Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee Vs State of Odisha & Others dated 15/05/2025. The Applicant Giri Gobardhan Forest Committee has filed the application alleging illegal felling of trees over an area of around 5 acres within the …
In a clear case of discrimination, the Ludhiana administration has taken action against dairy farmers for polluting Budda Nullah but spared the industry, which is the major contributor towards the water body's pollution. The police has booked several dairy farmers in the past two days for dumping cow-dung and dirty …
The biggest Fisheries Harbour in the country will be built in Dikowita. Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Minister Felix Perera and his officials visited the proposed project site with Central Bank Governor Ajith Nivard Cabral on Wednesday. Minister Perera told the Daily News that the proposed harbour will help to promote …
WEST Bengal chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee signed a much-hyped deal with the Salim Group of Indonesia for investments up to Rs 20,000 crore in infrastructure development on July 31. Billed the "New Kolkata International Development Project," the deal includes expressways, bridges, special economic zones, industrial hubs and health and knowledge …
quake forecast: Researchers at Yale and the University of Washington, both in the US, suggest a new way to forecast severe earthquakes. They say that big earthquakes, like the 2004 Sumatra earthquake, may be caused by the build-up of sediment on top of subduction zones
Where gentle persuasion fails, shock therapy works. In an attempt to wean diners off shark fin soup, Singapore-based environmental group Sea Shepherd Conservation Society is planning to put up posters in schools and public places showing cooks in gas masks and chemical protection gear before serving bowls of the delicacy …
Thousands of sea snails are dying along a beach in Bangladesh. This has caused a stomach-churning stench, that is repelling tourists. Tourism officials said snails were washing up along a wide stretch of Cox's Bazar beach on the Bay of Bengal. Cox's Bazar, southeast of Dhaka, is the country's main …
POET Samuel Taylor Coleridge's comment on water - abundant and yet unfit for drinking - is a reality in many parts of the globe. Contamination of water is a universal problem.Unplanned urbanisation and industrialisation are the main culprits responsible for polluting water sources in many countries. There are ways out …
THE West Bengal government is planning to build a multi-layered underground aquarium and an exhibition centre at Victoria square. The project has already been cleared by the Calcutta Municipal Corporation and is awaiting final sanction.The construction will to start in December and is expected to be completed in two years. …
The Indian Star Tortoise (Gekoche) lone elegans) is being sold openly India and international trade in the endangered species is thriving. Listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, Appendix II, and in the Indian Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, the small tortoise, measuring about 35 cm in …
IN A life span of 60-70 years, a turtle may travel thousands of kilometers from its birthplace, but it always finds its way back to the same spot or someplace close to it, whenever it lays eggs. This intriguing and unerring instinct is now being attributed to the fact that …
In Australia's Queensland state, school children are fighting to save the bilbies. The bilby, a marsupial that lives in the rivers, is threatened by continuing hunts and attacks by cattle. Now, the students of Cliffton Hill Primary School in the town of Davenport Down have begun a letters campaign, writing …
HAVE you ever thought what prevents aquatic organisms living in and around the icy continent of Antarctica from freezing? Researchers believe that an enzyme -- lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) -- plays an important role in keeping these organisms metabolically active, and helps them survive even at sub-zero temperatures. S Shivaji, a …
A CLASS of pesticides called polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has pushed European otter to the brink of extinction. A Dutch study now reveals why: PCBs have a serious effect on this aquatic animal's reproductive cycle. PCBs have also been known to cause patches on the skin, immunotoxicity, kidney damage, weight loss …
AN octopus can learn tasks simply by watching other octopuses at work. This observation has surprised researchers who believed such mental capacities to be the sale preserve of higher vertebrates like mammals. The octopus belongs to the family of molluscs which are invertebrate. Research on Octopus vulgarid, the common octopus …
