The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
The Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) will consider the proposal of KGS Aranmula International Airport Ltd. for setting up an international airport at Aranmula, according to the official agenda for the three-day Expert Appraisal Committee meeting that begins on Wednesday. The agenda says the 149th meeting of the …
Kathmandu, June 22: Minister for Physical Infrastructure and Transport Bimalendra Nidhi has said that the Ministry has allocated Rs 30 billion for the construction of the roads across the country. Talking to journalists in Biratnagar, Minister Nidhi added that the amount was allocated for the purpose from the financial support …
A new EPA report, Climate Change in the United States: Benefits of Global Action, estimates the physical and monetary benefits to the U.S. of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions. This report summarizes results from the Climate Change Impacts and Risks Analysis (CIRA) project, a peer-reviewed study comparing impacts in a …
BRASÍLIA—Brazil’s government is promising a more market-friendly approach to lure private-sector investors to upgrade the country’s roads, rail and ports. Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff is scheduled to announce Tuesday morning a package of projects that the government will invite private-sector companies to build in exchange for rights to operate them …
A Delhi high court appointed amicus has recommended that a tree census must be conducted by the forest department before agencies approve an infrastructure project in the city. In a draft report submitted in court, noted environmentalist Sunita Narain, through her organization Centre for Science & Environment (CSE), has urged …
The World Bank approved $125 million to support the restoration of resilient flood protection infrastructure and the strengthening of government capacity to manage disasters and climate variability. Pakistan is vulnerable to adverse natural events and has experienced a wide range of disasters over the past 40 years, including floods, earthquakes, …
African economies’ prospects for long-term, sustainable growth are under threat from weakness in the core conditions necessary for competitive and productive economies, despite outwardly healthy-looking growth rates in many parts of the region, according to the African Competitiveness Report, released on June 4 in Cape Town. The biennial report, themed …
Zanzibar — RESIDENTS of Ludewa will soon get a proper water infrastructure system together with a water treatment plant, following the government allocation of 400m/- in the 2015/16 financial year. The deputy minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Regional Administration and Local Government, Mr Kassim Majaliwa, told parliamentarians …
Anglia Ruskin University's Global Sustainability Institute and Mott MacDonald have published a report making clear that building climate resilience is essential to future business survival - and that doing so will also bring commercial opportunity. The report entitled 'Climate change and business survival', projects that within 20 years US$200bn of …
Nearly a thousand farmers in various parts of the district have been issued free soil health cards. The soil health cards had been distributed to farmers in Kalady, Amballoor, Chennamangalam, Puthenvelikkara and Kottuvally panchayats, said a statement issued by the Department of Public Relations. The statement said work on issuing …
Notices served on MoEF, A.P. govt., CRDA The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Ministry of Forests and Environment, Andhra Pradesh government and the Andhra Pradesh Capital Region Development Authority (APCRDA) for undertaking development works for the new capital city on the Krishna River bank without conducting appropriate …
The Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has restored the right to appeal against forest clearances given to linear projects reversing its previous orders of August 2014 and January 2015, following the intervention of National Green Tribunal (NGT). As per the earlier directives of the Ministry, project developers could clear …
Minister says tax collections have improved. Signalling a “shift of gears” in steering the economy towards double-digit growth, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said here on Friday that he was not happy with India just being the fastest growing economy. “India has the potential to achieve a double-digit growth rate,” …
Policy Announced Over A Year Ago; Will Help DDA Get Land For Housing Taking the city a step closer to another housing boom, the Union urban development ministry notified operational guidelines for implementing the land pooling policy on Tuesday.The policy itself was notified one-and-a-half years ago and its implementation will …
Although India is set to become water scarce country by 2025 due to demand-supply mis-match, the water sector is expected to see investment of $13 billion from overseas players in the next few years, a new study has said. “With increasing household income and increasing contributions from the service and …
You wouldn’t know by looking at scruffy Vadnagar that it has a famous son. Tourists occasionally visit the walled part of the Gujarati town for its ornate wooden doors and balconies. A pair of stone gateways hints at a history stretching over two millennia. The town claims a mention in …
The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday told the Hyderabad High Court that it will not issue any statutory notification for acquiring lands for the Capital Region immediately. The statement was made by the State’s Additional Advocate General Dammalapati Srinivas before Justice M.S. Ramachandra Rao in the vacation court. The judge …
Japan will announce a $100 billion plan to invest in roads, bridges, railways and other building projects in Asia, a report said Tuesday, weeks after China outlined its vision for a new infrastructure development bank in the region. In the latest twist of a tussle for influence in the fast-growing …
A magnet city in Gwalior, meant to ease Delhi's population burden, fails to live up to the hype. • “We have all the infrastructure in place [to make west Gwalior a smart city], but a fresh impetus is urgently needed”- Jai Singh Kushwaha, former chairman, Special Area Development Authority In …
The vision of the Policy is to transform Kerala into a vibrant entrepreneurial society through inclusive, eco-friendly and sustainable economic growth. The Policy endeavors in reaching its objective through quality industrial infrastructure, encouraging eco-friendly enterprises, promotion of MSMEs, entrepreneurship development, enhancing skills, simplification of procedures etc.
