Delhi imposes blanket ban on plastic carry bags
Earlier ban was only partial and had little effect on manufacturers
Planning Commission's new toilets: lessons for us
Assam speaker refers non-utilisation of flood relief fund to privileges panel
Revenue and disaster management minister Prithibi Majhi shrugs away responsibility
GM mustard: Need to address economic issues of using the crop
Some valuable lessons from Bt Cotton were who funds research and development and who will distribute the seeds
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 20, 2022)
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Will diluted industry policy hamper Delhi’s environment?
Giving boost to small industries, Delhi government has allowed entrepreneurs to set up units without a consent to operate
Exposure to pollutants higher than ambient pollution in Delhi’s Anand Vihar: CSE
Delhi-based based Centre for Science and Environment has found that exposure level is three times more than background ambient air pollution …
India to launch national AYUSH mission
South East Asian countries also look for ways to integrate traditional medicines into national healthcare systems to achieve universal health coverage
Rajasthan faces farmers' ire for arresting their leaders ahead of indefinite protest
The All India Kisan Sangharsh Coordination Committee says that the state government arrested farmer leaders on Tuesday to preempt an …
Budget 2018: Can Centre allay farmers’ concerns over price crash, low market density?
The average agricultural growth has reached its lowest in the last four years to 1.9 per cent
Heat wave leads to deadly ozone pollution in Delhi: CSE analysis
Rising NOx levels and volatile gases in the air, primarily from vehicles, form the recipe for ozone
Cheyyur power project: people to move court against MoEF panel approval
Activists say expert appraisal committee's clearance to proposed ultra mega power project based on false information furnished in EIA report
Push to strengthen Basel Convention regional centres
Centres in turn will assist in ratifying ban on toxic exports from rich nations to the poor
Cotton Curse: No buyers for salvaged produce after pink bollworm wreaks havoc
Labourers refuse to pick leftover crop as yield too low and traders refuse to buy citing poor quality
BJP parliamentarians back out of Monsanto-sponsored US tour
The delegation was to leave for the US on Saturday, according to media reports
Gaza Strip faces acute water crisis amid air strikes by Israel
Water is being used as a war of weapon in countries like Syria and Iraq
Supreme Court may lift ban on 63 category B mines in Bellary
Sets condition of compensatory payment to resume operations
New Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee constituted
Bikaneri Narma fraud investigator Soporoy made co-chairperson
Frost causes heavy damage to potato, vegetable crops in north India
Frost-like conditions occur every year, but an episode like this happens once in three or four years
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 14, 2020)
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New CFR guidelines: Experts say regulations can undo India’s progress on forest governance
Rules show governmental unwillingness to embrace tribal diversity and culture, they say
Protesting farmers to enter Delhi after long confrontation with police
Swaraj India’s Yogendra Yadav tweeted that protesting farmers had been allowed to enter Delhi and given permission to protest at Nirankari …
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (August 28, 2020)
Nearly 125 million people in Europe affected by noise pollution
While Iceland, Malta, Luxembourg and Germany were the quietest of all the other places, Belgium and Bulgaria were most exposed to noise