Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Globally, a majority of people including Indians are not aware that India has wild lions. The tiger, which replaced the lion as the national animal in the early 1970s, does hog the headlines and therefore has a much stronger link to India and an overwhelming presence in public conscience. The …
Ahead of another monsoon, the National Institute of Virology (NIV) has in a conclusive piece of research said that the severity of the H1N1 influenza pandemic is less than that reported for
On Friday, the Supreme Court in its first hearing of the forest law violations in the Orissa mining scam asked the state government to file compliance report on the recommendations of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) within six weeks. The CEC, which probed into the multi-crore scam, in its interim …
In a move that will help bring down healthcare costs, the Union Health Ministry has directed central government-run hospitals to prescribe only generic drugs from now on.
The long-standing differences between Roads and Surface Transport Minister Kamal Nath and Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh came to the fore again at a Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure (CCI) meeting last Thursday, with Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee finally having to step in to pacify the two. Nath objected to Ramesh
"Mr Guru" was how US President Barack Obama greeted Prime Minister Manmohan Singh during the Copenhagen Climate Summit, which showed the degree of respect he has for the Indian leader, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Sunday. "President Obama has certainly got the right instincts on India. I know for …
While the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) of the Delhi government is yet to sanction the amount meant to get construction started on the second Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor between Shastri Nagar and Karawal Nagar, the government has constituted a
Zahid Rafiq Automobile experts think negligence on the part of the car owners, use of sub-standard parts in CNG kits and jammed central locking system are the main reasons for fatalities during car fires. The NCR region witnessed many such car fires over the past month, resulting in the deaths …
The government has decided to introduce in the Lok Sabha on Friday the Civil Liabilities for Nuclear Damage Bill that seeks to define the liabilities of the operator of a nuclear power plant in the event of an accident. The Bill, which was originally supposed to be introduced on March …
With wheat procurement in Uttar Pradesh down by about 40 per cent from last year, the government has decided to relax quality norms to facilitate higher purchase of the crop from the state. As a one-time measure for farmers of Uttar Pradesh, the Central Government has allowed procurement of a …
The Rajya Sabha Wednesday approved the Bill for setting up the National Green Tribunal that will ensure fast track justice and compensation to those affected by environmental hazards. Lok Sabha passed the Bill last week. The Tribunal will have five benches with its headquarters in Bhopal, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh …
Ahead of the next round of climate talks in Germany in June, India is trying to bring the emphasis back on per capita emissions, something that was rather muted in the outcome of the Copenhagen climate change conference last year. New Delhi has stressed that the long-term goal of keeping …
Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna on Tuesday asked officials of the Delhi Development Authority, Municipal Corporation of Delhi and other stakeholders to conduct an in-depth study on slum rehabilitation. A team comprising members of these agencies will also go to Mumbai to study Bombay Municipal Corporation efforts to rehabilitate Dharavi, Asia
Mounting losses of power distribution companies (discoms) have forced the Centre to press the panic button. Concerned that a part of the burden would finally fall on the Centre, the Planning Commission has sounded out state governments that are unwilling to allow discoms to raise consumer tariffs about the time …
