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. …
Bhubaneswar: The Orissa mining scam, billed by some as the biggest loot of public property ever, has shocked even those who know little of the nitty-gritty of mining operations. In a nutshell, ores were extracted from mines much beyond the permitted limit. In many cases, mining was done without any …
New Delhi: Naxals are not Gandhians with guns. But nor do adivasis go around dancing in the forests draped in exotic costumes and enjoy tranquil lives, as tourist brochures and Doordarshan would have us believe. The truth is that over the past century, millions of tribals, who grew up and …
New Delhi: A division bench of Delhi high court on Friday stayed the formation of the panel to study health risks caused by mobile phone towers. Hearing an appeal filed by the MCD against the single bench order of May 31, a division bench of chief justice Dipak Misra and …
Revised CNG Rate 58% Less Than Petrol Price New Delhi: Even after the CNG price goes up by Rs 5.60/kg from June 8, the cost benefit of the green fuel against petrol and diesel will not come down substantially and will push up the per km running cost of various …
New Delhi: Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has earned carbon credits worth Rs 5 lakh against net carbon emission reduction (CER) achieved by making Okhla compost plan functional. This makes MCD the first civic agency in the country that has earned carbon credits. An MCD official said,
New Delhi: On Saturday morning, scores of Delhiites would be seen riding bicycles and battery operated vehicles on the streets of the city. Delhi government
New Delhi: Just how noisy is noisy enough for an aircraft to be banned from landing at Indian airports so that people living nearby can sleep peacefully is an issue that
New Delhi: The groundwater levels in the city are plunging to such an extent that many parts of Delhi have already gone dry. Largescale exploitation of groundwater has led to a colossal problem of water availability in the city. The only viable way to preserve it, or at least replenish …
New Delhi: The rest of the world may well turn green with envy. India has the most sustainable consumption pattern, says a 17-nation survey that measures consumer behaviour and its impact on the environment. Over the past two years, Indians have an increasing environmentally friendly behaviour, the consumer study, released …
New Delhi: Water may no longer be a free commodity even for the agriculture sector. In order to deal with an imminent water crisis that could haunt the country in the next few decades, the Centre has commissioned the Planning Commission to formulate a policy on integrated water management. Plan …
New Delhi: India has demanded that the UN prevent any green protectionism by developed countries and include an explicit statement in the opening charter of any new deal to block carbon based taxes being imposed on exports from developing countries such as India. The statement to the effect was made …
Five Years After Mining Stopped In Kudremukh, Signs Of A Tigerish Comeback In The Forests Kudremukh: Until five years ago, the grinding roar of gigantic mining machines filled the grasslands of Kudremukh. Now, often in the night, one can hear the tigers calling after they have made a kill, say …
Rain Resurgence Around June 10 After Storm Fury Subsides New Delhi: The full onset of monsoon, currently stalled by Cyclone Phet, is expected to take place around June 10-12 with the formation of favourable weather conditions in the Arabian Sea. The signs of plentiful rain should ease worries of North …
New Delhi: The Delhi high court on Thursday directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to work towards bringing decibel levels in and around Indira Gandhi International Airport down in accordance with international standards.
New Delhi: The centuries old Neela Hauz will have to wait for the Commonwealth Games to get over before it gets any attention from the Delhi Development Authority (DDA). Chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who visited the site with PWD minister R K Chauhan on Thursday, announced that unless DDA was …
Says Report Ignores Subsidies Offered By Developed Nations New Delhi: India is expected to stand firm on its fuel subsidy regime at the meeting of G20 finance ministers at Busan in South Korea on Friday and tear into a report prepared for the grouping, blaming government dole for encouraging inefficient …
