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Trespassers allowed

Unregulated tourism around the Corbett Tiger Reserve has restricted animal movement  

Green tribunal asks ministry to set noise levels for sirens, horns

Says states should notify the new standards within a month

My experiment with honking-free driving

Car horn should be an emergency device, not a toy

Deafening Noise

Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, …

Science & Technology - Briefs

Wind farm threat to forests

Blasting causes animals and birds to abandon the area

Environmental crimes: India may take upto 33 yrs to clear case backlog, says report

By the end of 2018, the number of cases pending trial climbed to 48,238

Science and Technology - Briefs

Action against polluting units gives Goa villagers some relief

Man beaten to death for protesting noisy firecrackers in West Bengal

Disabled youth on wheelchair severely thrashed in Kolkata; police arrest over 1,600 people for violating noise rules, unruly behaviour

Pune police to crack down on noise on New Year’s Eve

Green tribunal orders confiscation of cars fitted with unauthorised DJ systems to check noise pollution

Science and Technology - Briefs

Arms manufacturer working on lead-free bullets

Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Science and Technology - Briefs

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