Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)

Case for a new climate protocol

The former US Vice-President, Mr Al Gore, is a sage of our times — a time marked by carbon in the air and consequent rise in global temperatures. The Nobel award to him last year was a token of recognition of his unrelenting...

Indo-German cooperation in environment

New Delhi News.Net Tuesday 18th November, 2008 (ANI) New Delhi, Nov 18 : The Indo-Germen Environment Forum, which has been meeting here for two days, has work on a program for cooperation in the field of environment. The...

Vedanta chalks out $4.6 bn expansion for Jharsuguda unit

Vedanta Aluminium Limited (VAL), currently setting up a 0.5 million tonne aluminium smelter and 675 Mw captive power plant at Jharsuguda in Orissa, has chalked out massive 4.6 billion dollar expansion

After Black bucks, leopards to be bred in captivity

Technical support: Female bucks with a fawn in this handout photo. The hope stems from the successful demonstration of an improved artificial insemination method to repeatedly produce Black buck (an endangered deer) in...

Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial fellowship for zoologist

The fellowship is for two years and carries a stipend of Rs.15,000 per month NEW DELHI: The Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund has awarded its prestigious fellowship to zoologist Rajesh Gopal. A Ph.D. in Zoology, Dr. Gopal has been...

Adani’s Gondia power plant faces coal block

New Delhi: Protests by activist groups and a high-profile politician are threatening to block a coal mining project of the Adani Group in Maharashtra’s Chandrapur district that is to come up near the Tadoba Andhari National...

Construction after possession of forest land, says Posco

South Korean steel major Posco, which recently received stage-I forest clearance from the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for diversion of forest land for setting up of its 12 million

Meghalaya leads the pack, Delhi has poorest record: RTI

NEW DELHI: Meghalaya is the most RTI friendly state while Delhi and Rajasthan have fared the worst in a study undertaken by the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI) and Right to Information Assessment and...

Preventing pollution of Kottuli wetland

Earlier, hospital waste was released into Cannoly Canal The treatment plant was constructed by the KWA KOZHIKODE: A waste water treatment plant constructed as part of a series of measures aimed at protecting the ecologically...

Indiscriminate garbage dumping alleged: residents court arrest

Photo: M. Balaji For a clean environment: Residents of Velliyankadu and nearby areas staging an agitation against indiscriminate dumping of garbage by Corporation authorities, in Tirupur on Thursday. – Tirupur: A total of 28...

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