People may avoid migrating if they cannot insure themselves against the risk of a bad outcome. Governments can reduce the consumption risk faced by migrants by allowing them to access social protection programs in the destination. This study randomly informed around 62,000 households across 18 Indian states about a new …
The Bombay High Court today asked Maharashtra government to confer power on its officers to take action against those found guilty of violating noise pollution laws during the forthcoming religious festival celebrations in the state. In a related development, Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation informed the High Court in an affidavit that …
MUMBAI: The BMC on Monday assured the Bombay high court that the interests of pedestrians and motorists will not be compromised during religious festivals. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Revati Mohite-Dere was given the assurance by the BMC advocate Anil Sakhare. He submitted the new policy for …
MUMBAI: Ganeshotsav mandals welcomed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) policy, based on Bombay high court directives, and said it addressed their concerns. They stated that the conditions imposed on them will be followed, as usual, and they hoped for a positive outcome of the issue after the court hears the …
Conservation of natural resources has been an integral part of several indigenous communities in different parts of the world. Nature worship has been a key force in determining human attitudes towards conservation and sustainable utilization of biodiversity. Many traditional conservation practices are being followed by indigenous people around the world …
Court had earlier cited an apex court judgment explaining that fundamental right did not extend to profess religion to worshiping at any and every public place. Even as the BJP-led state government confirmed to the Bombay High Court Thursday that rules relating to noise pollution had to be followed during …
Following a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a resident of Thane, the Bombay high court last week said that the fundamental right of practising or professing religion did not extend to any or every place. As orders given by an apex court were not abided by the principal secretaries, …
Leaders of different faiths have embraced Pope Francis' climate-change appeal and his recent environmental encyclical. Above, the pontiff (left) and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I of Constantinople are shown in Istanbul Nov. 30, 2014. Reuters/Tony Gentile In a show of solidarity with Pope Francis’ recently expressed concerns about the environment, an …
MUMBAI: Pope Francis Thursday released a long-awaited 183-page Encyclical (letter to bishops) on the environment which many experts call a game-changer. Mincing no words, the Pope described the Earth as an immense pile of filth and decried the reliance on fossil fuels. The Catholic Church in Mumbai will also heed …
Pope Francis released this document on June 18, 2015. The encyclical states that humans have made "irresponsible use" of the Earth, that climate change affects most people living in poverty, and that all must unite to protect the planet.
PUNE: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench in Pune has asked the state government to consider devising a policy for use of fire crackers at public places during private marriage processions, religious events, festivities or election result celebrations. "A committee, including the secretary to environment department, member secretary of the …
Anthropologists and ecologists investigating the dialectical relationship between human environments and the cultural practices that shape and are shaped by them have been talking past each other for too long: the one looking purely at metaphor and the other purely at function. Our mixed-method data analysis set out to explore …
PALAKKAD: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Prakash Javadekar said that the government would frame laws in support of parading elephants during temple festival if such a move is necessary to preserve the centuries-old customs and practises. He was speaking at a meeting organised by the BJP district unit at …
Thousands of years after the epic Kurukshetra battle, National Green Tribunal (NGT) did an Arjuna act recently to protect the mythological banyan tree under which Lord Krishna is believed to have delivered the message of Bhagavad Gita. Considered to be more than 5,000 years old, the banyan tree at Jyotisar …
Green min using 1916 pact to allay apprehensions over hydel projects on Ganga This old English idiom is usually used as a proxy to denote impossibility , but the union environment ministry may be about to show that it is sometimes possible to have one's cake and eat it too. …
MoEF urged to reject suggestion in draft policy In response to a recent change suggested in the draft wildlife policy on distinction between hunting and use of wildlife for cultural practices, the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), along with other NGOs, has sent a letter to the Ministry of Environment, …
Pope Francis has drawn attention for his progressive teachings on sexuality, contraception and abortion. Now he and the Catholic Church are tackling another contentious issue: climate change.
The National Green Tribunal, Western Zone, Pune, has given the Trimbakeshwar Municipal Council two weeks from October 14 to treat puja material generated in the town to curb river pollution. The tribunal said it would direct the district collector to take actions against the chief officer of Trimbak and attach …
This year’s World Disasters Report focuses on culture and risk. The report explores the different ways in which culture affects disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation and how disasters and risk influence culture. It examines why people choose to live in hazard-prone locations, and how culture and beliefs enable …
For the first time, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), which monitors noise levels in the city during the Ganesh festival every year, measured levels for 24 hours on the first day of the festival on August 29. Noise levels are being monitored across 25 locations in Mumbai over five …
The eighth edition of Times Green Ganesha campaign began with a function at Lala Lajpatrai College in Mahalaxmi, in Mumbai. Minister of state for environment Sachin Ahir, actor director Prabhu Deva, Medha Gadgil, chief additional secretary , environment, and Sanjay Bhuskute, public relations officer of Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), …
