Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
The Supreme Court has ruled that the States/Union Territories can grant and renewal of leases for mining of minor minerals for an area of less than five hectares only after getting environmental clearance from the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). The court took note of the MoEF report which …
The best developed district in Uttar Pradesh is six times more so than the worst, state government figures indicate. Districts in western UP, closest to Delhi, far outpace those in other regions, not just those in Bundelkhand, according to the department’s Niyojan Atlas, which considers 36 indicators. The atlas is …
India has just won a landmark victory in the long-drawn-out war on polio. Fourteen months have gone since 13 January 2011 without a single case of polio caused by wild poliovirus (WPV). But how sure are we that in this vast country, with about 125 million under-five children and a …
The success of smallpox eradication in the mid-1970s drew attention to the immunization programme in India. The Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI), developed for immunizing children during the first year of life was launched in 1978 mainly in the urban areas. Through the subsequent years, more vaccines were included in …
A study has been undertaken to assess the number of six important tree species including teak, mango, babool, neem, kathal and shisham outside forests in rural areas of district Gorakhpur.
This article looks into the instances of growing waterlogging, which is a negative externality of the developmental process (canal irrigation) that has affected the marginalised sections to a greater extent, who mostly depend on land for livelihood and self-sustenance. Land-use pattern has undergone a tremendous transformation due to irrigation development …
Lucknow: Mayawati’s sugarcane policy will be put to the test in these last phases of the polls the region where sugarcane is the major cash crop. Though many say Mayawati’s cane policy is better than that of previous governments, it may not reap results as corruption and anger against land …
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre and the governments of Haryana, Delhi and Uttar Pradesh to furnish information on expenditure incurred by them for cleaning up the Yamuna. A bench headed by Chief Justice S H Kapadia asked the Central Water Pollution Control Board to take samples of …
The Union Health Ministry has mooted a proposal for monitoring construction activity and service delivery in the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) by independent accredited agencies. The proposal, which comes seven years after the scheme kicked off in 2005, was discussed in a recent Empowered Programme Committee — the highest …
Issues of development and governance would decide the fate of an unpromising BSP, renascent SP, hopeful Congress and a dispirited BJP in a changed Uttar Pradesh In Uttar Pradesh, the real question is not who is losing and why. Within a few hours of a casual travel through the state, …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Deepak Kumar Vs State of Haryana & Ors dated 27/02/2012 regarding quarrying in the river beds of Yamuna, Tangri, Markanda, Ghaggar, Krishnavati River basin, Dohan River basin etc and extraction of minor minerals.
Supreme Court has ruled that States and Union Territories can now grant leases for mining minor minerals in less than 5 hectares or renew them only after prior approval from the MoEF. Supreme Court order dated 27-02-2012 (SLP (C) No. 19628-19629 of 2009 on illegal mining. See Also Report: Impact …
The eastern region of the country, which occasionally hits the headlines for starvation deaths, has turned into a food surplus zone thanks to a special programme launched last year to boost productivity in the area. The government said on Friday that "bringing green revolution in eastern India programme (BGREI)", launched …
Even as there has been uproars on the safety aspects of the 2000-MW Lower Subansiri Hydroelectric Power Project (LSHEP) and the State Government is also maintaining a firm stand on the issue of continuing with the construction of the project, according to a Union Ministry of Power notification, the share …
Central allocation for the Mahatama Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGS) has been falling in recent years, with this year recording the steepest decline. Money released for the scheme fell from Rs 35,242 crore last year to Rs 21,441 crore this year, while expenditure has gone down from Rs …
India may have won the battle against polio but the war is far from over. Having achieved one full polio-free year, the key challenge now is to ensure that any residual or imported poliovirus in the country is rapidly detected and eliminated. The challenge is also to ensure that all …
Real estate developer Kamrup Housing group has said it will invest about Rs.220 crore in developing two housing projects in Greater Noida and Guwahati. “We are developing a housing project in Guwahati. We have already acquired the land and received all necessary approvals from the authorities. It will require an …
BAHRAICH: A gharial, categorised as critically endangered species, was found dead near Gerua village in Katarniaghat wildlife sanctuary near here, a senior forest official said. The 4.48 metre long gharial was found dead at a mound near the river yesterday and his age was estimated to be around 90 years, …
