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. …
Court tells govt to educate students on noise rules to effectively deal with pollution The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the civic body to not allow pandals and mandaps on roads and footpaths as they disturb traffic flow and cause inconvenience to citizens. The order assumes significance in view …
Navi Mumbai: The civic body has revived its drive against shopkeepers using thin plastic bags and collected Rs 100,000 as fines till date. It has also confiscated 200kg of plastic bags. After recovering Rs 40,000 as fine from shopkeepers found using plastic bags of less than 50 microns in Vashi …
National Green Tribunal on Tuesday admitted an impleadment by a resident of Defence Colony, against construction projects in the colony that have been flouting NGT's orders and causing air pollution. The application pointed that NGT in its December 2014 order had said that no contractor, builder or agency will be …
India ranked third in ecological footprint in the world, after China and USA On Monday, August 8, the world exhausted nature’s budget of natural resources for the entire year as a result of increased consumption levels, according to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) release. Observed as Earth Overshoot Day, the …
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to save cows from plastic has brought into focus the long pending demand of many concerned citizens, animal rights activists and NGOs who have long been fighting for complete ban on use of plastic carry bags and the open garbage disposal system. They had also …
An all women group from Kharghar has started making bags from old sarees and selling it to local hawkers and distributors. An all women group from Kharghar — Yuvashakti — has started making bags from old sarees and selling it to local hawkers and distributors. With this, the group aims …
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) ordered the state archaeology department to test impact of the light and sound show and vehicular traffic in surrounding areas on Rajwada. These two factors contribute to noise pollution which ASI suspects is a major cause of deterioration of the historical site. It presumes …
A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi lambasted those who created nuisance in the garb of "gau raksha", TOI did a reality check on the condition of cows in the capital. During a visit to Sadar Bazar, mounds of garbage on either side of the road assailed one's senses. However, …
Police have already started initiating measures to ensure that the Ganesh festival will be celebrated without violating noise level norms. With the festival a month away, orders have been issued to all the police stations in the district to convene meetings of Ganesh mandal members and undertaking a written statement …
Bhubaneswar: The electric chimney installed at Swargadwar in Puri has become defunct, increasing pollution at the sought-after crematorium. The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB), which had installed the chimney two years ago, found it defunct recently and asked the Puri municipality to make it operational. But, the municipality is …
PANAJI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has reserved its judgment in the complaint regarding capital dredging undertaken by Mormugao port trust (MPT) to facilitate entry of capesize vessels in Mormugao harbour, for which the channel needs to be deepened from the exisiting 14.5m to 19.5m at an estimated cost of …
KOZHIKODE: For securing environmental clearance for the controversial Chakkittapara iron ore mining project, Karnataka-based mining major, MSPL Ltd has furnished incorrect and misleading information in its application to the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF). In a letter to the MoEF in March 2016, the company has stated that that …
MYSURU: Even as the state government is facing opposition to the works on the multi-level parking lot and other facilities atop Chamundi Hills, authorities have temporarily halted the civil works. The public works department, which has taken up works to the tune of Rs 79.34 crore near the hill shrine, …
Gurgaon: Industrial units in the city will be classified into three categories based on their pollution load as part of the policy prepared by the state government to rid cities of polluting industries and shift units to industrial zones that will be developed in the outskirts. The policy, which is …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Tuesday imposed an environmental compensation of Rs 15 crore on a building project called "Human Care Charitable Medical Trust," a hospital in sector 6, Dwarka for beginning construction without prior environmental clearance. NGT in its judgment also upheld the need for large construction projects …
The students with their Chilla Matt posters Sound of silence: Four advertising students initiate campaign in Bandra with a little help from NGO Awaaz Foundation Even as several citizens across Mumbai are taking to streets to raise awareness about adverse effects of noise pollution, a Bandra-based media institute, with help …
BHUBANESWAR: Extending its support to the goods and services tax (GST) Bill which has been hanging fire in the Rajya Sabha, the state government on Tuesday reiterated its demand to allow mineral-bearing states to levy green tax. The state's contention is that the provision of 1% additional tax benefit proposed …
Mumbai: A recent study has suggested sound-labelling of appliances as a step towards curbing noise pollution in the country. Proposing noise limits for domestic appliances, the study showed that while food blenders and food processors required the highest sound power levels at 100 decibels (dB) and 90dB, respectively, hair dryers …
The National Green Tribunal today cracked the whip on state-run National Buildings Construction Corporation (NBCC) for causing air pollution and environmental degradation while carrying out redevelopment of East Kidwai Nagar in southwest Delhi. The green panel slammed NBCC and its officers for release of pollutants into ambient air while carrying …
The Odisha State Pollution Control Board (OSPCB) on Saturday slapped closure notice on 10 hotels in Puri, under the direction of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) for violating pollution control norms. Sources linked to the state pollution watchdog said the hotels, which have been served closure notices, didn't have the …
