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 …
JAIPUR: The Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has shot down the proposal from the state forest and wildlife department for the translocation of one sub adult male tiger from the Ranthambore Tiger Reserve to Sariska Tiger reserve. In his reply to the proposal from the principal chief conservator of forest …
JAIPUR: Rather than waiting for Diwali and initiating steps towards improving the air quality of the state, the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB), under the National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Programme, has initiated monitoring of ambient air quality at 21 locations in the state. Initially, air quality at six …
Field trials of GM mustard are complete and an application from Delhi University's Centre for Genetic Manipulation of Crop Plants is pending before the government. If approved, GM mustard will become the first genetically modified food crop to be grown commercially in the country. Rajasthan is the country's top mustard …
Women and children in India’s flood-hit eastern region are at risk of being preyed upon by human traffickers and sold into slavery in middle class homes, restaurants and shops, and even brothels, aid workers warned on Friday. Heavy monsoon rains have caused rivers including the Ganges and its tributaries to …
Jaipur: Around 37% babies born in the state are underweight and at the risk of developing hypothermia and septicaemia, major causes of high infant mortality rate (IMR) in the state. The health department survey reveals that 9.7% of newborns weigh less than 1.5kg, while 27.2% of them weigh between 1.5kg …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Jagdish Prasad Yadav vs. State of Rajasthan & Others dated 29/08/2016 regarding unlicensed saw mils operating in Rajasthan.
JAIPUR: Life is limping back to normal at many flood-affected districts in Rajasthan as water has started receding . However, at many places heavy rainfall continued on Thursday. Jaipur Met office said that south west monsoon will start to withdraw from the first week of September. Meanwhile, heavy rainfall continued …
BHUBANESWAR (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Authorities in eastern India are struggling to evacuate more than 100,000 people stranded in villages after floods intensified, killing more than 300 and driving hundreds of thousands from their homes, officials said on Thursday. The heavy monsoon rains have caused rivers including the Ganges and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Giriraj Parikrama Sanrakhan Sansthan & Ors. Vs. Department of Environment & Forests & Ors dated 26/08/2016 regarding non-forest use of forest land in Govardhan in Mathura district, Uttar Pradesh. Mr. S.K. Shukla, Divisional Forest Officer, Mr. Sujoy Banerjee, CCFI/C Court …
JAIPUR: Sub-divisional magistrate Ramanand Sharma of Sikar district was put on Awaiting Posting Orders (APO) on August 15. In a press release, People's Union for Civil Liberties has said that instead of honouring a man who has been working with uprightness, the state has sought to punish him. Ex-SDM Sharma …
Tamil Nadu has now reached Number One position in solar power capacity addition. India’s total installed solar capacity has grown by over 80 per cent in the last 12 months to reach 8,100 MW. “Out of the 3,600 MW capacity added during this period, 2,700 MW has come from four …
More than a quarter of India's land is turning to desert and the rate of degradation of agricultural areas is increasing, according to new analysis of satellite images. A report from the Indian Space Research Organization says land degradation -- broadly defined as loss of productivity -- is estimated at …
Even silent zones in the city are not safe any longer. And traffic -particularly, incessant honking -has emerged as the major culprit. Loudspeakers and construction work are adding to the cacophony. All studies indicate an all-round breach of safe limits. The damage to your hearing is gradual, say doctors, warning …
Jaipur: The district administration has renewed its drive against plastic carry bags on a war footing after the city reported a large number of bovine deaths due to consumption of synthetic bags. The campaign was launched last Monday to seize plastic bags from different parts of the city. An appeal …
Jaipur: Amid flood-like situation, Rajasthan government has beefed up its efforts for rescue operations. Army and NDRF teams have been deployed in Chittorgarh and Bhilwara districts while Indian Air Force choppers have been put on standby mode for evacuation. Two teams of national disaster response force (NDRF) and one column …
In Uttarakhand, where most of the places have been receiving rain for the past several days, a heavy rain alert has been issued over the next 48 hours As parts of eastern and western India grapple with consequences of floods, which have claimed at least 150 lives in the region, …
In sync with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new agricultural mission to double farm incomes by the year 2022, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje is going all out to promote agriculture sector in Rajasthan. Through its three day Global Rajasthan Agritech Meet(GRAM) which will be held in November in Jaipur the …
Tawi continues to flow above the danger mark; Vaishnodevi and Amarnath yatras remain suspended; Bihar death toll 95; 35 die in Assam A flood alert has been sounded in Jammu where heavy rain left three dead and several injured while four more deaths were reported from Bihar where the deluge …
School students here have started a campaign.They collect plastic and polythene from their dustbins at home, bring them to school and then sell the stuff to scrap buyers. They started this campaign to make the city plastic-free. Dr Susan Raaj, director, Sagar Mitra Project, thinks that when three `Hs' would …
JAIPUR: In a bid to prevent pollution in Jhalana forest, the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board (RSPCB) has come to the aid of forest department to filter waste water produced by Malviya Nagar Industrial Area. Ever since the industrial area became operational, polluted water from the complex was released into …
