Judgment of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Pramod Tyagi Vs State of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 21/03/3035. A proposal was initiated by State of National Capital Territory of Delhi, Department of Transport to start a Driving Training Institution at Mukundpur and permission was also granted. …
There is a growing trend in cases of Asthma in the city using the last the few years due to increased of vehicles even as children below five years are more prone to the disease , say experts. "There is a growing increase in the Asthma patients and from last …
pantanal threatened: The world's largest wetland, The Pantanal, spread across areas of Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia, is under the threat of destruction by farming, urban development and climate change. A UN report says use of pesticide and fertilisers for soybean farming in Brazil's Mato Grosso state poses the biggest danger. …
Although sales of Maruti 800 dipped by 30 per cent and exports too slipped, Maruti Udyog today announced a 13.6 per cent rise in sales in the just-concluded fiscal at 5.36 lakhs units against 4.72 lakh units in 2003-04.It is the compact cars that the company makes that helped it …
The discussions on the Union budget 2005-2006 reflect the media's middle-class obsession. The finance minister's proposal for a fringe tax - on perquisites and other benefits of the salariat - was all that was found worth discussing. Nothing else mattered. But it should. The budget is about expenditure for development …
The Supreme Court has held that the States are empowered to levy "lifetime tax" in advance in lump sum at the time of registration of new motor vehicles based on their cost price.A three-Judge Bench, comprising Justice S.N. Variava, Justice A.R Lakshmanan and Justice S.H. Kapadia, gave this ruling while …
A proposal is in the offing and relax the ban on entry and movement of heavy vehicles in Panjim city to provide respite to the trading community in the capital city. Almost a month after the Collector North Goa issued a notification announcing the said permanent ban on entry of …
"In 1859 Darwin published his theory of common descent through natural selection. I don't think there has ever been a set of theories so heavily attacked or that has had so many alternative theories to face. Look at it now. It stands there, not a dent in it,' said Ernst …
malaria and human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) infection are both endemic in several countries. While the effects of hiv infection on malaria have been documented, can malaria also enhance hiv transmission and accelerate disease progression? The answer is in the affirmative, according to a recently published article in The Lancet (Vol …
I really hope we are proved wrong when we say there are no tigers left in the Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan. But if it is so, what is now increasingly accepted as a sad fact should actually make us extremely angry. We must know: who was responsible for this huge …
Luxury cars will now be costlier in the city. The Delhi transport department is about to introduce an ad valorem road tax for all vehicles. According owners will have to pay 2 percent one time road tax for vehicles costing upto Rs 4 lakhs and 4 percent for vehicles costing …
An important find at Gona in Ethiopia's Afar region, about 500 kilometres from Addis Ababa, is likely to fill a major gap in the story of human evolution. Fossils of Ardipithecus ramidus, one of the earliest humans who lived about 4.5 million years ago, are expected to provide insights into …
In Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh, the administration is as callous as ever. Arsenic contamination of water has crippled many people in the district, but the local administration fails to take viable measures to combat the predicament. When Down To Earth had first reported the problem in September 2004, the …
This last fortnight, after two disparate experiences, I came to realise there is not much difference between colas and cars. Let me explain how. A year ago, we released a study on the cocktail of pesticides we found in all soft drinks brands. We argued the pesticides were in the …
The ratio of vehicles to road length is on the rise in Delhi and with roads already occupying 21 percent of the capital's area, there is limited potential for more roads in Delhi. Delhi which lags behind Kolkata and Mumbai in terms of public transport, needs to improve upon this …
Garden City. The title is a pleasing one and in the recent years, thanks to the efforts of the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike and the Horticulture Department of the Government of Karnataka, parks have seen a magnificent revival. Attracting the fitness freaks for their brisk morning and evening walks or just …
A professor at D C Patel School of Architecture, Vallabh Vidyanagar recently sat down with a list of around 40 water bodies that once dotted Vadodara city in Gujarat. He could locate less than half of them on the latest Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) city map. The reason was that …
Bamunjuli, Kalikhola, Sonajuli, Gerujhar, No 1 are some interior villages of Udalguri district of Assam where a potful of drinking water has become more valuable than gold as of today. The villagers at the foothills of Butan find it extremely difficult to install tube wells or even dig wells as …
• Ethiopia's 10 million farmers are going to receive certificates that guarantee land rights to them. The country's ministry of agriculture recently said all farmers will receive the certificates in the next three years. It is believed that state ownership of land discourages farmers from making investments to increase the …
