Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
Mr Sukh Ram, Himachal Power Minister ,today blamed the lack of planning at the Centre for the "criminal neglect" of hydroelectic projects in the country and called for effective steps for the execution of big projects. Inaugurating a three-day international conference on "Hydro-power development in the Himalayas" here, he said …
Large-scale iron ore mining operations in Goa have resulted in "wide-spread environmental degradation," leading to severe air pollution in the mining villages and road corridors in the state, according to an officially-commissioned study.The study, undertaken by the Tata Energy Research Institute for the Goa governemnt, says that "major water quality …
Korean conglomerate Samsung is all set to become the second refrigerator manufacturer after Whirlpool to launch its CFC-free refrigerators in the Indian market. The products would be available by month-end.
The "river of life" Periyar is dying a slow death. With over 437,000 tonnes of its sand being mined and sold every day, Periyar has sunk by 12 feet during the last seven years. Today, the river bed lies ravaged, and the residual craters have spawned a number of grassy …
Senior BJP MLA H N Nanje Gowda today threatened to quit his Assembly membership and the party if the BJP-led Union Government constituted the Cauvery River Valley Authority to implement the Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal's interim order, without first formulating national water policy guidelines.
Missed your stations too often just because you fell asleep during the journeys? Well, there is some good news for you and all other people who habitually sleep through their train stations. All of you could soon be woken up in good time to get off, thanks to an "intelligent' …
Stuart Newman, a cell biologist at New York Medical College, has applied for a patent on ways to make human-animal chimeras(an animal customized with genes from different species). Newman doesn't want to do it. He just wants to make sure no one else does, either. And, with the help of …
A 50-year moratorium on mining in Antarctica notwithstanding expanding scientific activity and tourism pose a serious threat to the continent's fragile ecosystem, which could affect ocean chemistry and lead to a rise in sea-level and ozone depletion, warn experts.
Philippines President Fidel Ramos halted the operations of small scale miners after they were found to be using mercury extensively in refining gold. Officials have said that high levels of mercury contamination had been detected among miners in the gold-panning areas on southern Minadano Island.
More than 30 Ukrainian coalminers trapped below ground after a methane gas explosion were found dead on Sunday, raising the final death toll at the pit in Donetsk to 63. It was one of Ukraine's worst mining disasters.
Trading of mica in Bihar has been severely afflicted by the strict enforcement of the Forest Conservation Act, passed in 1980, and the collapse of the Soviet Union, its major consumer. The situation today is a far cry from the one in the 1960s , when the mining department of …
At least 12 people are feared to have been killed with the roofs of two abandoned mines at Nirsa and Bermo caving in yesterday afternoon. The mines belonged to Eastern Coalfields Limited (ECL) and Cental Coalfields Limited (CCL) , and were located near Dhanbad and Bokaro respectively.
The "politics of water", as some irrigation experts in Sachivalaya put it, has played havoc with the people of Saurashtra-Kutch and north Gujarat regions of the state. With every change of guard in the capital, the peiorities and projects for supplying potable water to the people undergo drastic changes, not …
Do not throw away those old telephone books and fruit juice packs, build your walls with them. Australia's national research centre, CSIRO, is backing a project to turn these "raw' ingredients into flat panels and mouldings that would normally be made of wood. CSIRO claims that the mix of paper …
it is something that has always tempted physicists. What does the inside of a atomic bomb looks like a microsecond after it detonates? In fact, scientists at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, usa , stayed up nights thinking about it, and a group of them recently demonstrated a clever new …
The Delhi High Court has issued notices to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on an application seeking contempt proceedings against CBI officers who had "virtually raided' the office of Delhi Forum, a non governmental organisation. The application filed by Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL) stated that the raid …
A Mexican court in the northern city of Hermosillo has ordered Mexicana de Cobre, a subsidiary of Grupo Mexico, the country's largest mining group, to return 1,500 hectares of expropriated communal land, where Grupo Mexico has developed its biggest copper mine, to its original peasant owners. The disputed land is …
The coal ministry is planning to put up a proposal by which captive coal mines would be accorded infrastructure status. The Minister of state for coal, Mr Dilip Ray, said that the ministry is currently holding internal meetings to finalise this issue.
Foreign mining companies have scaled down their operations in the Philippines because of uncertainties over a new tribal law and mounting environmental concerns, industry leaders said last week.
