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. …
electrical signals from genes travel along a dna information "superhighway', according to the findings of Jacqueline Barton and her team at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, usa . Moreover, the signals can course through distances required to affect gene activity along dna ( Chemistry & Biology , Vol …
The European Union is reasonably satisfied with India's explanation on the contours of its one-and-a-half year-old automobile policy and no modifications are being contemplated, says director-general for foreign trade N L Lakhanpal. He said the EU had not raised the bogey of foreign exchange neutrality to be maintained by intending …
owls are providing scientists with tips on improving the design of the Stealth aircraft. The winged predators could provide clues to reducing noise in future aircraft. The prey of owls
there is good news for mango lovers. According to the Central Institute of Subtropical Horticulture Research in Lucknow, this year's mango crop is set to break all records of the past 20 years. Favourable weather conditions have helped extensive flowering in the mango orchards in Uttar Pradesh. However, growers of …
The Bangkok city administration revived its anti-exhaust campaign by launching 20 motorcycle patrol teams to nab smoke-belching vehicles that may have eluded stationary checkpoints. The teams, each with one city police officer and one traffic police officer, will prowl city streets twice a day. Their initial focus will be Sukhumvit …
Toyota Motor Corp., in an effort to hire more women in its factories, has spent 200 million yen ($1.7 million) over the past year to make two plants more "women friendly," said company executives. The move is a response to the revised equal-opportunity law that went into effect in April, …
Site engineer B.K. Singh says that unlike the Calcutta metro which took 25 years to complete, the Delhi metro will only take seven years.The government, however, has fixed a timeframe of 10 years for the completion of the project.
The forests and the environment minister of Bangladesh Sajeda Chowdhury, has urged the country's Jahangirnagar University authorities not to lease out its water bodies as it will disturb the habitat of migratory birds. Every year thousands of birds from Siberia and other parts of the world throng the varsity sanctuaries. …
The first phase of the Delhi Mass Rapid Transport System (MRTS) had received technical clearance for gauge, loading standards and broad-guage schedule of dimensions, as per the sanctioned detailed project report, minister of state for railways Ram Naik informed Lok Sabha.
Despite new measures to curb destruction of the world's largest rainforests in the Amazon basin, deforestation has increased by 30 per cent. Preliminary figures from satellite monitoring showed 16,800 sq km of forests
Greenpeace activists from Brazil, Argentina, Spain, usa, Germany and Ghana cemented a discharge pipe belonging to a Dow Chemicals plant at Guaruja in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The pipe, hidden in a mangrove area, was discharging effluents into river Rio da Pouca Saude. According to the sample data collected by the …
Brazil has slashed funds which it had promised to contribute towards a pilot project aimed at preserving the Amazon forests. The US $250-million-project was backed by seven leading industrial nations. At an agreement signed at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio De Janerio, Brazil had agreed to contribute 10 per …
Africa is being targeted by multinational corporations desperate for a market to sell genetically-engineered products which have been registered elsewhere. Liz Hosken of the uk- based environmental group Gaia Foundation said Africa is a
To revival goods transportation using inland waterways, a cheaper mode than roadways,the Union Cabinet has been approached with radical proposals including closure of the lose-making Rajabagan Dockyard in Calcutta and loans write off for the Cental Inland Water Transport Corporation (CIWTC) amounting to Rs 319 crore.
The Bangladesh government has announced new measures to combat environmental pollution. The government's National Environment Committee (NEC) has decided to ban the use of polythene by new industries and has requested ministries to limit its use. Plastic is a major contaminant of the country's environment, said the committee. The NEC …
The Governemnt has issued a notification allowing higher depreciation on commercial vehicles as a measure aimed to boost demand and reverse the recessionary trend in this segment. Accordingly, commercial vehicles acquired on or after October 1, 1998 but before April 1, 1999 will be allowed deprectiation at the rate of …
The Union government is examining the possibility of levying a small tax on vehicles manufactured by the auto sector to raise funds for road development. Similarly, it is considering a proposal to impose a cess on diesel, which could be around five per cent of the fuel's basic price. Resources …
This Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) monograph busted the myth that diesel is the fuel of the future and shows how harmful it is for the health. To understand the problem posed by diesel, it is necessary to understand the new information that has emerged over the last decade …
People of Deukhuri valley in Nepal are putting pressure on the Village Development Chairman (VDQ to check salutation in Rapti river. local people are demanding Rs 300, 000 out of the Rs 500,000, which the VDC receives under the Rural Self-Retiance Programme, should be used for river control and flood …
African health authorities have been trying to get unauthorised vendors of medicines off the streets, but some observers feel they should also keep a close eye on the operations of pharmacies. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), for example, the medicines sold in some pharmacies, both public and private, …
