Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: How many trees are there in Ahmedabad? Or for that matter, Rajkot or Vadodara? There is no exact answer. One may get a rough estimate but even social forestry division of state government doesn
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: In move to put the 6,000 MW nuclear power plant on fast track, Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) has asked Gujarat government to quickly go in for acquiring 780 hectares (ha) of land on southern Saurashtra coast to kickstart work for the ambitious …
Vasundhara Vyas Mehta | TNN Ahmedabad: Start your day half an hour early and you will be able to save a big dent in your monthly power bill. Padmini R, a postgraduate student at Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, wants to reset the Indian clock half an …
Melvyn Thomas | TNN Surat:To safeguard the health of thousands of artisans working in the agate stone processing industry in Khambhat region, the Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC) plans to provide financial and other aid to them for setting up a non-hazardous stone processing system. The agate industry …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: The civic body is all set to give the city a chic look with certain traffic islands and dividers to be ornamented with ficus varieties, mehendi and rain umbrella trees. SK Langa, deputy municipal commissioner and in-charge of parks and gardens, said,
Ahmedabad: A disaster was averted in the nick of time. Late on Saturday night, a 15-tonne container carrying a highly inflammable butanebased chemical caught fire near Piplaj at a unit of Chiripal Industries. The fire fighting operation lasted for seven hours. It took water from 200 tankers and several fire …
Ahmedabad: More than 25 volunteers and representatives from city-based Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) participated in the discussion, held at Van Chetna Kendra on Sunday, on the Gyps vulture census in Ahmedabad, Mehsana and Gandhinagar. The vulture census will be conducted after a gap of three years. The last census was done …
Ahmedabad: As the mercury continued to hover around 45 degrees celsius in city, many more fell prey to the heat. The rising mercury killed two more persons on Sunday, taking the total death toll due to heat in the city in last four days to 29. The flow of patients …
By End Of June, One Stretch Of Kharicut Canal Will Turn Into A Green Zone Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Come June and you shall have the pleasure of taking a stroll on a huge stretch of green with clean, flowing water amid designer fountains. This will be Amdavadis
Ahmedabad: The nine-monthold Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), popularly known as Janmarg in the city, has added one more feather in its cap. Janmarg achieved another international accolade of being among the two finalists for
Mitsubishi unveils eco city plans Gandhinagar: Time is not far away when Amdavadis will enjoy Mitsubishi-run electric vehicles (EVs), including automobiles, buses and cars to travel in and around the city. The move is part of Government of India
Gandhinagar: Mitsubishi Corporation, Nippon Steel and Japanese Marine Science Inc have come forward to invest in Alang-Sosiya shipbreaking yard for a futuristic hazard-free eco-friendly ship recycling facility. While a concrete proposal by the three Japanese companies will be made public during Vibrant Gujarat business summit in January 2011, Mitsubishi Corporation …
Ahmedabad: If you expected some respite from the scorching heat, this may not be music to your ears. All hopes of mercury level in Ahmedabad coming down from Sunday onwards were dashed after development of cyclonic storm Laila over south-west and adjoining south-east and west-central Bay of Bengal. The earlier …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The forest survey of India may have said that the actual cover in Gujarat has increased by 16 sq km, as compared to 2005 data, however, the tree count conducted in the state in 2007 revealed that numbers have increased by barely 2 per cent. …
Some offices and institutions have managed to cut temperature purely by architechtural feat Paul John | TNN The city may feel like insides of a furnace these days, baking denizens ruthlessly as the mercury continues on its relentless climb, but then there are some cool spaces too. Mostly unnoticed, these
Palitana/ Rajkot: Shock and panic gripped pilgrim town of Palitana when four pilgrims reportedly died of a heat stroke on Sunday morning. The pilgrims were among thousands attending a five-day Jain religion function, Suripat Rajat Jayanti Mahotsav, at the foothills of Shetrunji hills at this Jain pilgrimage in Bhavnagar district. …
Effluents Being Dumped Are 15 Times More Polluted Than The Accepted Norms Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhiangar: The latest Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) report, which says that industries in and around Vadodara are dumping huge quantities of toxic chemicals into river Mahi and Gulf of Khambhat, has sent shockwaves …
