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 global economy is driven by competitive pressures. A recent editorial in Science, that addresses the issue of ‘Nurturing Young Scientists’ in the United States, proclaims: ‘It is imperative to grow our economy through global leadership in science’. The editorial highlights the need to nurture and mentor early career scientists …
New Delhi: The biggest worry for Delhi as far as air pollution goes seems to be carbon monoxide, followed closely by particulate matter. The first day of the air pollution monitoring and forecasting system, which has been set up specially for the Commonwealth Games, threw up these results on Thursday. …
Washington: Moses might not have parted the Red Sea, but a strong east wind that blew through the night could have pushed the waters back in the way described in biblical writings and the Quran, US researchers reported. Computer simulations, part of a larger study on how winds affect water, …
India has joined hands with Nepal and China for conservation of the sacred Kailash landscape. Representatives from the three nations, met in Jiuzhaigou, Sichuan, in China, recently to discuss on the landscape conservation initiative. The workshop was organised by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD). According to a …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Foreign countries are keenly watching the development of launch vehicle technology in Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) which has made notable achievements in aerospace technology, S. Anantha Narayanan, Director, National Physical Oceanographic Laboratory (NPOL), has said. Inaugurating the Seventh National Seminar on
Bangalore: The Indian Space Research Organisation has an offer too tempting to resist: Boeing has said it is ready to collaborate and offer technological know-how to Isro for its human space flight programme, scheduled tentatively for 2016. This will include construction of a crew vehicle to the International Space Station …
While the Goa Government repeatedly assures that environmental concerns from the large quantities of tar balls washed ashore on several beaches in the State will be dealt with quickly, it remains clueless on combating another crisis: the ongoing disintegration of a cargo vessel that has remained grounded off the shore …
Jorhat, Sept. 2: From finding a cure for AIDS to providing food security to the world, genomics is indispensable for curing many an ill, Padma Bhushan Asis Datta, Professor of Eminence, National Institute of Plant Genome Research, JNU, said here today. Delivering the 16th JN Baruah Memorial lecture at the …
The expert committee appointed to study the quantum of loss in the fishing business and the long-term effect on aquatic life after the recent oil spill in the sea is meeting on Friday at Mantralaya. The state government has clarified that it would claim maximum compensation towards the loss to …
Margao/Panaji: While the clean-up along some of the worst tar-sullied beaches began, the sticky substance that has washed up ashore hardened into lumps on Thursday. After dead crabs, one dead dolphin, and other aquatic creatures floated to the shores along with tar balls the first couple of days, jelly like …
Under Environment Protection Act, Penalty Can Only Go Up To 1 Lakh New Delhi: The tar balls floating up to Goa beaches and blighting the picture-perfect tourism hotspot have again brought to the fore how weak the environment and liability laws are in India when it comes to checking maritime …
A piece of floral decoration of one of the minarets of Charminar broke and fell off on Sunday night during heavy downpour. The historic 418-year-old monument is soaked due to spells of heavy rains every night since last Sunday, and parts of the minarets that are carved in lime-mortar paste …
As the country gets set for the Commonwealth Games in October this year, scientists at the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) in Pune have given India an Air Quality Index (AQI) and a System for Air Pollution Forecasting and Research (SAFAR). Gufran Beig, Project Director of SAFAR and scientist …
Considerable and sincere efforts are being made to enhance the reach and tempo of science education and research in India. An unprecedented increase in budgets, new institutes and learning centers, involvement of NRI scientists and the Department of Science and Technology inspired programmes like INSPIRE can now be seen. These …
MUMBAI: The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (Neeri) and National Institute of Oceanography (NIO) will conduct an extensive research to study the impact of the oil spill on the marine eco system.The accident due to the collision of two ships-MV Khalijia 3 and MSC Chitra-on Saturday resulted in spilling of …
