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Judgment of the National Green Tribunal regarding plywood factories operating in Yamuna Nagar, Haryana, 27/05/2025

Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …

WFH: Work Processes in Quarantine

A new report from TrackVia shows that the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting stay-at-home orders have created a number of critical gaps in work processes. While the cumulative effect of these broken processes exposes threats to broader business operations, employees are driving solutions to close these gaps, ultimately creating a collective, …

App allows users to submit tips on polluters

A new mobile application released on Thursday makes it much easier for members of the public to report sources of pollution. The app, named "ecosnapp", allows users to upload descriptions of the time, location and pollution sources. Users can share photos, video clips and maps. A group of environmental experts …

Google gives £500k to Project using camera traps to help save rhinos

A project created by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) that uses Raspberry Pi computers to curb the illegal poaching of rhinos in Kenya has been rewarded with a £500,000 prize from Google. The Global IT Challenge aims to award innovative uses of technology that "tackle some of the world's …

Now, a website to give information on aviary

MUMBAI: Imagine loads of useful information on birds and avian ecology readily available for free at the click of the mouse, plus myriad databases for the layman as well as the scientist. All this and more is available on the Environmental Information System (ENVIS) Centre website of Bombay Natural History …

Environment Information Centres set up in State

Environment Information Centres have been set up by the Union Forest and Environment Ministry for collection of data pertaining to environment in every State of the country. These centres collect environment-related data in each State and make them available to people through various mediums for augmentation of environment. This was …

Bhopal Global Environment City and Knowledge City Ujjain lauded

Advisor to the Prime Minister, Shri Sam Pitroda called on Chief Secretary Shri R. Parasuram and other senior officers at Mantralaya today after arriving at Bhopal. Member-Secretary of National Innovation Commission Shri R. Gopalakrishnan was also present on the occasion. Shri Pitroda lauded Bhopal Global Environment City and Knowledge City …

Data centre with German aid - Hub to tackle floods, erosion

Dispur has moved the Centre through the DoNER ministry for setting up a centre to collect hydrological data with German help to ensure effective planning and execution of anti-flood and erosion projects in the state. State water resources minister Rajiv Lochan Pegu disclosed this to The Telegraph on the sidelines …

Fall in Siang river’s level abnormal: Arunachal

Disagrees With Centre That Drying Up Is Seasonal. Arunachal Pradesh is seeking facts from the Centre regarding the drying up of the river Siang, which originates in Tibet and is one of the main tributaries of the Brahmaputra. Arunachal Pradesh suspects that diversion of the river in its upper reaches …

Pak, India coop can turn challenges into opportunities

Islamabad—Climate change is a rising threat to all nations of the world including Pakistan and India. But without positive will and change of mindset there is little possibility for a positive progress. Experts, at a seminar on Monday, agreed that strategic interest, military ambition and absence of data are the …

ISRO supporting remote sensing State centres

GUWAHATI, July 27 – Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr K Radhakrishnan, who is also the Secretary, Union Department of Space, said today that the ISRO has been extending support to the remote sensing centres of the States. Dr Radhakrishnan, who was talking to this correspondent during his short …

PM to launch information portal for rice

The Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, would launch a portal exclusive for rice on Saturday. The portal, developed by Directorate of Rice Research (DRR) here, will help stakeholders to get information on all aspects of rice. The Rice Knowledge Management Portal (RKMP), funded by National Agricultural Innovation Project, would use …

Talk by nobel laureate Dr. Rk Pachauri on climate change issue today

The Chairman of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate and renowned environment expert Dr. R.K. Pachauri would arrive in Bhopal on June 30. Dr. Pachauri would arrive here at 11 am. The Director General of EPCO and Principal Secretary, Housing and Environment Iqbal Singh Bains would give a brief presentation about State …

BARC sets up virtual nuclear data physics centre

Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has set up a 'virtual' nuclear data physics centre to enable greater visibility of India's research in this area at the global platform. Department of atomic energy and Board of Research in Nuclear Science of the government of India have already sanctioned funds for three years …

Nuke safety: Keep people informed...

IT is the massive destruction caused by the recent accident -caused by an earthquake and tsunami of unsurpassed and unanticipated magnitude -at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan that provided the primary level of education on various aspects of nuclear energy and nuclear technology for most Indians, rather than …

Survey on REDD Communications Barriers and Needs- White Paper

This study presents a report on the current needs and gaps in information amongst engaged REDD+ stakeholders. The Forum interviewed 70 individuals identified either as directly working on REDD or as an engaged stakeholder in the REDD readiness process. This white paper reflects the findings of that survey and follow-

India seeks increased economic cooperation with Uruguay

India on Thursday called for enhanced economic cooperation with Uruguay in sectors such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, textiles, automobiles, machineries and IT to enhance bilateral trade. In 2009-10, the two-way commerce between both countries stood at $64.37 million. Union Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma, who met visiting Uruguay Industry, Energy …

The New World Order

If you want to see the future of the information technology industry, South Korea is one of the best places to begin. As the world wrestles with using IT for solving industrial problems, South Korea is experimenting with IT projects that could help with some of the world

NREGA: Short-Term Dividends

On 22 May 2008, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, speaking on the occasion of the fourth anniversary of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government, said,

Technology Goes Green

With every thing else going green, why should information technology be left behind? Everything in information technology from processors to data centres is following a new trend

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