Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Yelahanka Puttenahalli Lake and Bird Conservation Trust Vs State of Karnataka & Others dated 02/05/2025. Pursuant to the tribunal order dated April 24, 2025, Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) informed the court that as per …
On April 10, a hot sunny day, Chennai’s Chepauk stadium became a fortress. Yellow barricades, armed policemen and security vans surrounded the venue. The Indian Premier League was in town, and the Chennai Super Kings were to take on the Kolkata Knight Riders. The protestors outside could not care less. …
Transport planning in Bengaluru is characterised by institutional fragmentation, increasing private modes of transport, and questionable investment decisions in the transport sector. What are the possibilities of implementing a polycentric governance system in such a city? Answering this question requires exploring the characteristics of polycentric governance systems as part of …
NEW DELHI: Indian scientists have formulated an ayurvedic drug to cure dengue, claimed to be the first in the world, and the medicine is likely to be available in the market by 2019. The Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS), an autonomous body under the ministry of AYUSH …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to inaugurate the first health and wellness centre when he goes to Bijapur, Karnataka, on Ambedkar Jayanti (April 14), officially inaugurating Ayushman Bharat. Cellphone numbers of beneficiaries of the National Health Protection Mission (NHPM) will be their identification for the scheme — they will …
Women, Business and the Law (WBL) measures gender inequality in the law. The dataset identifies barriers to women's economic participation and encourages the reform of discriminatory laws.
Estimate that, if ‘business as usual’ continues, CO2 emission from vehicles will increase by nearly 24 times If the air around the city looks hazy now, imagine what it will be like in a little more than a decade, when vehicles will over-run the city, assuming governments continue their cavalier …
BENGALURU:The much vaunted two-stroke auto scrapping scheme announced by the transport department seems to have failed. The scheme was meant to be a relief for two-stroke auto owners ahead of a planned ban on these vehicles from 1 April.However, with elections fast approaching, the ban itself has not been put …
Prove your bona fides, submit draft of water-sharing proposal by May 3, orders the top court The Supreme Court on Monday rapped the Centre for not framing a water-sharing scheme for the Cauvery and ordered it to prove its “bona fides” by submitting a draft scheme by May 3. The …
Forest officials in Aldara forest of Lakkavalli wildlife division have taken up the implementation of the summer action plan to quench the thirst of animals and birds in the forest. Due to the scarcity of water in the past, animals started entering human habitations. The efforts of the officials to …
MYSURU: Officials of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) have spent the better part of two years running from pillar to post to get clearance for construction of municipal solid waste processing units at Kesare and Rayanakere. Now, after a long wait, the civic agency has finally managed to get clearance …
Over the past few years, Bengaluru’s water crisis has been manifesting itself in multiple forms, from lakes spewing froth and bursting into flames to residential complexes almost entirely dependent on tanker trucks for water supply. Then came a recent report by the Centre for Science and Environment that the city …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of The State of Tamil Nadu Vs P. K. Sinha & Others dated 09/04/2018 regarding Cauvery water dispute. Supreme Court directs the Union of India to file a Draft Scheme for water sharing. Supreme Court Judgement Dated 16/02/2018
The urban voter in Bengaluru was once voiceless, with no say or sway in the poll outcome—blame it on the vote bank’s negligible size and political apathy. But, post the 2008 delimitation of constituencies, when nearby villages and semi-urban areas were merged with the core area and the city scaled …
BENGALURU: While the onset of wind auctions from early last year has led to greater transparency in the determination of wind tariffs, the transition has also sharply reduced wind capacity addition in 2017-18. The capacity added has only been 1,739.14 MW through the year against a target of 4,500 MW, …
Rather than being helpless bystanders, Bellandur Lake wardens are given the power to take action against those polluting it further. A meeting of residents around the lake with Bangalore Development Authority Commissioner Rakesh Singh decided to empower the lake wardens to penalise those stealthily dumping garbage into the lakebed in …
BENGALURU: India has one doctor for every 921 people, as of December 2017, which is way ahead of the doctor-population ratio of 1:1000 prescribed by the World Health Organisation. The number includes ayurveda, homeopathy and unani (AUH) practitioners, along with allopathy doctors. If allopathy doctors alone are considered, the ratio …
A sudden burst of rain coupled with ongoing construction works have caused the Varthur Lake to froth again, while officials trusted with coordination and review of the waterbody are away on poll duty. Residents living closer to the lake said frothing has been intense near Varthur Kodi and Varthur village, …
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear Tamil Nadu’s petition seeking to initiate contempt proceedings against the Centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board (CMB) within the stipulated period of six weeks. The last date for setting up the board was March 30. A bench led by Chief …
Aerosol Optical Thickness (AOT) is a measure of solar spectral extinction. Long term AOT data analysis gives a picture of air quality for that location. This type of analysis is useful in the study of impact of urbanization on local climate. Aerosols are one of the most important but poorly …
BENGALURU: A seven-year-old boy from C V Raman Nagar, suffering from cough, running nose and sneezing for months on end was advised by his physician to undergo an allergy test. The parents, who had been thinking that exposure to air pollution and increasing viral infections could be the reasons for …
