Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Tribunal on its own motion Vs State of Jharkhand dated 20/09/2023. The Original Application has been registered in exercise of suo motu power on the basis of the communication dated August 30, 2023 received by the tribunal. Allegation is that …
First handmade herbal soaps, now women of Hurlung will learn to make liquid soap. The training will be imparted under Rural Entrepreneurship Development Programme of the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard) in association with New Education and Environment Visions (Neev), a city NGO. The programme aims to …
Jamshedpur, July 15: Around 300 fish have died at Beldih Lake in Dhatkidih in the past week. Authorities are hinting at water contamination as the cause and are blaming neighbouring garages for releasing pollutants in the lake. The Jamshedpur Utilities and Services Company (Jusco) maintains the lake while the Jamshedpur …
Jamshedpur, July 14: Soon the steel city will be the first in Jharkhand and Bihar to have LPG-run vehicles. The Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) is set to launch an Auto LPG Centre (LPG dispensing station) and special kits for LPG driven vehicles on July 23. The maiden LPG dispensing …
A strongly-worded letter from the Orissa chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, to the governor, Syed Sibtey Razi, on inordinate delays plaguing the ambitious Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP), despite the neighbouring state spending a whopping over Rs 545 crore over the last three decades, has activated the Jharkhand administration. The state development …
Maternal mortality rate in the state: 370 per 1 lakh. Maternal mortality rate in the country: 250 per 1 lakh. These startling figures came to the fore at the ongoing leadership training programme for medical officers at XLRI today. The programme on reproductive health also threw up an infant mortality …
Saving the greens will soon be a part of the curriculum of state-run schools. The initiative has been taken under School Chalo Abhiyan, which starts from July 1. Students will participate in environment campaigns at their respective schools. All the schools have been asked to involve their students in the …
Braving the heat, over 7,000 people today marched to Harmu river, vowing to bring it back to life from deathbed. Choosing the occasion of rath yatra to retrieve and de-pollute the river that runs through the state capital, they termed degradation of Harmu river as an attack on existence of …
The proposed site for the drinking water project Ranchi, June 23: Administrative dilly-dallying is once again threatening to delay the Mango drinking water project, pending for two years now. On June 10, the governor
Like many students she has taken up science at Plus Two, but unlike them she is not thinking of a conventional career in engineering or medical. Her love lies with nature and she wants to make a career out of it. Parnika Praleya of Loyola School have got an opportunity …
The four-laning project of Ranchi-Jamshedpur stretch of National Highway 33, which had almost been forgotten, has got a fresh lease of life. The National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) has finally found five bidders for the ambitious project to be executed under BOT (toll) basis. The same set of bidders …
Jamshedpur, June 7: For Sudha Mahto, a resident of Sarjamda panchayat in Jamshedpur block, summers mean aching limbs and a painful back, thanks to the daily trips of around 10km in search of drinking water. Sudha is not alone. Women of most other families from Sarjamda, Haludboni, Parsudih, Karandih and …
Prevention better Jamshedpur, May 24: The malaria prevention programme in East Singhbhum has hit twin hurdles. With the monsoon nearly here, the district has failed to start spraying DDT and has run short of malaria medicines. Officials in the district health department maintain that the prevention programme should have begun …
Jamshedpur, May 21: The steel city, which welcomes an average of 150 foreign visitors every month, has been put on a swine flu alert. The East Singhbhum health department has set up an isolation ward at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Medical College and Hospital while the district civil surgeon
Jamshedpur: Now, kids can look forward to meeting new friends at Tata Steel Zoological Park this autumn. Zoo authorities have decided to bring in a pair of ostriches this September from the Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, Chennai.
Jamshedpur, May 19: In January this year, an elephant trampled a man to death in a village at Kharsawan. A few days later, a tusker was found dead in a paddy field of Kharsawan. The man-elephant conflict has been a matter of concern for the forest department for quite a …
