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 electronics division of Bangalore-based Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned two grid-connected solar power plants of 2 MW each at Katol near Nagpur for Sepset Constructions Ltd. and Citra Real Estate Ltd. recently. These projects are commissioned under rooftop photovoltaic and Small Solar Power Generation Programme (RPSSGP) of …
New Delhi: As many as 345 industries continue to violate pollution norms in various parts of the country despite strict pollution norms and closure of polluting industries in the past. Of the 2,600 highly polluting industries across 17 sectors like fertilisers, thermal power, sugar, petrochemicals, cement and integrated iron and …
The cold wave sweeping North India claimed 18 more lives on Wednesday, taking the nation-wide death toll so far this winter to 93 even as temperatures went up a few notches in several parts of the region. Sixteen people have died due to the chill since Tuesday evening in Uttar …
New Delhi With more than 1,800 projects awaiting forest clearance in the country, the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has cited non-submission of essential information and documents by the respective state governments for the delay. While Punjab and Haryana lead the pack with the former waiting for the forest …
New Delhi The Centre has released R45,125 crore towards food subsidy until December 15, in line with its budgeted subsidy of R60,572 crore for the current fiscal through March 2012. India’s food subsidy bill rose to R62,929,56 crore in 2010-11 from R58,242.45 crore the year before, food and public distribution …
India is getting assistance from Japan for a programme to cleanse the Yamuna river, Environment Minister Jayanthi Natarajan said Monday. In a written reply to a query in the Lok Sabha, Natarajan informed the lower house that the Japanese government would provide India a loan of over 32 billion yen …
Train, Air Traffic Hit; Water Supply Disrupted As Mercury Dips New Delhi: The entire north India shivered on Monday as 11 more people succumbed to the cold sweeping the region pushing the death toll to 39. Dense fog and dipping temperatures threw normal life out of gear at several places …
Cold wave intensified in North India on Sunday claiming six more lives, all in Uttar Pradesh, as thick fog disrupted road and rail traffic at several places. Six more people succumbed to the piercing cold in Uttar Pradesh since Saturday evening pushing the State-wide death count to 26. Fog hampered …
Visit of doctors from national institutions to worst-affected regions recommended Even as New Delhi grappled with the increasing incidence of Japanese encephalitis — a disease reported for the first time — the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights has recommended that Japanese encephalitis vaccination be included in the national …
New Delhi The UK has launched private sector development programme in India with a commitment of 65 million pound (R520 crore) in partnership with the Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi). ‘Samridhi’ aims to help the poor in low-income states get access to financial services to improve their income …
The Union Urban Development Ministry, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and Haryana Government signed a memorandum of understanding here on Thursday for the development of the metro link between Sikanderpur station and National Highway-8 in Gurgaon. The five-kilometre link is being constructed by Rapid Metro Rail Gurgaon Limited (RMGL). Urban Development …
The growth registered by Uttarakhand and Chhattisgarh in the 11 years since their birth has not translated into human development. UTTARAKHAND CHIEF MINISTER B.C. Khanduri (right) coming out of the Assembly building along with former Chief Minister B.S. Koshiyari. UTTARAKHAND, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand, the three small States that redrew the …
The aim of this paper is to develop a methodology for estimating flood risk, considering Noida as a case study. This paper examines the impact of different methods for estimating impervious surface cover on the prediction of peak discharges as determined by a fully distributed rainfall-runoff model (WetSpa). The study …
Faced with an overall immunisation rate of 61 per cent and with even poster state Tamil Nadu steadily slipping, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare plans to designate 2012-13 as the year of “intensification of routine immunisation”. It has identified 204 districts in the country with less than 50 …
Ahmedabad: Cancer is on the rise in India, with an estimated 5.35 lakh people dying of the disease this year, minister of state for health Sudip Bandyopadhyay informed the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. In Gujarat, 26,588 people have succumbed to the disease. The minister said that figures recorded with the …
Delhi and other States told to guarantee adequate night-shelters for homeless Expressing concern over the lot of homeless persons during the winter, the Supreme Court on Monday directed Delhi and other States to ensure that adequate shelters were provided for night stay. The Bench observed that not a single person …
Hawkins Cookers Ltd has informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it has got a stay from the Punjab and Haryana High Court against an order issued by the Punjab Pollution Control Board, which instructed it to cease discharging trade effluents from its Hoshiarpur unit. The board has alleged that the …
Captive job cards. Fake bank accounts. Coercion by pradhans. In Uttar Pradesh, ingenious methods are employed to deprive the poor of MGNREGA benefits, reports Abhishek Bhalla Project undone A half-dug pond that was later abandoned JANGU, 40, a Dalit labourer in Paraspur village in Gonda district, 120 km northeast of …
New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office has stepped in to accelerate UPA’s pet project — the dedicated freight corridor. The PMO called chief secretaries of Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh for a meeting on Friday and instructed them to speed up land acquisition for the project that will significantly reduce travel …
The amount and intensity of runoff at catchment scale are largely determined by the presence of impervious land cover types, which are predominant in an urbanized area. This paper examines the impact of different methods for estimating impervious surface cover on the prediction of peak discharges as determined by a …
