Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of News item titled: 5 Jharkhand forest officers attacked by Stone mafia, appearing in The Times of India dated 24.03.2025. The application was taken up on the basis of a news item published in the Times of …
Ganga Das, 19 and pregnant for the first time, was determined enough to get her immunisation done at a Public Heath Centre (PHC) at Juri village of this block in Jharkhand's East Singhbhum district. Married at the age of 17, Ganga's determination was a result of an equally determined effort …
Greenpeace Report Says Just 14 Cities, Most Of Them In South, Meet National Standard Delhi leads the list of most polluted cities in the country followed by several in UP , Jharkhand, Haryana and Bihar, a report by Greenpeace India has revealed. The list of 20 most polluted cities in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Ram Lakhan Singh Vs State of Jharkhand & Others dated 11/01/2017 regarding encroachment of large areas of forest land in the state of Jharkhand. NGT in the Order asks the State to file an affidavit on …
DHANBAD: The handling and management of fly ash will be a major concern for the world in the coming years. The fact surfaced at a training program organized by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) on Thursday, at the Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research (CIMFR). The event is …
In the wake of the Jharkhand coal mine cave-in, which has so far claimed 18 lives, the government has decided to conduct safety audits for all the 418 mines in the country, coal and power minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday. In the wake of the Jharkhand coal mine cave-in, …
Changes in temperature and rainfall patterns have introduced numerous problems across India, particularly among the poor and those heavily dependent on agriculture and forest for livelihood. This article examines the perception of the Maltos, a tribal community living in Sahibganj district, Jharkhand, about climate change, its impacts, and the coping …
RANCHI: A state level data compiled by the Jharkhand State Aids Control Society (JSACS) reveals four in every 100 new HIV positive cases are pregnant women. Fifty pregnant women were tested HIV positive in the government-run integrated counselling and testing centres (ICTC) from April to October this year. Around 1,076 …
Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Ltd, Ranchi unit, joined hands with NASSCOM Foundation, Manufacturers Association of Information Technology (MAIT) and Consumer Electronics Appliances Manufacturers Association (CEAMA) on Monday, as part of its Swachh Bharat Mission, to hold an awareness program on the environmental hazards of electronic wastes. The ministry of …
Delivery at a health facility improves the odds of a healthy outcome for both mother and baby. If quality care is not provided, those odds diminish. Quality of care – or lack thereof – also has an effect on whether a woman will choose to deliver in a facility in …
Tiger deaths have registered an increase of 25 per cent this year, with the toll recorded at 98 compared to last year's 78. The data was shared by Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha. The figure includes deaths due to natural causes and …
The National Green Tribunal has questioned the Uttar Pradesh government and its pollution control board over regulation of tanneries on the banks of river Ganga in Kanpur, asking how could they regulate them if their officials "can't even enter their premises". The NGT said industrial effluents, which contain high chromium, …
NGT had said "a project of national importance is being carried out and all authorities including Centre and state government do not know how many drains are polluting Ganga. The Ganga rejuvenation project, which is of national importance, is being carried out by officials "who do not know" how many …
Developers who won an auction of solar project contracts in Jharkhand are still waiting for the state’s government-run electricity distributor to sign power purchase agreements (PPAs), six months after they emerged the successful bidders. The March auction, with contracts for 1,200 MW of projects in 45 places up for grabs, …
RANCHI: Monsoon has officially retreated from Jharkhand in the first week of October but vector-borne dengue continues its steady march in the state's malaria endemic districts. The Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences (Rims) in Ranchi, the state's biggest medical facility, has recorded 154 positive dengue cases this monsoon season till …
JAMSHEDPUR: Nearly two lakh students from over 100 schools took an oath on Tuesday to not use polythene in their day to day life. The oath taking programme, organized by the district administration as part of preparations for No Polythene day on October 2, witnessed an overwhelming response with students …
RANCHI: The iron ore mines of Kiriburu and Meghatuburu in East Singhbhum district are likely to be thrown open to tourists for the first time in early 2017. The directorate of state tourism department has drawn up a list of sites across the state for implementing its proposed mining, adventure, …
In Odisha, a man slung his wife's body over his shoulder and carried it 10 km after being denied an ambulance on August 24, 2016. In Kanpur, a man's sick son died on his shoulder after being denied admission to a hospital on August 29, 2016. Such cases become visible …
Ranchi: The imbroglio in mining coal from Barkagaon coal mines of NTPC in Hazaribag is likely to continue as talks between NTPC officials and chief minister Raghubar Das here on Wednesday remained inconclusive. Various political parties had joined the protesting Project Affected People (PAP) in Barkagaon and Keredari region threatening …
Environment related crimes in the country came down by over 11% last year compared to 2014 but there was no decline in states like Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jharkhand and Assam where the number of such violations increased over the past year. According to data released by the National Crime Records …
Jamshedpur/Ranchi: Even as district health department is working on multiple levels to contain the spread of vector-borne diseases, the growing number of dengue patients in and around the Steel city has alarmed the health officials. In a fresh development, 18 new patients have been confirmed of suffering from dengue, which …
