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 …
Honour inspirational work in social transformation India’s bustling cities and its far corners have numerous people filled with empathy, engaged in causes far larger than themselves. Unobtrusively, they carry out the task of nation-building, providing hope to millions where there is despair. The Times of India, a sister publication of …
Government agencies not taking action against defaulters: study More than five months after the ban on use of plastic pouches for sale of tobacco products came into effect on March 1 this year, small and big manufacturers of pan masala and chewing tobacco are still violating the rule openly, a …
The Government has approved 20 new highway and housing projects at a total investment of Rs 14,538 crore. Approval for the projects proposed by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA), respectively, was given by a Finance Ministry panel. “The 46th Public-Private Partnership …
On September 7, a draft of the Land Acquisition and Resettlement and Rehabilitation Bill of 2011was tabled in Parliament which was different from the one published in July for public comments. The changes in the draft now seem to favour agencies acquiring land rather than the land owners. Certain features …
There had been several newspaper clippings indicating that arsenic contamination in drinking water sources in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh is creating hardship to the local people and several people are suffering from arsenecosis disease. Also, the capacity of the medical doctors is inadequate to diagnose arsenecosis and prescribe preventive …
Saroj Devi's family of six used to spend over Rs 900 every month to buy kerosene for lighting the three lamps in her house. Their village, Lala Teekar, in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh has two rivers passing by and is often called the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of Moradabad. …
Madhya Pradesh has the maximum number of children suffering from mal nutrition in the country. A recent data released by the central government says the children of MP have the least average weight and suffer from mal nutrition in the India. A total of sixty per cent kids were found …
The ministry of road transport and highways (MORTH) has suggested the government to de-link environment and forest clearances in a bid to fast track highways project. The ministry says that it takes about 12-15 months to seek environment clearance, another 1-2 years to get forest clearance and over three years …
The Government has a proposed timeline for the award of compensation under the Land Acquisition and Rehabilitation and Resettlement Bill. This timeline was not in the draft of the Bill posted on the Government's Web site on July 29 for comments from stakeholders and the public. After these responses and …
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) has suggested that the proposed land acquisition Act should apply to private companies only if they buy 500 acres or more, instead of the 100 acres as suggested in the draft Bill. "The industry feels the threshold of 100 acres …
Surging flood waters in northern and eastern India have affected millions of people, forcing many from their homes as swollen rivers wash away roads and make rescue work difficult, government and aid officials said on Friday. Aid workers said 5.2 million people are now affected, double the figure from 10 …
Households using piped natural gas (PNG) in NCT of Delhi will have to shell out Rs 3 for every standard cubic metre (scm) consumed from Thursday. Indraprastha Gas Ltd has announced the new consumer price of PNG to the households in Delhi is being revised to Rs 22 a scm …
A cash-strapped Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation (UPPCL) has signed a one-year deal with a private power generator in Gujarat, routed through a private power trader in the western state, to buy some 600 MW at around Rs 4.70 a unit. The price is well above the average of less Rs …
The research assesses policies and practices for gender-just adaptation in India. The recommendations are based on consultative research carried out in 3 States of India – viz Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and Himachal Pradesh. The research report highlights the causes and concerns of women due to climate change. It rightly …
Taking note of rising cases of financial irregularities in several works done under its flagship rural employment scheme MNREGA, the Centre has sent more than 230 special investigation teams to various states in the past five years to probe them. Out of the total of 236, 92 teams of National …
New Delhi The country’s premier agri-research body ICAR is working on a scheme to increase agricultural productivity by providing exact information to farmers on the type of crops they should grow, fertiliser and water requirements through the use of GPS technology. Under the project, ICAR has collected global positioning system …
In a year-long deal, Guj & Adani Power to supply 600 MW of electricity The Mayawati-led BSP government in Uttar Pradesh has entered into a year-long power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Gujarat government and private utility Adani Power for 600 MW of electricity. “State governments plan well in advance. …
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research is working on a scheme to increase agricultural productivity by providing exact information to farmers on the type of crops they should grow, fertiliser and water requirements through the use of GPS technology. Under the project, ICAR has collected global positioning system (GPS)-based soil …
Rivers continue to overflow in Uttar Pradesh though rain eases Rainfall eased in most parts of North India on Thursday even as major rivers continued to overflow at several places in Uttar Pradesh where two persons were drowned while an equal number were killed in Rajasthan when their vehicle was …
Lucknow: The flood situation remained grim in most of north India with Uttar Pradesh and Bihar being the worst affected. More than a hundred people have died since the start of the monsoon and thousands of people rendered homeless. Standing crop has been damaged in several districts and livestock of …
