Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Traditional farming practices have been developed by agrarian societies in particular ecological setting. Sustainability in these systems has been derived after a long tenure through trial and error with crops and practices. Most of the practices of traditional farmers for disease management in developing countries consist of cultural control. Some …
a plan to upgrade the Sanganer airport in Jaipur to the status of international airport is facing stiff oppositions. It is feared that the plan's flawed design could affect at least 72 colonies in the vicinity of the airport. The residents staged a road blockade along the Jaipur-Kota highway, in …
On April 4, 2005, Sunda Bawariya and his son Kailash, who live on the fringes of Mundawara village at Viratnagar in Rajasthan's Jaipur district, were beaten up and arrested by a group of forest guards, officials and two female police personnel for tiger poaching. Sunda's wife Dholi alleges the attackers …
The Rajasthan high court has given its approval to a settlement to develop a public park and retain a golf course and a polo ground in the Rambagh Complex. The complex is considered to be the green lung of Jaipur. The settlement is a result of a number of litigations …
if the Pani biradari (water community) formed at the Paani sammelan (water conference) organised by the Centre for Science and Environment ( cse) on March 23 and 24, 2001 in New Delhi was a ray of hope then the Rashtriya Jal Sammelan (national water conference). organised at Neemi village near …
researchers have linked nitrate in drinking water with recurrent acute respiratory disorder in children. Research conducted by S K Gupta and colleagues at the Satellite Hospital, Bampark, Jaipur has found a relation between high intake of nitrates and symptoms of lung infection ( Environmental Health Perspectives , Vol 108, No …
floods sweep through the village, the land is left uncultivable, the wells get filled with pebbles and mud. Agriculture becomes impossible. A cry of despair and despondency from the unfortunate residents would be a common sequel to this. Not in the villages of the Chaksu Block of Jaipur, Rajasthan. Thanks …
in a bid to boost rural development, engineers in Jaipur have developed a software that would help parched villagers by assisting them predict water supplies. It would also help in proper management of water. The software, called SimTanka , simulates the performance of rainwater harvesting systems with covered water storage …
Britain's National Wind Power will construct Europe's largest wind farm, Carno, in the Powys region of Wales which will generate forty-per cent of electricity needed for the region. Its 56 turbines can generate up to 33 MW of electricity, enough to cater to the needs of nearly 25,000 homes. Each …
Cow urine, which is used in several ayurvedic medicines, can also generate electricity. Scientists working with the Rajasthan Gosewa Aayog, Jaipur, conducted an experiment at the state secretariat in which electric current was generated from cow urine. About one and a half litre of urine was put in a plastic …
BRITISH scientist William Bateson, who is responsible for coining the word "genetics", had an unusual scientific career. He started out as a student of animal morphology -- a branch of zoology that emphasises such obvious aspects of an organism as its form and the way it looks to us. Later, …
