Reply affidavit on behalf of the Central Ground Water Board in the matter of Suo Moto case titled "Haryana 60.48% groundwater over exploited Kurukshetra worst Jhajjar best says" appearing in the Tribune, January 8, 2025. The CGWA report, May 3, 2025 addresses the issue of groundwater exploitation and violation of …
On Saturday, March 28, instead of planning for a weekend party, do something different. At 8.30 pm, if you are in New Delhi or Mumbai, join citizens in over 80 countries around the world to save the earth from global warming by simply switching off electricity. This is
New Delhi: On March 28, when Delhi turns its lights off at 8.30 pm, the Dilli Haat at INA will come alive. Not with the usual blaze of lights but soft candle lights and solar lanterns. On the occasion of Earth Hour, expected to be the biggest voluntary movement Delhi …
New Delhi: Earth Hour, an hour when world over people will voluntarily turn off all non-essential lights in a bid to pledge their bit to fight climate change, is just a week away. The event was formally launched in Delhi on Friday night with a concert by rock band Advaita …
The economic downturn could be good for the environment The fear that oil prices in free fall would lead to a slowdown of investment in green energy alternatives is partly allayed by the fact that US president Barack Obama
Urban transport is an important component of the urban infrastructure system. A good urban transport system will increase productivity, enhance efficiency, ensure competition, and promote urban economy. It will also facilitate social interactions, provide people with accessibility to opportunities, safeguard environment, set directions and pattern of land use development, and …
CHENNAI: Energy security issues are likely to become more important than ever before in these times of great uncertainty caused by the global recession, Reinhold Babel, representative of the Hanns Seidel Foundation, a Munich-based agency that seeks to promote peace, democracy and development. In his special remarks at the opening …
In a bid to regulate the carbon emission levels by the private sector, the government is evolving a PAT (Perform, Achieve and Trade) regime in an area of economic activity that is going to dominate global power politics in the years to come. The PAT scheme is being designed by …
Mumbai: Fifty-two students including eight from Mumbai have been chosen as Indian ambassadors to the International Climate Champions 2009 programme. It is a youth-oriented programme that aims
An ambitious plan to lower municipal electricity bills THE Centre will monitor electricity consumption pattern of municipalities from March. This is to reduce the 10 per cent power deficit and 16 per cent peak power deficit in the country.
Standards in six months likely THE Bureau of Energy Efficiency (bee) is preparing new labeling standards for cfls (compact fluorescent lamps) based on light output. Like other consumer electronics such as refrigerators, air-conditioners and fans, cfls would also be given star ratings
A year ago, in this very column, I discussed the myopia of budget 2008, which did not touch upon events then beginning to unfold. Since then we have seen the world collapse and, perhaps, even change forever. First came the food crisis, early last year. As prices of daily bread …
Barack Obama is keen to curb greenhouse-gas emissions with a cap-and-trade scheme. Can Congress come round to his way of thinking? AS HE clinched the Democratic nomination for president last year, Barack Obama declared:
March 12: Star hotels of the city have also opted for daily power cuts, like malls and multiplexes. The state government has decided to impose a two-day power holiday per week or daily power cuts on star hotels and software companies. Hospitals and diagnostic centres have been exempted from power …
Awareness on power-related issues too, is quite poor. This is the verdict spelt out by a survey on power consumption, undertaken in the City recently. Even as the State is reeling under a power crisis, middle class families in the City clearly lack a sense of commitment when it comes …
