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 …
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has asked the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to issue directions under Section 18 (1) (b) of the Water Prevention and Control of Pollution Act, 1974 to Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board, following the drowning of two children in a pond with …
Jaipur: State Human Rights Commission (SHRC) has asked the superintendent of the SMS Hospital whether it is equipped to handle serious swine flu cases and furnish a report on its queries by September 12. Meanwhile, the state has reported 32 fresh swine flu positive cases and one more death on …
NEW DELHI: Swine flu has claimed over 1,000 lives so far this year, which is four times more than deaths recorded last year, with a total of 22,186 cases reported across the country till now, data from the Union health ministry revealed. Maharashtra has the highest death toll with 437 …
KOTA: The menace of swine flu and dengue has intensified in Kota. Three more patients have been tested positive for swine flu, taking the number of patients to 57 since January. Similarly, 149 people have been tested positive for dengue. Swine flu has claimed nine lives and dengue one life …
India recently initiated an investigation into dumping of solar panels from China, Malaysia, Taiwan With the Indian government taking a strong stand against imports in the renewable sector, Finnish energy major Fortum believes that power developers should be protected against any impact. “I am sure both the proponents of those …
New environmental clearance required as crude proportion changed The soon to come up refinery at Barmer will require a revised environmental impact assessment (EIA). The process for the same has been initiated by the government and HPCL. This has been necessitated due to change in the crude mixture that would …
Udaipur: In a bid to curb the increasing level of pollution especially in the industrial areas, the Pollution Control Board has introduced recently web-enabled monitoring of pollution by factories. Currently, PCB has installed sensors at 20 industries which are being monitored online to find the amount of dangerous gases they …
For the past ten years, the number of dengue cases has gradually increased in India. Dengue is driven by complex interactions among host, vector and virus that are influenced by climatic factors. In the present study, we focused on the extrinsic incubation period (EIP) and its variability in different climatic …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan government has been pulled up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) after failing to submit action plans to prevent air pollution emanating from crop stubble burning after the harvesting season of Kharif crop. The tribunal on August 4 gave State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), final opportunity requiring them, …
The National Green Tribunal has rapped four northern states — Punjab, Haryana, UP and Rajasthan — for not submitting action plans to prevent air pollution emanating from crop stubble burning after the harvesting season in September end or October. A bench, headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar, warned the …
Jaisalmer: To create suitable situation for breeding and roaming of Godawan, now Indian army's ecological battalion will develop grassland at DNP in Jaisalmer along with do plantation of desert species plant. This work will start from mid august. On the other hand, there is good news in the area of …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Environment Pollution (Prevention Control) Authority & Others dated 04/08/2017 regarding air pollution resulting from crop residue burning. Court takes a stern view of the fact that in spite of the orders and judgement of the NGT …
JAISALMER: The state disaster management and relief department has forwarded a proposal for Rs 1,550 crore as relief for the flood affected areas of the state. Disaster management & relief department principal secretary Hemant Gera said directions have been given for girdawari to assess the crop loss. He said there …
This document outlines the key challenges being faced by states to meet their Renewable energy targets for 2022. It draws out key recommendations emerging from the state action plans. In November 2013, NITI Aayog (at the time, known as the Planning Commission of India) initiated a stakeholder-driven analysis of the …
Jaisalmer: Though the skies have stopped pouring, water level in Barmer's Luni river is increasing steadily, causing worry to the district administration and locals. People living near the river have moved to safer altitudes. While several people have been rescued from the flooded areas of Gudamalani and Dhorimanna, the right …
Power distribution utilities in Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan are reported to be delaying payments to generators of wind and solar power by 6-12 months, which is putting the cash flow of most of the smaller renewable firms under severe stress The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government’s aggressive …
According to official estimates, until July 9, 12,460 people had been infected, and 600 had succumbed to swine flu in the country. Gujarat recorded 75 deaths from 289 infections; Kerala reported 63 deaths from 1,127 infections, Rajasthan saw 59 deaths from 407 reported cases; and Karnataka had 15 deaths from …
AHMEDABAD: The IAF operating 05 MI-17V5 helicopters on Tuesday from different locations airlifted over 160 people to safety and carried over 3400kgs of relief material to designated places mostly in Banaskantha district of Gujarat while also carrying NDRF teams to desired places to conduct rescue operations in Jalore district of …
The low sum insured as compared to the scale of finance in Rajasthan said to be the culprit For many farmers in Rajasthan's Bundi district, the 2017 southwest monsoon season hasn’t been particularly impressive so far with rains being above normal in just two of the past seven weeks. Just …
Jaipur: Rajasthan is mining its natural wealth away without chipping a penny to restore its mine spoils or trying to strike an environmental balance. Ministry of mines, GOI lists Rajasthan as the state with the largest area 19,630.03 ha under mining operation, leading with 3,511 leases and 109 prospecting licenses …
