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 …
Eminent agriculture scientist and former Vice Chancellor of the Tamil Nadu Agriculture University, Coimbatore, Dr S Jayaraj lamented that the registration of Geographical Indication (GI) crops in South India is very poor, though the scene in Karnataka is far better compared to that of the other southern states. He was …
India has added two more swanky symbols to make it part of the first-world grade: in Hyderabad and the gleaming Bengaluru international airport. But look behind the glitzy fa
The government's 11th Five-Year Plan initiative to spread micro-land ownership across the country has the potential to help 50 lakh people (or 1 lakh families) to secure land over the next five years, according to the Rural Development Institute (RDI). The RDI is an international non-profit organisation working closely with …
At ITC, CSR is built into its businesses. ITC is probably unique in that it does not implement its corporate social responsibility (CSR) through a separate foundation or trust. Instead, it has built these initiatives into its business model, by following what it calls the Triple Bottom Line Approach. Its …
Coconut Development Board (CDB) will promote a new technology that controls pests in coconut trees. The technology that was invented by Bio-Control Research Laboratories (BCRL), a division of Pest Control India Pvt Ltd, would control the pests like Rhinoceros beetle (RB) and Red Palm Weevil (RPW) in coconut palms. CDB …
Several dams in the State are receiving higher inflows in the wake of an un-seasonal rain spell in the southern parts of the State and Karnataka. Regarded as the lifeline of the Cauvery delta, the Mettur dam recorded at 4 p.m. on Tuesday an inflow of 9,200 cubic feet per …
plague cases are on the rise and are afflicting countries more frequently than before. A who report says there were around 1,900 cases worldwide in 2002, which increased to 2,100 cases in 2003. In India, 16 cases of pneumonic plague were identified in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, in 2002
Wizened old Jidemadamma has to depend on her neighbours for meals. Her son and daughter-in-law have gone to Kodagu to collect pepper from trees and will not be back before two weeks. “They took the children along because I cannot move around much. Earlier, all of us stayed together here. …
It is high time Parliament took serious note of the sordid story of the unwarranted hike in the prices of petroleum products. AFTER months of vacillation, the Union government has raised the price of petrol and diesel by Rs.2 and Re.1 a litre respectively. The leftist parties and the National …
Question of distribution has to be decided by CRA Karnataka has informed the Supreme Court that neither the interim order nor the final award of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal can be enforced against it. The release of water has to be decided only by the Cauvery River Authority headed …
Three hundred ground water samples were collected from (North, South, East and West) zones wells and bore wells of Mysore city during pre monsoon, monsoon and post monsoon seasons of 2002-03. The present study was undertaken to assess the quality of ground water on the basis of hydro-chemistry to evaluate …
Expansion of NREGA and Tribals Act to be highlighted The Congress will hold farmers' conventions and rallies in all States during this month and April. These will highlight the measures taken by the United Progressive Alliance government for the benefit of farmers with particular reference to the Rs.60,000-crore loan waiver …
The Karnataka Budget for 2008-09 presented by Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram had no fanfare, no announcements of new schemes and no new "populist' initiatives. Mr. Chidambaram presented the budget proposals for the State for 2008-09 in the Lok Sabha on Monday. He presented estimates for expenditure and receipts for …
Pelicans and painted storks have been found dead in Hemmanahalli lake near here under mysterious circumstances. Over 25 painted storks which had come here in search of food from Kokkarebellur bird sanctuary, died under mysterious circumstances. The reason behind the death of these birds is not ascertained. "Every year hundreds …
For Rs 1.9 crore, three deep tubewells and a distribution network were set up in West Bengal's North 24 Parganas district. Six years on, these wells supply arsenic-laced water to 14000 villagers.
"At the current pace, on each day of the year, 290 habitations are provided with drinking water,' announced the government in the Budget session to showcase the "impressive progress' made under the UPA's flagship Rajiv Gandhi Drinking Water Mission (RGDWM) meant to provide "safe and sustainable drinking water sources' to …
M. Rajivlochan Towards Water Wisdom: Limits, Justice, Harmony by Ramaswamy R. Iyer. Sage. Pages 270. Rs 350. Towards Water Wisdom: Limits, Justice, HarmonyOUR pot of water woes is brimming over. That does not seem surprising, according to Ramaswamy R. Iyer, since even though India is one of the few countries …
The Chamarajanagara Zilla Abhivriddhi Horata Samiti and Hogenakal Jalapata Ulisi Zilla Samiti has urged the Governor to seek the immediate intervention of the President for stalling the Tamil Nadu Government's "unethical' attempts to build a reservoir across the Cauvery in the vicinity of Hogenakal Falls. It has clarified that the …
The Union Budget's proposal to waive agricultural loans will bring some relief for farmers of the State. The farmers, who benefited from the loan wavier scheme of the previous Janata Dal (Secular)-Bharatiya Janata Party government in the State, would again benefit from the Centre's loan waiver scheme. There are 60 …
