Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
The country’s biggest tiger reserve, Nagarjuna Sagar Srisailam, can now flaunt some extra stripes. Camera traps have recently photographed females with healthy cubs, and adult males not seen before in these parts, setting pulses racing. Forest officials estimate there at least 70 adults and 20 cubs in the reserve now. …
Scientists at the city-based National Geophysical Research Institute have developed a methodology to pinpoint the ground water potential in rocky areas. A large portion of area in and around Hyderabad is hard rock terrain, and ground water is believed to be trapped in fractures of the bed rock. The NGRI …
The first CETP (Common Effluent Treatment Plant) for heterogeneous chemical industries wastewater has been established by Jeedimetla Effluent Treatment Ltd (JETL) and is in operation since 1989 in Jeedimetla Industrial Estate (JIE), Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Being stuck in traffic is one of those unavoidable frustrations of urban living. Most cities, across the world, have to contend with intensified congestion, and are devising their own public policy solutions, but our cities are among the most spectacularly clogged. While this growth spurt in traffic may be inevitable, …
The suspension of mining activities in the State has cost about Rs 4,000 crore to the exchequer, Chief Minister D Sadananda Gowda has said. Speaking to reporters here on Sunday, Gowda said that about one lakh people have lost jobs due to the ban on mining in the State. “However, …
As part of the energy conservation programme, the Andhra Pradesh Government will distribute over two crore compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) bulbs to domestic consumers before June 2012 at nominal cost. This was disclosed by Mr Chandana Mithra, Managing Director, New and Renewable Energy Development Corporation of Andhra Pradesh Ltd (NREDCAP), …
Andhra Pradesh has experienced a well explosion. In the last three decades, the number of wells in the state has gone up by four times — from eight lakh to 24 lakh. And, hold your breath, the well population in AP is increasing at the rate of 50,000 a year! …
A 3-day climate change conference will take place in Hyderabad in October in which various countries, organisations and companies will participate and exchange ideas for combating the global issue. The International Conclave and Exhibition on Climate Change (ICCC) will take place in Hyderabad from October 12 to 14, said Cdr …
AP Genco to add 500 MW at Kothagudam thermal power station Hyderabad, Aug. 4: The sixth unit of 39 MW of Priyadarshini Jurala hydro electric power station was commissioned today taking up the total installed capacity at the site up to 234 MW (6x39) and power generation at the sixth …
The Indian Minister of Environment and Forests, Jayanthi Natarajan, invited all Parties to the high-level segment of COP-11 at Hyderabad International Convention Centre from 17 to 19 October 2012 highlighting five key issues for discussion.
THAT day when Darla Dhanalakshmi suffered severe joint pain and numbness in the limbs she knew something was seriously wrong. She had been suffering from the pain since January after she visited a clinic on the outskirts of Hyderabad. There she was asked to pop an unknown pill. The pain …
The rural population of the state has dropped to 66.51 per cent in 2011 census compared with the 72.7 per cent in 2001 census. On the contrary, the proportion of urban population in the state increased from 27.30 to 33.49 per cent, according to the latest district-wise rural and urban …
Few Hyderabadis know that they consume 0.14 to 9.50 micrograms per litre of uranium when they drink water from the River Krishna. While the amount is within the permissible limits set by the World Health Organisation, environmentalists warn that the dissolved uranium levels in water will go up once the …
HYDERABAD, 4 JULY: A comprehensive Bill that aims to regulate and monitor the entire research on the human subjects in the country, will be introduced in Parliament by the end of this year, director general of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), Mr VM Katoch, said today.
Seed is the only part of the agricultural chain that is growing at 20% a year and is insulated from both government subsidies and weather vagaries. And, in the clamour for higher yields and greater farmer acceptance, seed companies are hitting a sweet spot in innovation, reports Nidhi Nath Srinivas …
Govt Seals Offices Of Pharma Co For Testing Cancer Drug Which Is Yet To Get Approval Hyderabad: A day after the chilling exposure of clinical trials on poverty-stricken women by a pharma major in Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh government on Friday raided and sealed the offices of a drug company. …
Water technologist Dr Mohammad Ahsan Siddiqui assured Hyderabad townspeople on Thursday that water being supplied to them by WASA was not injurious to health as reported by some newspapers.Speaking at a news conference at the press club here, Dr Siddiqui said that only 300 cusecs of water from Manchhar Lake …
