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Environmental action will become increasingly centred on mass Reistance
Environmental action will become increasingly centred on mass Reistance
The fairer sex has not benefitted as much as men from socio economic progress
Despite readily available loans, industry is wary of producing solar photovoltaic devices on a large scale
About 13,000 eyeballs are collected every year in India, but only about 7,000 of them are actually used in corneal graft surgeries. One of the main reasons for this pathetic situation is that
The variety of institutions are responding to the demands of environmental education made imperative by a generation familiar with eco degradation
EVERY once in a few years, the authorities of the National Capital Territory of Delhi appear to notice with considerable shock that industries in the city may be polluting the city's atmosphere. When
Many organisations promote the use of fuel efficient stoves for cooking, which is the biggest consumer of energy in India.
Unless better management strategies are evolved, water scarcity in the country will only be accentuated by growing industrial and municipal demands.
India's urban environment is a ghastly cocktail of prosperity, poverty and pollution. A study of eight towns moving towards the precipice of disaster
Cowherds in a Gujarat district accuse a local dye manufacturer of dumping a poisonous and acidic substance, which resulted in the maiming and death of their cattle.
While energy consumption surveys have shown a very high level of firewood consumption, various forest departments have shown very low levels of legal firewood production. A survey carried out by the National Council of Applied Economic Research has thrown
A few days ago, most of India reeled under drought. Cities thirsted for water. Karnataka s chief minister S M Krishna seeing water supply in his software capital reduced to once in three days
leprosy vaccine soon: Ahmedabad-based Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited has planned to launch the world's first immuno-therapeutic leprosy vaccine, called Leprovac by June this year. Pran Talwar and
In their rush to meet the housing requirements of cities, planners are turning a blind eye to the quality of the built environment
The ozone layer over India is in place, though there is a trend towards depletion, say meteorologists
Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The controversy over the allegedly contaminated US ship took a new twist on Wednesday with Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) giving it a clean chit, but Union environment ministry rejecting it to send its own team to the state for investigation.
Nitin Sethi | TNN New Delhi: The Union environment and forest ministry team sent to assess the toxic material on-board the controversial ship Platinum II, anchored in Indian waters near Alang for ship-breaking, has confirmed the vessel contains tonnes of toxins.
Finally, there is some respite for CNG users in Ahmedabad and Vadodara. Barely a month after hiking prices by 14 per cent, Adani Energy has decided to partially roll-back prices from Friday midnight. The company has decided to reduce CNG prices by Re one per kg, which means that CNG will be sold at Rs 28 per kg now. State-owned gas distribution company Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) has also decided to slash prices by Re one. S Tamprapani, senior vice president, Adani Energy Ltd confirmed the rollback in gas prices. Earlier this month, Adani had jacked up CNG prices by Rs 3.5 per kg.
Mehsana: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) has embarked on a multi disciplinary team (MDT) approach in western onshore to mark the beginning of a unique organizational model to strengthen its focus on exploration and production. The MDT model will work under the existing assets in the western onshore and depending on the outcome, the model will be rolled out in the entire company.
Himanshu Bhatt | TNN Surat: Historical records say that from early 20th century, entrepreneurs of the city proved their worth under the British Rule and supplied i n d i g e - nous machineries to the ind u s t r y, a g riculture and other sectors. One such creation was crude oil engine by a Surti industrialist Ratilal Nanavati in 1931-32.