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. …
Throws Road & Rail Traffic Out Of Gear, Causes Outages Along Coast Hyderabad: Even after Cyclone Laila weakened ahead of landfall, about 30km from Bapatla in Guntur district, on Thursday afternoon, it left 16 people dead, flooding thousands of homes, snapping power in many areas and throwing rail and road …
Demand For Parking Space In Delhi Exceeds Capacity Over Three Times New Delhi: Fears of our cities turning into concrete jungles can now take a backseat
THE GOVT PROPOSES TO TURN SCRAP DEALERS INTO RECYCLERS. BUT IN THE SPRAWLING WASTE MARKETS OF BANGALORE, THERE ARE FEW TAKERS Jayashree Nandi | TNN In one of the many e-waste dismantling yards of Gowripalya in Bangalore, a young boy stoops over a printed circuit board and pulls out tiny …
PWD Is Digging Out Earth Used To Fill Up Lake For Flyover Neha Lalchandani | TNN New Delhi: Neela Hauz, the centuries-old water body at Aruna Asif Ali Marg near Vasant Kunj that was filled up to construct a flyover, may still have some hope for survival. With the flyover …
2013 May See Prototype Glide Back Using Its Own Engines Washington: The US air force is making a prototype reusable rocket that can fly itself back to the launch site. For this ambitious vision, the Air Force Research Laboratory is rolling out a $33 million pathfinder programme to develop a …
India Keeping Pace With Global Warming Trends New Delhi: Following the release of global temperature data which revealed April of 2010 was the hottest April ever and that this year so far has been warmest on record, Nasa has said global temperatures have been steadily rising since the late 1970s …
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet committee finally cleared the interceptor sewer project for Rs 1,357 under Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) funding. With bids expected to be invited for it soon, Delhi government
New Delhi: Unhappy over constant bickering between civic agencies over water prices in Dwarka, the Delhi high court on Wednesday directed the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) and Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to ensure water supply in the area. Justice G S Sistani asked DJB and DDA to quickly get their …
New Delhi: In a move that may significantly raise your commuting costs, increase cooking gas prices and lead to a marginal hike in power tariff, the Cabinet on Wednesday more than doubled the price of natural gas controlled by the government. As a result, CNG rates in the capital are …
End Of Vaccination Took Away Protection From HIV, Say Researchers Washington: The end of smallpox vaccination in the mid-20th century could be responsible for a loss of protection that led to the rapid spread of HIV, according to researchers. It is known that vaccinia immunization, as given to prevent the …
NEW DELHI: Even as violence has broken out in Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa, the only thing preventing the Orissa government from securing the 1,253.225 hectares of forest land for Posco's integrated steel plant, ironically, is the Forest Rights Act -- a legislation that many conservationists opposed initially and now find …
New Delhi: A discussion among Delhi Jal Board (DJB), resident welfare associations and civil society groups on the proposed groundwater bill on Tuesday brought to the fore several apprehensions. Residents pointed out that since DJB was proposing to charge for groundwater use, would the agency then be liable if groundwater …
Eco-friendly alternative catches the fancy of many colleges with inadequate infrastructure Some colleges in Delhi University have adopted the eco-friendly concept of bamboo classrooms to meet the infrastructure requirement due to an increase in the number of students after the implementation of the OBC quota. These bamboo huts
