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 …
The first near mid-night satellite launch by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was a grand success. ISRO's workhorse launch vehicle Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C22 carried the country's first dedicated navigation satellite Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) - 1A at 11.41 pm (Monday) from the first launch …
India will launch two satellites over the next two years to augment transponder capacity and make contingency arrangements to support services like VSAT, television, strategic and emergency communications. The Union Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh last evening, approved a proposal for the development and launch …
Processed sewage from K&C; valley plant to be used for the purpose Though the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has commissioned its last and final drawal of 500 million litres of water (mld) from the Cauvery basin, through Cauvery IV stage II phase project, the Board is still …
As many as 4,699 lakes in the Indian Himalayan region at an altitude above 3000-m above mean sea level have been found in an ISRO study revealing the wonders of Himalayas. According to the first Atlas on High Altitude Lakes of the hills, the largest lake is Pangong Tso. It …
The Forest Department has tied up with the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) for using remote sensing technology to monitor the forest wealth and water resources and land use planning. The NRSC will provide technical guidance and training to the manpower deployed at the Green India Mission Lab here to …
According to this policy released by the government, all water data maintained by the Central Water Commission and the Central Ground Water Board will be made available in the public domain. See Also Policy: National Water Policy 2012. Policy: Draft National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy. News: ICSSR plans one-stop …
Identifying 37 per cent — or about 60,000 square km — of the Western Ghats as ecologically sensitive, a high-level panel has recommended that “destructive” activities such as mining, thermal power, major construction, and some hydel power projects should not be allowed there. However, the panel was silent about any …
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will make a fresh attempt at launching the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), the last two flights of which have ended in failure, in July this year, ISRO chairman K Radhakrishnan said on Tuesday. The GSLV will carry a communication satellite GSAT-14 to be …
India plans a space fix to bring ties with Maldives back in the friendly orbit by offering to launch and operate the Island nation’s first communication satellite despite doubts over the commercial viability of the project. The satellite launch apart from defence cooperation is expected to be discussed when Maldivian …
An Indian rocket carrying seven satellites — the Indo-French satellite SARAL, world’s first smart phone-operated nano satellite, a space telescope satellite and four other foreign satellites — on Monday blasted off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre here, around 80 km north of Chennai. A little after 6 p.m., the …
Srinagar, December 30: The state is losing its green sheen fast as the forest land has shrunk from 20,230 sq km to just 7,590 sq km as per data furnished by the state Department of Forests earlier this year. The single largest reason responsible for the depletion of green cover …
A study will be carried out to find out the co-relation between forest and water in Narmada catchment area. A proposal in this regard given by forest department was approved in principal during the meeting of scientists and members of study project on climate change and availability of water from …
The State Government (Department of Forest) has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Environment and Forests on allotting 20,000 hectares of forestland to convert it into a tiger sanctuary in Kanyakumari district. However, it is objected to by farmers as well as Kani tribes as the formation of the …
India is planning to launch 58 space missions, including sending spacecraft to Moon and Mars, an exclusive satellite to keep a round-the-clock watch on the country and deploy hundreds of transponders in the next five years, reported Press Trust of India on Sunday. The India Space Research Organization also aims …
India plans to launch a space probe that will orbit Mars in November 2013, a senior official from the country's space research establishment said on Monday. "We are scheduling to launch the Mars mission November 27, 2013 when the red planet will be closer to the earth," K. Radhakrishnan, chairman …
Making history in its space odyssey, India on Sunday successfully launched its 100th mission with its workhorse PSLV-C21 placing in orbit two foreign satellites in a flawless flight from the spaceport here. The third wholly commercial launch was a textbook mission as ISRO’s Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle placed in orbit …
New Delhi: Four years after successfully launching a moon probe, India has decided to make another ambitious space effort by sending an orbiter to Mars in November 2013. India will be the sixth space power to undertake such an effort after the US, Russia, Europe, Japan and China, whose maiden …
Greenland's surface ice cover melted this month over a larger area than ever detected in more than 30 years of satellite observations, NASA said recently. According to measurements from three separate satellites analyzed by NASA and university scientists, an estimated 97 per cent of the ice sheet surface thawed at …
An interactive workshop will be organised on findings of baseline study and monitoring and evaluation framework under the Sustainable Land and Ecosystem Management Project (SLEM)-TFO, one of the seven projects under SLEM Country Partnership Programme (CCP). The two-day workshop will begin at the Scientists Hostel, FRI campus, with Indian Council …
India's 3400-kg communication satellite GSAT-10 is now ready to be shipped to the spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana for launch by European space consortium Arianespace in two months, according to Indian Space Research Organisation Chairman, K Radhakrishnan. “GSAT-10 with 30 transponders is ready to be shipped for launch. This …
