Rajasthan

Order of the National Green Tribunal on the demarcation of Nahargarh Wildlife Sanctuary, Jaipur, Rajasthan, 27/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zone Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Kamal Tiwari Vs Union of India & Others dated 27/05/2025. The Principal Chief Conservator of Forest and Chief Wildlife Warden, Rajasthan stated that a high level meeting to review the progress on the demarcation of Nahargarh …

Drive to curb swine flu begins

Jaipur: On the first day of the three-day door-to-door campaign launched in the city, health authorities reached at the doorsteps of the people for checking their health. They conducted activities to prevent spread of swine flu and mosquito-borne diseases covering 43,708 houses in 91 municipal wards on Monday. Since, dengue …

Court commissioners to look into illegal mining in Jodhpur

The National Green Tribunal on Monday appointed court commissioners to verify allegations made in a plea regarding illegal sand mining in Jodhpur. A bench headed by Justice Jawad Rahim appointed advocates Gaurav Bansal and Rahul Khurana as court commissioners in the case and directed them to submit the inspection report …

Campaign against seasonal diseases to be launched

Jaipur: If you see health department officials at your doorstep in next three days, do not be surprised. Health department will launch a massive door-to-door campaign in the city for preventing spread of swine flu and other seasonal diseases including dengue. From Monday, teams of health department will check health …

Stitch in time: Department on swine flu alert

Two days after a BJP MLA was tested positive for swine flu, the state health minister Kalicharan Saraf in his chamber at the assembly held a meeting of state-level committee for prevention control of seasonal diseases. In the meeting, Additional Chief Secretary (medical and health) Veenu Gupta, Secretary (medical education) …

Jaipur becomes swine flu capital of country with 578 cases in ’18 so far

Pink City does not seem to be in the pink of health. Data shows that more than half of the swine flu cases reported from across states in the country are from Jaipur. According to Centre’s Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme report released on February 11, Rajasthan reported 871 cases, the …

Swine flu scare grips Rajasthan assembly

JAIPUR: A day after BJP MLA from Jalore, Amrita Meghwal, tested positive for swine flu, fear of infection gripped the state assembly on Wednesday. Health authorities were summoned in the morning to collect swab samples of 15 MLAs for testing for swine flu. A total of 17 MLAs had opted …

Satellite data maps climate impact of changing land use

JAIPUR: A study by researchers at the Joint Research Centre, the European Commission’s science and knowledge service, has shown how land use change too is contributing to climate change. Using satellite data to track changes in global vegetation cover between 2000 to 2015, the researchers link land use change to …

Formulate policy to stop stubble burning: Green Tribunal to four States

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed Delhi and four northern States to formulate a comprehensive policy for providing incentives and infrastructural assistance to farmers to stop them from burning crop residue to prevent air pollution. The green panel directed the chief secretaries of Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan and Uttar …

Jaipurites learn the art of acid-free cyanotype printmaking at JKK

The newly refurbished ‘Graphic Arts studio’ of Jawahar Kala Kendra (JKK) is holding a workshop to teach non-toxic techniques of developing cyanotype prints. The workshop conducted by Kavita Shah of Chaap Foundation is teaching the students an alternative process which is environment friendly. Shah said that by using alternative processes …

Sand mining: State expects relief from SC

Jaipur: After replenishment study of 19 sand mine leases in Banas River received a nod from the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), the state government is expecting to get relief from Supreme Court on February 23. On November 16, Supreme Court restrained 82 large sand mine lease holders in …

Winged menace: Despite the cold, 478 dengue cases surface; officials baffled

At a time when burgeoning cases of swine flu and deaths are presenting a challenge to the state health department,a sudden spurt in the cases of dengue has put the state health officials on their toes. In January this year, a total of 478 cases of dengue has been reported …

State gets ready for national nutrition mission launch

Jaipur: Stage is all set for launch of national nutrition mission (NNM) in the state. It will come as a hope for under-5 children of a state having 39 per cent of stunted growth, 23 per cent wasted growth and 9 per cent severely wasted growth (figures from National Family …

Ambient Air Quality Data of Delhi-NCR For the Month of January, 2018

In compliance to the direction of Hon’ble National Green Tribunal, Principal Bench, New Delhi Dated: November 17, 2017 (in the matter of Vardhman Kaushik Vs. Union of India & Others vide OA No. 44/2018 Earlier OA No. 21/2014), the compiled ambient air quality data (of each monitored parameters) of Delhi-NCR …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding large scale operation of illegal brick kilns in states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Delhi and Rajasthan, 07/02/2018

On Feb 7, 2018, the National Green Tribunal issued notices to Union environment ministry and the governments of the states of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi over illegal operation of brick kilns in these four states. State pollution control board of each of the four states have been directed …

Smart transmission management system launched in state

Jaipur: Pushpendra Singh, minister of state for energy, launched the smart transmission operation management system through web in the state on Monday. Through this system, functions of scheduling of generation and demand, deviation settlement, energy accounting and billing, approval of open access, etc., are automated through web-based services. As per …

Rajasthan reports over 700 cases of swine flu in January

JAIPUR: The state has seen an alarming increase in swine flu cases in January and is leading the country in both reported flu cases and deaths related to it. According to Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP), the state has reported 491 cases in the first 21 days this year and …

Order of the Supreme Court regarding action plan for air pollution control in the NCR region including Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh, 05/02/2018

Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M. C. Mehta Vs Union of India & Others dated 05/02/2018 regarding action plan for air pollution control in the NCR region including Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.

Plastic ban only on paper? Rampant use of polythene bags at Numaish

HYDERABAD: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) might have announced a war against the use of plastic bags, but the rampant use of polythene bags at the ongoing 78th All India Industrial Exhibition, popularly known as Numaish, in Nampally tells an entirely different story. At the annual trade fair, which …

16.5% deaths in 2016 due to lack of qualified staff

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 …

Jojari river pollution: Tribunal imposes Rs 10 lakh cost on state government

The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday imposed a cost of Rs 10 lakh on the Government of Rajasthan for not controlling pollution in river Jojari despite its commitments/assurances made to the tribunal. The aforesaid order was passed in OA 329 of 2015 filed by Gram Panchayat Araba Village, Barmer which …

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