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. …
Green, natural environments may ameliorate adverse environmental exposures (e.g., air pollution, noise, and extreme heat), increase physical activity and social engagement, and lower stress. Researchers aimed to examine the prospective association between residential greenness and mortality. Original Source
DIBRUGARH: Accusing the Brahmaputra Cracker and Polymer Limited (BCPL) of violating effluent standards and polluting surrounding rivers and water bodies, Asom Gana Parishad (Anchalikatabadi Mancha) has sought an independent probe by an expert panel. The party in a press conference on Tuesday said the BCPL plant situated at Lepetkata in …
Kolhapur:Police have decided to take stern action against Ganesh mandals using high-decibel sound systems to ensure a low-decibel festival this time. According to police officials, this will help in ensuring that no mandal uses such systems and that no owner of these systems will rent it to the mandals. Police …
They alleged the contractor companies and sub contractors are damaging the environment, including water bodies and rivulets by dumping muck into them. The contractor companies engaged by National Highway Authority of India for upgrading and widening Jammu-Srinagar highway from Nowgam Banihal to Nashri are allegedly taking undue advantage of the …
Rejecting GVK Group firm Alaknanda Hydro Power Company's contention that the 2013 cloudburst and floods in Uttarakhand was an "act of god", the National Green Tribunal has directed it to pay a compensation of Rs 9.26 crore to the persons affected by the disaster. The green panel held the company …
Kolhapur: Vishwas Nangre-Patil, special inspector general of Kolhapur range, has said the Ganesh mandals can celebrate the upcoming festival with enthusiasm but urged them to stay away from high-decibel sound systems. He was speaking at a congregation of Ganesh mandals in the city held to discuss peaceful celebration of the …
The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday slapped an environment compensation of Rs 25 lakh on Assam- based Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) for destruction of forest cover in Golaghat district to construct a boundary wall for a golf course. While directing NRL to demolish the boundary wall near Deopahar protected reserve …
Five years after the shipping carrier -M V Rak sank 20 nautical miles off the South Mumbai coast in the Arabian Sea causing marine pollution, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday slapped Rs100 crore penalty on the Qatar-based Delta Navigation as "environmental compensation" for dumping the cargo in the …
After initial enthusiasm in enforcing the ban on the use of plastic bags, the Municipal Corporation seems to have forgotten its orders issued in April this year. While a few shopkeepers were issued challans for using polythene during the first few days of the ban, almost every shopkeeper can be …
Delta and Adani have been directed to pay Rs 100 crore and Rs 5 crore, respectively, for polluting marine environment NGT seeks details of groundwater use by Delhi Metro The Principal bench of the National Green tribunal (NGT) today directed Delta Marine Shipping Company (Delta Shipping Marine Services SA and …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday imposed a fine of Rs 100 crore and Rs 5 crore on Qatar-based Delta Navigation and Adani Enterprises Ltd. respectively, in connection with the 2011 Mumbai oil spill case. The tribunal also sought to know from an expert committee as to what should …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday asked Panama-based Delta Shipping Marine Services SA and its two Qatar-based sister companies to pay R100 crore as damages for the 2011 Mumbai oil spill. It also asked Adani Enterprises to cough up R5 crore for polluting the marine environment. The National Green …
MUSSOORIE: An underground tunnel in Mussoorie that aims to solve parking woes of the hill station has run into controversy. The proposal to let part of the tunnel be built under the premises of the Convent of Jesus and Mary School, Hampton Court has angered both school authorities and parents …
Nagpur: Parboiled rice mills, which come under Central Pollution Control Board's 'Orange Category' (second most polluting industry), are contributing immensely to air and water pollution in Gondia district, home to over 50 such mills. Recent visits to some industries by Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) officials revealed that Effluent Treatment …
Nagpur: Even though the city police have penalized 7,871 motorists for using pressure horns in the last seven years, motorists say a lot needs to be done to curb noise pollution especially that from excessive honking. Troubled with the rising traffic snarls, Nagpurians blame the traffic cops for poor management, …
CHENNAI: "Do not honk. Just fly above me" - read a sticker asking motorists to turn the volume down and restrain from blaring horns. In a bid to make people conscious about the noise pollution each one creates on the road, The Times of India, along with NGO Thozhan, has …
Bengaluru: Rebutting the National Green Tribunal's report on the destruction of the Yamuna floodplain, the Art of Living Foundation on Wednesday said that its findings were unscientific and biased. "There is no analysis, nor any in-depth investigation... nor any test report to support these conclusions. These are merely the opinions …
Panaji: Reacting to defence minister Manohar Parrikar's statements that NGOs were hampering development works in the state including the construction of the Mandovi bridge, by challenging it before the National Green Tribunal, social activist Claude Alvares said the Goa Foundation approached the NGT because the government went ahead with construction …
Union environment minister Anil Madhav Dave has expressed concern over the way horns and loudspeakers are being misused in cities. He has appealed to people to use the horn only when it is badly needed. He also wants people to adhere strictly to the rules for using loudspeakers. Speaking to …
So you thought Indian motorists honk because they don't know that it is illegal to do so or be cause they don't realize how up setting it can be for others? Well, it appears that neither is true most drivers honk because they seem to think they can get away …
