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 …
LUCKNOW: It is globally known for being the city where one of the seven wonders of the world, Taj is situated. But what has Agra to do with Aaloo (Potato)? A lot, according to a study conducted by the marketing department of Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L). The tuber, …
Green hotels, an emerging concept in tourism and hospitality industry, may have a higher installation cost but in the long term they bring down operating costs to a great extent. This view was expressed by Prof Russell Arthur Smith from Singapore in his keynote address at the inaugural session of …
While Buys From Madhya Pradesh & Rajasthan Zoom, UP Logs Slow Pace Our Bureau NEW DELHI MORE than a week into the wheat-buying season, purchases from Uttar Pradesh are yet to pick up pace, as the government
Greenery again got the axe on Tuesday, with official permission though. Trees of all species were felled at the Lucknow District Jail to make space for construction work. DFO, Awadh, Ashok Mishra said that permission had been taken from Forest Corporation for felling of trees. It is estimated that approximately …
World Health Day quietly slipped away on Tuesday with no formal programme being organised by the state Health department. Officials attributed the memory loss to the fact that it coincided with a gazetted holiday. Health services across the state have never been robust. With every passing year, it has further …
Virendra Singh Rawat / New Delhi/ Lucknow April 04, 2009, 0:09 IST The Uttar Pradesh government has sought minimum support price (MSP) for medicinal and aromatic plants (MAP).
LUCKNOW: Even as the ongoing parking lot projects proposed by it move at a snail's pace, the Lucknow Development Authority has proposed four more sites where multi-level parking lots can be constructed in the new financial year. The sites where the new parking lots would come up include: Kapoorthala, IT …
Election time sees less wildlife crime in the state. Although there are no figures to establish this fact, Forest officials confirm that the nefarious elements do not focus on forest during election period. A forest official told 'The Pioneer' on condition of anonymity that they remained very alert during the …
LUCKNOW: The end of this year might see a proper rescue centre for monkeys and leopards in the state. The re-drawn plan on the same has been submitted to the Central Zoo Authority by the Lucknow zoo officials. Central Zoo Authority (CZA) had sought the final plan for the first …
LUCKNOW: Could NBRI be dumping radioactive waste in Gomti directly through its sewage system? Knowing that radioactive material can induce cancer, birth defects and infertility in humans directly exposed to it, releasing it in Gomti is a huge big ecological disaster. A Bareilly-based NGO, Shree Mahalaxmi Aushadhiya Paudha Sanrakshan Vikas …
Rice-wheat cropping system is most popular among the farmers in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India. The adoption of reduced and zero tillage seed drill of rice and wheat can improve the timeliness of sowing and help farmers. Keeping this in view ZTSD (Zero tillage seed drill) was introduced by KVK's …
Due to poor flowering in mango orchards, the mango-growers of the state have demanded government support to bail them out from the crisis. In a meeting of Mango Growers' Association of India (MGAI) on Tuesday, the members expressed apprehension the that the poor rate of fruit might lead to severe …
The paper enumerates 39 medicinal plant species belonging to 39 genera and 28 families, which are used as folk medicine in the treatment of various ailments or diseases by the rural and common people of Meerut district.
In the study, an effort was made to explore the diversities of indigenous knowledge systems pertaining to human health among rural women of the purposively selected villages of eastern part of Azamgarh district, Uttar Pradesh. Data pertaining to study were collected by using the participatory approach, group discussions, participant learning …
This case study will describe an initiative jointly taken by Development Alternatives (DA) and SCATEC Solar-Norway to study the techno-social-financial viability of a clean and decentralised power plant. For this action research project, the team has identified 2 villages (Rampura and Gopalpura of Jhansi District, Uttar Pradesh) with different socio-economic …
A floristic survey of ethnomedicinal plants was conducted at Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh to assess the potentiality of plant resources. The study revealed that 15 plant species belonging to 13 families are used as anti-urolithiatic agents in local remedies. The information on medicinal uses is based on the exhaustive …
Vishal Sharma / Agra March 31, 2009, 0:32 IST The industrial sector in Agra, which earns more than Rs 2,200 crore from handicrafts and footwear exports alone, is failing to attract fresh entrepreneurs. Ever since pollution norms were made effective in the past decade, local industrial growth dropped, with industrialists …
LUCKNOW: So what if it punishes the erring house tax owners, sending notices and seizing their bank accounts, the Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) is now at the receiving end -- from the UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) for not paying a paltry Rs 7,000 as annual authorisation renewal charges for …
