed to provide copies of their applications for environmental …

Green tribunal directs BMC to conduct survey of trees

Trees that have their roots embedded in concrete of roads and footpaths are to be particularly taken note of to ascertain their health. Mumbai : The National Green Tribunal has directed the BMC to conduct a survey of all trees in Mumbai particularly the ones that have their roots embedded …

BARC designs buckets to collect biodegradable waste

Heaps of biodegradable waste would no longer bother Varanasi Municipal Corporation (VMC) as Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) have come to its rescue with a novel technology of converting biodegradable waste into manure. As many as 100 specially designed net-coated buckets called 'Nisarg Doot' reached VMC office on Monday. The …

Scientists promise eco-friendly polythene

PATIALA: Researchers at Thapar University, Patiala, claim to have found the key to producing eco-friendly polythene. Due to concerns over its environmental impact, state governments and municipalities across India have been forced to ban use of polythene bags. This may change as the new polythene would be biodegradable, the group …

NPCIL proposes 1,400 MW nuclear plant in Mandla

INDORE: Graduation function of the fifteenth batch of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) training school was organized at Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Technology, Indore (RRCAT) here on Sunday. Certificates were given away to seven training scientific officers (TSOs) and seventeen PhD and MTech students. Addressing the gathering, chairman, Atomic …

Raj report on 'lost Saraswati' may get Central nod by June

JAIPUR: The mystery over the existence of Saraswati river, it seems, may soon be solved. To resume the project of identifying the paleochannel of the lost river, the state government has submitted a detailed project report (DPR) to the Centre which is expected to be approved by end of June. …

42% water samples in Muktsar not potable

Archit Watts Tribune News Service Muktsar, April 6 A survey report of the Health Department stated that above 42 per cent of the water samples collected from Muktsar, last year, were not potable. Of the total 354 water samples collected, 149 failed the test. Some of these samples were of …

Erode Corporation devises plan to improve solid waste management

Following a fire that erupted at the Vendipalayam yard The civic body on Thursday devised a plan for better solid waste management at Vendipalayam by involving a Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) expert. Of the daily generation of close to 300 tonnes of garbage in the city limits, 250 tonnes …

Atomic answer to toxic waste problem

The increasing contamination of the city's sewerage and by injections of toxic chemicals into drains has led Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) to invite Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) to treat its sludge. A facility will be set up in Ahmedabad by BARC which will treat sludge with gamma radiation to …

By 2031-32 India will need to import 60% of its energy requirement, says Kakodkar

By 2031-32, India would need to import around 60 percent of its energy requirement. This will drastically increase the import bill of the nation. These were the remarks of country's renowned nuclear scientist Dr Anil Kakodkar. The Padma Vibhushan awardee scientist who is also former chairman of Atomic Energy Commission …

Sewage plants along Ganga planned

The proposal, mooted at a review meeting on Namami Ganga, will take six States on board before installation. The Centre has proposed the setting up and maintenance of Sewage Treatment Plants (STPs) in all the 118 cities and towns located along the Ganga in a time-bound manner to check pollution …

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