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. …
Joginder Singh Food adulteration, which is the act of intentionally debasing the quality of food offered for sale either by the admixture or substitution of inferior substances or by the removal of some valuable ingredient, is something that has been rampant in our country. This is so despite the existence …
A small, retrofitted LPG kit may make 10,000 two-stroke autos street legal but they will continue to pollute more than the four-stroke ones, warn experts.
BV Mahalakshmi, Rajiv Tikoo New Delhi: Looking forward to replicate the success of IT industry, solar industry leaders have lauded the in-principle approval to the National Solar Plan. Targeting a 20,000-mw generation in the first phase by 2020, the plan was approved by the Prime Minister
No Place For Vehicles Under Parks: EPCA New Delhi: Many Delhiites who have been opposed to the idea of creating space for vehicles under parks can finally breathe easy. Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) has told Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) that it cannot create such parking sites without taking …
Shortage of affects Universal Immunisation Programme----- Lives of250 lakh children could be in danger this year, and probably another 250 lakh next year. They cannot be vaccinated because DPT and BCG vaccines are in short supply. Compared to 2007-2008, DPT (diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus) vaccination fell by 29 per cent in Orissa and …
This latest CSE report highlights constraints and challenges faced by State Pollution Control Boards in the form of staff shortage, finances, skilled human resources, etc. It recognises these constraints and outlines training needs of SPCBs in view of the present environmental scenario. The present study aims to identify the gaps …
Raigarh Ispat & Power Pvt. Ltd. (RIPPL), is planning to expand its present 2x100 TPD spoge iron plant in Village Delari at Raigarh district in Chattisgarh. This is a critque and technical evaluation of the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) document submitted by RIPPL as part of the clearance process. Raigarh …
Singhal Energy Pvt. Ltd. is planning to set up a plant to produce sponge iron, ferro alloys and power in Village Taraimal, Tamnagar Tehsil at Raigarh district in Chattisgarh. This is a technical evaluation of the EIA document submitted by SEPL as part of the clearance process. Singhal Energy Pvt. …
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday permitted the Delhi government and Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to respond to a report of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) alleging that the interceptor project to stop flow of sewage into Yamuna would put an additional Rs 5,600 crore down the drain. …
The present study focuses on climate policy in Luxembourg on the occasion of national and European elections in June 2009, but it also serves as a case study for how EU member states are tackling their objectives at the national level. Luxembourg has a very particular kind of climate change …
Report of the Expert Committee on draft CMZ notification chaired by M S Swaminathan submitted to Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh. Recommendations of this committee have been accepted and CMZ 2008 Notification, 2008 lapses on July 22, 2009. Report of the Expert Committee on the draft …
India is reeling from a debilitating shortage of vaccines, which has severely affected the universal immunization programme reveals the latest report in Down To Earth (DTE). Is based on response to an RTI application filed by DTE that revealed how a plan to promote private vaccine makers boomeranged. See Also …
Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private vaccine makers boomeranged. The health ministry was forced to get vaccines illegally from the very public sector manufacturers it suspended last year Shuvam Kumar …
Calcutta High Court on Friday gave Modern High School for Girls the green signal to run five buses more than 15 years old, provided they meet the emission standards, setting what the green lobby saw as a dangerous precedent in the fight against vehicular pollution. The engines of the old …
RASHME SEHGAL With 80 per cent of Delhiites concentrated in urban slums and unauthorised colonies, water distribution is fast passing into the hands of a
