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 …
THAT LITERACY is liberation may be rhetoric in many parts of the country, but not in Tamil Nadu's Pudukkottai district. Total literacy was reported in this granite quarry region in August 1992, and it brought with it, for the scores of women workers, freedom from bondage and penury. Today, a …
YUGOSLAV engineers are working desperately to ease the pressure on a damaged dam in Montenegro, to prevent the release of millions of tonnes of toxic mining sludge into the Danube and other Balkan rivers. Senior officials working on the dam'say the impact would be "disastrous as it would poison the, …
Ever since the use of insecticides was reduced in favour of biological control, British gardeners are discovering that some pests are on the increase (Financial Times, Oct 31/Nov 1, 1992). Now, there are friendly insects to control white flies, greenhouse red spider mites and vine weevils. Encarsia formosa, a tiny …
A BRITISH laboratory and a US firm are collaborating to produce artificial blood after scientists overcame two obstacles that had hampered this effort. Attempts to use haemoglobin isolated from the red blood cells as "artificial" blood failed because it caused kidney damage and was unable to give up oxygen -- …
Workers in noisy coal washeries have been shown to suffer considerable hearing loss. According to one study, 20 per cent of washery workers had mildly handicapped hearing -- hearing loss becomes a handicap when the ability to hear conversational speech is impaired -- while the others developed slight hearing impairment. …
A LABORATORY set up by the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research deep in the Kolar gold field mines to study proton decay may be wound up because poor gold yields have forced closure of the mines. Since the past 12 years, scientists in the lab located 2.3 km below the …
WESTERN investors are slowly destroying Papua New Guinea's lush green rainforests with their utter disregard for environmental safeguards while raking in profits from the island's immense natural wealth, be it copper, gold, lumber or oil. And the PNG government, its hands bound by a foreign debt to the tune of …
RESIDENTS of Domiasiat and Wahkaliar villages near Cherrapunji in Meghalaya have formed village action committees to resist a proposed uranium mine in the region. Students, welfare organisations and opposition parties in the state have joined hands to form the Khasi Jaintia Environment Protection Council (KJEPC) to support them. KJEPC convener …
WHEN WITH 'big brother' presumption, the Centre decided to 'help' the states of Haryana and Rajasthan regulate their industrial development, and arrest the adverse effect of this development on the Aravallis, it stirred up a hornet's nest, with development and the states on one side and environment and the Centre …
BUILDERS in Delhi are in a bind. The Supreme Court order to close down stone-crushing units around the Capital has hiked structural costs by 10-15 per cent. The Aravalli notification has drastically cut down prime land they have been opening up in Gurgaon, where land prices are less than a …
BIOTECHNOLOGY was the fastest growing area of scientific research in the 1980s, followed by anaesthesia and intensive care in medicine, says a report published by the Institute for Scientific Information. The report has based its conclusion on the number of papers published in each field. The number of papers in …
This report is intended to serve as a reference source of the mineral resources of Afghanistan, the possibilities of their exploitation, needs for further exploration and strategies and policies that Afghanistan might employ to develop its mineral resources with the support of bilateral assistance, regional and worldwide development institutions and …
Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) is organizing the Global Mining Summit 2014: An international Conference on 3-4 December 2014 in Hotel Hyatt Regency Kolkata, India, concurrently with the 12th edition of the International Mining and Machinery Exhibition (IMME 2014) scheduled on 3-6 December 2014 in Salt Lake Grounds, Kolkata, India.
Mineral Industry and its sustainable development is a prime mover in the growth of a nation. India is endowed with vast mineral wealth and has a strong human resource base of geologists, mining and mineral engineers and metallurgists to help convert the mineral wealth to useful metals. The development and …
The International Conference on "Global Challenges and Policy Framework for Mining of Mineral and Fossil Energy Resources (GCPF: 2015-20)" is organized by National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal during 17 - 18 April, 2015 at Mangalore, India. The conference aims to foster discussion and dialogue among Engineers, Technologists, Academicians, …
Increased mineral demand has put extreme pressure on the mining industry, coupled with sustainability, health and safety issues. The need for technological advancement has never been more compelling.The main focus of the 5th Global Mining Technology Forum is to bring to the forefront, cutting egde technologies that are spearheading innovation …
The International Conference on "Global Challenges and Policy Framework for Mining of Mineral and Fossil Energy Resources (GCPF: 2015-20)" is organized by National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal during 17 - 18 April, 2015 at Mangalore, India. The conference aims to foster discussion and dialogue among Engineers, Technologists, Academicians, …
The aim objective of 2015 International Conference on Data Mining, Electronics and Information Technology (DMEIT'15) is to provide a platform for researchers, engineers, academicians as well as industrial professionals from all over the world to present their research results and development activities in Data Mining, Electronics and Information Technology. The …
This film produced by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) explores increase in flood affected areas in India and analyses the Himalayan floods. It presents an agenda for change and shows how the country can combat the growing problems of floods. See Also CSE Report > The Wrath of Nature …
This video shows proceedings of the crucial public hearing for Environment clearance of Gare IV/6 Coal mine project of Jindal Steel and Power Ltd. at village Gare, Lamdarha, Saraitola, Khamharia, Karwahi & Tehlirampur, Raigarh (Chhattisgarh) on September 25, 2013. RELATED CONTENT Report: Draft EIA for proposed GARE IV/6 coal mine …
