Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
In what is being seen as a disturbing trend, studies have revealed that the drinking and groundwater in Chittoor district is polluted with high concentrations of uranium, 135 times more than the safe limit fixed by the World Health Organisation. Research studies in Vagalla and nearby villages in the district …
Chandigarh: After having found “good values” of rare earth elements in areas close to the Line of Control (LoC) in Ladakh during preliminary surveys, the Geological Survey of India (GSI) is now moving into the next stage of marking promising areas of their occurrence in the hitherto unexplored regions of …
Forest officials warn State of an environmental catastrophe in Nelliampathy The Forest Department has warned the State government of an environmental catastrophe in Nelliampathy, leading to disasters such as landslips, from destruction of forests by people and ecological factors. Giving the warning, a report, titled “Environmental catastrophes await Nelliampathy,” sent …
A team of scientists from Mumbai will leave for Nagpur on Monday to investigate and study the impact of last Tuesday's large meteorite shower in the Katol region which damaged several houses, an official said here on Sunday. Tentatively named 'Vinoba Meteorite Shower 2012', the team will probe whether any …
These hydro projects have capacities exceeding 25MW As many as 24 hydro power projects, having capacity above 25 MW, are pending for want of environmental and forest clearances, Minister of State for Power K C Venugopal said today. "Twenty four hydro electric projects (installed capacity above 25 MW), which have …
With only about 2,000 Gangetic river dolphins left in India, down from tens of thousands just a few decades ago, the Bihar government is planning to set up Asia's first research centre to strengthen conservation efforts to save the endangered mammal. An official in the chief minister's office said the …
Miners’ association urges cancellation of December increase in export duty; says development hitting long-term interests Export shipments of iron ore declined 60 per cent in February on high duty levied by the government to discourage supply to steel mills abroad. Data compiled by the Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (Fimi) …
The five-member Empowered Committee (EC), headed by former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, on Monday finalised six chapters in the final report to be submitted to the Supreme Court on the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam. Besides Justice Anand, other Members in the panel are: Justice K.T. Thomas, retired …
The past history of organic life can be the key to the future, said ex-head of Geology Department, University of Jammu, Prof SK Shah while delivering the SP Nautiyal Memorial Lecture at the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology on Thursday. Delivering his talk on bio-events and climate change, Prof Shah …
The Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee on the controversial Mullaperiyar dam on Tuesday refused to entertain Kerala’s plea to lower the reservoir’s water level from 136 feet to 120 feet. The five-member panel, headed by former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, also asked the Geological Survey of India (GSI) to …
Inspection in the wake of recent tremors in the region Allaying the apprehensions of the people of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, the two technical experts of the Supreme Court appointed-Empowered Committee (EC) on Tuesday informed the Committee that the recent tremors in that region did not have any impact on …
Kerala on Monday asserted before the Supreme Court-appointed Empowered Committee that the “construction of a new dam is the only solution to the complex Mullaperiyar dam issue” and that it would give more water to Tamil Nadu. Appearing for Kerala, senior counsel Rajeev Dhavan and counsel Mohan Katarki said: “If …
NEW DELHI, Dec 16 – Even as the agitation against mega dams in Assam gathers momentum, the Centre is currently examining the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) of seven private hydropower projects proposed to be set up in Arunachal Pradesh. Of the seven projects, three are over 1000 MW capacity, including …
The five-member Empowered Committee, headed by the former Chief Justice of India A.S. Anand, at its meeting here on Monday, will examine the reports it has received from various agencies it constituted to go into the safety of the Mullaperiyar dam in Kerala. In December last, the committee conducted a …
India, the world’s second fastest growing economy, has spent not more than Rs 800-900 crore in the past 60 years in mineral exploration. According to a committee set up by the Union mines ministry, the country has emerged as a poor performer in composite policy and mineral potentials as compared …
Both Countries Have Announced Oil Exploration Plans In Other’s Waters New Delhi: The oceans are the new theatre of India-China competition, but one with possible security implications. Soon after India announced its decision to go ahead with oil exploration in South China Sea with Vietnam, China on Saturday said it …
LUCKNOW: The Sunday earthquake, which jolted almost the entire north India, has once again raised questions on the safety aspect of the city's multi-storied buildings. Lucknow Development Authority and Uttar Pradesh Housing and Development Board ( UPHDB) make earthquake resistance a mandatory criterion for a building. However, the authorities rarely …
Experts say many actions on the climate front that could earlier have been put off for decades, now need to be undertaken within years. *Each month, unfailingly, the concentration of greenhouse gas CO2 in the air reaches an all-time high for that month. The level of atmospheric CO2, emitted by …
The Government plans to conduct a major oceanic survey in the country's territorial waters, including parts of the Bay of Bengal, Gulf of Cambay and Andaman Sea, to look for prospects of under-sea mineral resources and natural gas. The Ministry of Earth Sciences is taking up this initiative along with …
Nagpur: The detailed project report (DPR) of the Damanganga-Pinjal link, a project to share water of two river basins across Maharashtra and Gujarat is likely to be ready by the end of this year. The Geological Survey of India (GSI) central region, one of the agencies involved in the project, …
