EPCA chief pulls up Panipat officials for violating solid waste norms

A large number of illegal industries operate in Panipat; solid waste management is a major environmental concern 

Nepal faces one of the biggest bird-flu outbreaks

Kathmandu, Pokhra worst affected; repeat outbreak in a span of two weeks worries authorities

High court notice to Haryana on new criteria for panchayat elections

The court had earlier stayed the decision to make academic qualifications more stringent

The silent killer

Symptoms of hypertension rarely show, and an increasing number of children, adolescents across India are falling victim to it

Tremors shake Delhi

Epicentre in Haryana

Fight for survival: MP's Chutka village holds out against proposed nuclear power project

Dadu Lal Kundapa has galvanised 54 tribal villages to say no forced evictions for the second time in four decades

Tribunal orders removal of Kishore Sagar lake encroachments in five days

District collector failed to act in spite of earlier directive of the National Green Tribunal on the lake which is one of the few sources of …

Stop 10,000 acre Aravalli safari park to save fragile ecosystem: Activists to Haryana CM, MoEFCC

Apart from increasing human footfall, vehicular traffic and construction in the area, the proposed safari park will also disturb critical aquifers

Major embankment repair works delayed in Bihar

Some of them awaiting nod of Ganga Flood Control Committee

Children of a lesser god

Ankur Paliwal finds out why Shravasti district is the worst place for a child to be born in

ICAR gives top award to scientist without checking patent claims

ICAR has asked for Rs 245 crore to promote intellectual property rights but is not doing due diligence on patent claims

Kerala to form separate authority to screen vegetables and fruits for pesticides

The state imports 60 per cent of its requirement from other states

Tsunami 2004: Sri Lanka yet to streamline its disaster warning system

Evacuation drills are carried out every three months, along with awareness initiatives linked to tsunamis, floods and landslides

Encroached green patch in Sarai Khwaja may be converted into biodiversity park

Faridabad municipality was planning to sell land teeming with diverse fauna to real estate developers

Water is critical to sustainable development, says UN report

Increasing ubanisation and industrialisation are widening the rift between demand for and supply of water

Assam fire: MB Lal Committee recommendations not implemented for a decade

One of the recommendations, of building emergency response centres to handle major oil fires was to be completed in 2014

People in Delhi exposed to much higher levels of air toxins than estimated: CSE

Ambient air quality data not the real indicator; CSE demands immediate implementation of priority pollution control action

Green tribunal orders closure of 34 illegal packaged drinking water units in Noida, Greater Noida

Ban on use of groundwater for construction in the two NCR cities to continue

Remaining tribals in Simlipal tiger reserve to be displaced

Those shifted out last December are living under plastic sheets in searing heat. Is this how relocation is meant to be carried out?

Bihar lowers wage under MGNREGA

State blames poor financial condition for the move

Dictated by land

Khap panchayats oppose marriage in same gotra to control landholdings

COVID-19: Nitish Kumar orders more testing amid numerous challenges for Bihar

Kumar wants 10,000 tests for the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) per day against current 1,900-2,000 daily tests

How to contain Himalayan tsunamis

The Himalaya has one of the most fragile topographies among mountain ranges of the world on account of being the youngest. Even though its phase …