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 …
House search, fogging & campaigns to destroy Aedes eggs, Larvae Jamshedpur: Over 400 dengue positive cases and two deaths last year have prompted the health authorities here to draw up an early action plan against the vector-borne disease. The dengue virus is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito that can …
Bauxite mining in Eco Sensitive Zone at Orsapath under Mahuadand police station in Latehar district has alarmed the tiger reserve authorities whose deputy director, South Division, Mahalinga, wrote a letter to Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board on Wednesday. He wrote letter to cancel the CTO ( consent to operate) bauxite …
Two hills in tiger reserve Palamu count much. The hills are Burha Pahar and Jaigir Pahar. Burha pahar is ‘notorious’ while Jaigir pahar is “submissive’. Burha pahar is in Kutku range of North division while Jaigir Pahar is in the South division of Garu range. Both the hills become temporary …
Ranchi: Several complaints of the Ranchi Municipal Corporation elections’ campaign loudspeakers of various candidates being played over permissible decibel limit reached sub-divisional officer Anjali Yadav following which she has formed a committee to keep a check on such violations on Sunday. This particular way of campaigning has become a headache …
Hazaribag: A four-member team of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has recommended stringent action against the state government and the district administrations of Hazaribag and Koderma for turning a blind eye to illegal mining which has polluted the environment and destroyed the ecology of the adjoining villages in the last …
Sterlite Power has 13 assets in India with 8,000 ckms of transmission lines commissioned or under construction Power transmission company Sterlite Power, which recently won projects in Brazil worth $1 billion, is eyeing more international projects for increasing its global footprint. In India, as there is a slowdown in the …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of In Re: Outrage as Parents End Life After Child's Dengue Death dated 27/03/2018 regarding solid waste management strategy. Assistant Solicitor General (ASG) has drawn Supreme Court's attention to Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016 where it is mentioned that the …
In the present study, 20 species of local underutilized leafy vegetables commonly consumed by tribals of Jharkhand, India have been identified through market survey of seven districts of the state. Among the leafy vegetables sold in fresh form, Amaranthus gangeticus was found highest in quantity followed by Amaranthus viridis, Ipomoea …
Chakulia blocks participated in a stakeholders’ consultation in Baharagora on Tuesday to understand the roles and responsibilities they need to shoulder to render the constituency tuberculosis(TB)-Free. The meeting was led by MLA from Baharagora, Kunal Sarangi, who will formally kick-start the campaign for a TB-Free Baharagoraon 24 March, World TB …
For the first time in J’khand, a 7 day ‘Environmental Conclave’ and ‘Paryavaran Mela’ will be held by Yugantar Bharti from May 29 to June 5 at Audrey House in Ranchi to showcase different dimensions of environment and to minimise adverse impact of different types of pollution on it. Talking …
Jamshedpur: The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), the New Delhi-based leading research outfit, has suggested four key areas which the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) of West Singhbhum should prioritise over the next three to five years. A survey on 'Potential of District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in West Singhbhum' conducted …
Jamshedpur: An old laptop or a mobile phone may be of no value, but did you know if discarded properly they have the potential to generate wealth and also save the environment? Burmamines-based National Metallurgical Laboratory (NML) for the first time has taken an initiative to make people aware about …
RANCHI: Chief minister Raghubar Das on Sunday pledged to offer a helping hand to Jharkhand's minor forest producers by selling a bulk of their yearly produce through the newly constituted Mukhayamantri Udyami Board. Das attended a two day training program of the state's village level forest management committees organized by …
JAIPUR: A large number of people in the state still do not have access to proper medical facilities. About 16.5% deaths in 2016 occurred due to lack of qualified medical professionals, reveals a report. The situation is worse in rural areas where 19.1% deaths were due to "untrained functionaries," who …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench) in the matter of Ram Lakhan Singh Vs State of Jharkhand & Others dated 23/01/2018 regarding various government structures and establishments existing within the protected forest areas in the Dumka district, Jharkhand. It has been admitted before the Court that various …
When the Union government nudged them to build a toilet, almost all the families in Jharkhand's Dulmi block complied. But many of them continue to defecate in the open even today. On paper, Dulmi in Ramgarh district has been 'opendefecation-free' (ODF) for about a year. As the state's first block, …
Closure of seven working mines in state has triggered sharp price hikes by both, lessees and NMDC The Union mines ministry has exhorted Odisha's iron ore mine leaseholders to expand production to match the approved limits under environmental clearance (EC). The closure of seven working mines in Odisha has triggered …
PATNA: Dermatologists on Sunday stressed on the need to create awareness about leprosy and disintegrate it from other public health programmes. In 2005, India had officially declared to have eliminated leprosy when new cases fell to less than one per 10,000 population. But as per WHO's Global Health Observatory data …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Palwal Jithender Reddy Vs. Union of India & Others dated 08/01/2018 regarding operation of coal mines in Lodna area of Joyrampur Colliery near Dhanbad in the State of Jharkhand without any environmental clearance. NGT finds that …
As the deadline set by the Supreme Court to recover penalty against the illegal iron ore mining done has already ended on December 31 the State Government is now weighing options to resolve the issue. Top sources in the Mines Department said the several representations from the companies found on …
