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. …
Lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India. Whether it is heart diseases, respiratory illnesses, cancer, obesity or food allergies, emerging research reveals that the rise in their incidences is due to environmental factors—rapid urbanisation, air pollution and changes …
The new report from Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) released yesterday held lifestyle diseases like obesity, mental health, cancer and heart diseases to count a few, as the major killers in India. Revealing the links of air pollution with mental diseases, it stated that air pollution is responsible for …
Collector slaps ban on use of polythene articles on the campus The Collectorate here was declared as plastic waste-free campus on Monday, thanks to the initiative of District Collector Rohini R. Bhajibhakare. This is a prelude to the initiative of the district administration to achieve plastic waste-free district status for …
Navi Mumbai: A new set of notices have been served by MPCB to seven polluting units involved in fisheries and food processing in CETP, Taloja. The units, including one dealing with resins, have come under fire for not properly treating the waste discharged. "We will check if the units have …
What makes our city not so nice after all? We have our roots here but often choose to live elsewhere. The compulsions to do that may be legitimate but at the end of the day, it's the city we escape from. For others, there is no choice. We must live …
The green court refused to set aside the EC after it was convinced that the new Capital would not harm the floodplains and wetlands In a relief for the Andhra Pradesh (AP) government, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday declined to set aside the environmental clearance (EC) for building …
CHENNAI: A fishing vessel that was illegally demolished at Kasimedu harbour has been sealed by government officials after a report appeared in these columns on Saturday last. South Indian Fishermen Welfare Association president K Bharathi said that on the same day the report appeared, a team of officials covered the …
NEW DELHI/JAMMU: The National Green Tribunal on Monday capped at 50,000 the number of pilgrims that can visit Vaishno Devi daily. Considering the Vaishno Devi Bhawan cannot accommodate more than 50,000 people, a NGT bench headed by chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar said any additional pilgrims would be stopped at Ardhkuwari …
The project requires a total of 9,100 hectares of land and area of 7,600 hectares, while 31,023 families will lose their land The environmental clearance for the Rs 33,108-crore Pancheshwar hydroelectric dam project in Uttarakhand, proposed to be the world’s second tallest at 315 metres, has been deferred. The expert …
The State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) has finally woken up to chalk out an action plan to address air pollution in the state’s industrial hub of Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh (BBN) after it figured in the list of non-attainment cities where the ambient air quality was not at par with the National Ambient …
Centre for Science and Environment expresses deep shock at the dubious death tally and massive loss of healthy live years due to illness from growing air pollution in Delhi and the country. Today the leading medical and public health experts of India came together under the aegis of the Indian …
CHENNAI: The South Indian Fishermen Welfare Association has demanded compensation to fishermen in Nochikuppam who were affected by demonetisation, cyclone Vardah and Chennai oil spill. The association held a meeting at Nochikuppam in Santhome on Sunday. It said demonitisation, which was announced on November 8 last year, affected the fisherfolk, …
Initial ship estimate of 2 tonnes led to delay in proper response; both ships at fault for collision The final quantity of oil spill from the collision of two ships at Ennore in January has been pegged at 251.46 tonnes. The two ships involved in the accident, Dawn Kanchipuram and …
The High Court had earlier banned any activity during night time. The Bombay High Court on Thursday warned the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation Limited (MMRCL) that it would stop all work on the Metro 3 line between Colaba and SEEPZ if its previous order banning any work or ancillary work …
HYDERABAD: In a huge relief to the Telangana government, a division bench of the High Court on Wednesday set aside the order of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi, thereby permitting the state to go ahead with Kaleshwaram project works pertaining to drinking water component. However, the bench made …
Residents are complaining of noise and air pollution, some even asking for compensation Residents of Churchgate have alleged that construction work of Colaba-Bandra-Seepz Metro-3 underground corridor is being carried out at night by Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation (MMRC) despite a stay from the Bombay High Court which restrains MMRC from …
With Delhi's air quality touching the 'severe plus' level today, Union Minister of State for Environment Mahesh Sharma called for public participation in tackling the situation and said politics should be avoided over the issue. He said government efforts alone cannot address the problem of unprecedented air pollution. "Public participation …
CHENNAI: The southern bench of the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Wednesday directed counsel for oil tanker Dawn Kanchipuram and LPG carrier BW Maple to file replies to Directorate-General of Shipping’s report, which found personnel of both vessels guilty of compromising basic seamanship rules on multiple occasions, leading to collision …
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board on Monday made prompt resubmission of consent and renewal of applications from industries mandatory to avoid cancellation of its consent for functioning. In a statement, the TNPCB said several industries, during the process of obtaining conset/renewal of consent orders, were not prompt in …
NEW DELHI: Even as Kathmandu has resolutely curbed the use of horns on roads, Delhi — despite a number of awareness campaigns against honking and noise pollution — continues to record high street noise, with major intersections logging decibel levels over 100 dB. In fact, a driver steps out with …
