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 …
Rajkot: The last place where one would expect an endangered species of wildlife to be threatened is in a zoo. But that is precisely what happened at the newly built Pradyuman Park zoo here on Sunday night when five blackbucks
Vadodara/Rajkot: Swine flu claimed two more lives in the city on Tuesday, while a 40-year-old woman lost her life due to the pandemic in Rajkot. The first victim in Vadodara was SK Bhatnagar, who was admitted to a private hospital, and died early on Tuesday morning while Suresh Patel died …
Vadodara/Rajkot: Two died of swine flu in Vadodara and Rajkot on Wednesday. A 49-year-old assistant manager with a nationalised bank became the 16th person to succumb to swine flu in Vadodara on Wednesday. Hitendra Parmar was admitted to SSG Hospital on Monday. A resident of Harni-Warasiya Ring Road, he used …
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Harbatiyali (Rajkot): When a young man returned after completing his graduation to his native village in 1975, he was shocked to see no trees in his village. He took up the challenge of making his hometown green; and 35 years later the once parched and drought-hit …
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Amrapur (Jasdan): A subject on environment is compulsory in this primary school. Each school kid helps in planting trees and is given responsibility of two trees. For them, it
Vijaysinh Parmar | TNN Moviya (Rajkot district): Pravin Thumar, a farmer in Moviya village of Gondal taluka, was surprised to see in the documents obtained under Right to Information Act that he has been given at 50 per cent subsidised rate under a state government scheme a set of drip …
GANDHINAGAR: The breach in the Narmada canal near Lakhtar in Surendranagar has resulted in water crisis in Rajkot, Jamnagar and Kutch which is expected to last till Monday. Nitin Patel, water supplies minister, admitted that these areas of Rajkot, Jamnagar and Kutch will continue to face crisis as the breach …
An ecological study was carried out to determine the quantitative and qualitative community structure and population of spiders in Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea Linn.) crop fields.
RAJKOT: Paperless schools where children don't need to lug heavy books on their thin frames, seemed like a thing of the future. But one school in Rajkot has taken the giant leap forward and made blackboards, notebooks, chalks and dusters redundant. The 1,000-odd students of Genius Schools will learn all …
The Directorate of Economics and Statistics, MOA, GOI asked the Agro-Economic Research Centre, Vallabh Vidyanagar to undertake a study to assess the economics and other impact of Bt cotton vs. non Bt cotton using field data. Two districts namely, Rajkot and Vadodara having different agro climatic location and having notable …
The Government of India have introduced a comprehensive scheme of crop insurance throughout the country from Kharif 1985 season covering major crops viz., cereals, oilseeds and pulses. The impact of crop insurance scheme is more pertinent in the state like Gujarat as it alone accounts for almost 43 per cent …
This paper examines the Saurashtra recharging movement as a response to growing water scarcity conditions and increasing agrarian-based livelihood challenges. A variety of socio-technical actions have been carried out by the movement participants, which have resulted in increased agrarian-based livelihood incomes, primarily through increased groundwater availability and with it an …
