Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
at least 893 people have died and 18 million rendered homeless in flood-ravaged West Bengal. Official reports indicated that the death toll might reach 1000. The state chief minister has described the situation as a
It is a story that the Indian administrative set up has learned to mouth mindlessly every year after floods wreak havoc. All governments in states affected by the recent floods are blaming the respective governments upstream for causing deforestation and not going ahead with dam projects across major rivers. As …
The year 1999 registered the highest number of disasters since the last 10 years. The trend for the last decade shows that the Asian continent is most frequently hit by disasters. In 1999, nearly 40 per cent of the total disasters took place in Asia. Africa has also seen a …
a tidal wave along the Siang river in Arunachal Pradesh has claimed the lives of at least 26 persons. The death toll is expected to rise. The wave has also caused large-scale destruction. Every single bridge on the Siang was destroyed and the sand brought down by the river has …
A new cheap, oral aids vaccine in presently being developed at the University of Maryland's Institute of Human Virology in the us. According to Dr Robert Gallo, co-discoverer of the virus and head of the institute, the drug is expected to undergo human tests in Uganda in as little as …
After issuing countless statements to the contrary in the past decades, the US government has at last admitted that workers who helped make nuclear weapons in the early years of the nuclear age were exposed to radiation and chemicals that produced cancer and early death. The admission comes in the …
devastating cyclones come and go but nature and humans can help reduce the extent of damage. When we fail to protect nature and do not take preventive and corrective measures all things living suffer immensely. Last year's super cyclone that struck the coast of Orissa with wind-speeds of up to …
"TIME the politicians of our country heard our side of the story. The last 52 years have been of silence and agony," says D K Mishra, an expert on floods prior to the screening of the documentary Dui Paatan Ke Beech Mein at the India International Centre in New Delhi …
The National Geographic magazine suddenly finds itself in an embarrassing situation with the discovery that the "missing-link" dinosaur-bird featured by it in November is a fake. The fossil is two animals put together either mistakenly by its discoverers in China or as an artful forgery. Archaeoraptor, on display at the …
In a bid to clean up the heavily-polluted air in the capital city of Manila, the department of energy and 21 oil companies have recently signed an agreement to phase out the use of leaded petrol in the capital. The phase-out will come into effect from April 1. This date …
the Upper and Lower lakes and the Van Vihar national of Bhopal constitute the Bhoj wetlands. This region has been recognised by the ministry of environment and forests as a wetland of national importance, but today it finds itself in the centre of a controversy. For years this area has …
china plans to embark on an ambitious project to transport water hundreds of kilometres from the abundant south of the country to the parched north. "We will definitely do this project," said Wang Chunzheng, vice-minister at the state development planning commission. Experts say that the project would be on a …
it will take up to two centuries to restore France's forests, devastated by freak Christmas weekend storms which killed over 85 people, said the National Forestry Office ( onf ). The onf said gales blowing up to 200 kph uprooted or broke in half 270 million trees, the equivalent of …
thousands of people living in cities in Pakistan are consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals, says a study conducted by the department of soil science at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad. In the cities, vegetables are cultivated on land irrigated with city effluents, which have excessive quantities of metal ions. …
Advocates of the Convention on Biological Diversity have urged the Thai government to speed up its ratification after a delay of almost a year. They say the government's stalling may lead to stealing or wasting of bio-resources. However, some, like Athit Kutin, dean of forestry at the Kasetsart University say …
everything is picture perfect in Mahur village, about 75 km from Pune in Maharashtra. Acres of marigold and lilies in full bloom, teak trees and a variety of crops conceal its unpleasant past. This huge tract in the Western Ghats was, till the mid-1970s, barren and untended. Even vast expanses …
despite demands by 11 indigenous peoples' organisations to suspend the us $2.5 million us government-funded bioprospecting programme, the University of Georgia has refused to wind up its activities in Chiapas, Mexico. The objective of the five-year project is to study thousands of plants and microorganisms used for medicinal purposes by …
Engineers in Bhutan will now use eco-friendly techniques to build roads in the country. The National Environmental Commission has introduced guidelines for road and bridge construction. "To do this we have to change our traditional methods like using bulldozers and cutting into hillsides. Instead, we will now use excavators and …
Briefing paper on climate change for members of Parliament by Anil Agarwal - Calling upon policy makers to recognise India's stake in the international climate change negotiations.
