Centre seeks report from 6 states on Kasturirangan report'
Jana Sanghrama Parishat State Vice President Prof Yatiraj has said that Kasturirangan report diluted the recommendations of Madhav Gadgil report on Western Ghats. Delivering a talk at the workshop...
View ArticleYettinahole project taken up without studying environmental impact’
Ravindranath Shanbhag, president of Human Rights Foundation, said on Monday that the State government had taken up the Yettinahole project, which aimed at providing water from the Nethravati to the...
View ArticleEfforts on to stop tobacco farming
With an aim to encourage farmers to give up tobacco farming without any economic loss, Union health minister Harsh Vardhan has written to the agriculture and commerce ministers regarding developing a...
View ArticleIs govt flying the waste kite over Mavallipura?
Processing Unit Coming Up Here After the Mandur flare-up, the government had declared it would set up by December 1 a scientific processing unit to treat 3,500 tonnes of waste produced by the city every
View ArticleKrishna Tribunal: States get Supreme Court notice
The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued notices to Karnataka, Maharashtra and Telangana State on a petition filed by Andhra Pradesh seeking directions to the Union government not to notify the award of
View ArticleHigh level committee on environmental laws not consultative, say lawyers and...
The high level committee constituted by the ministry of environment, forests and climate change to review environmental laws and regulations will reportedly now review the Indian Forest Act 1927, in...
View ArticleMines ministry comes sup with advisory on mining leases
For the purpose, ministry asks MoEFCC to expedite environment clearances for pending mining leases in four states The ministry of mines has suggested to the ministry of environment, forest a climate
View ArticleNew tourism policy soon, says Deshpande
'319 tourist spots will be developed providing basic facilities in the State' Minister for Higher Education and Tourism R V Deshpande said that the State government will soon announce a new tourism
View ArticleElephants in captivity are a stressed lot, say experts
MYSORE: A study carried out by the scientists at Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) Hyderabad has indicated that elephants held in captivity in mutts, zoos and other places are living under
View ArticleCSIR to Study State’s Mining Carrying Limits
BHUBANESWAR : The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has reportedly directed the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to conduct a study on the carrying capacity
View ArticlePoliticians see biz opportunity in farmers' solar power project
Farmers allege bidding helps the cash-rich; many couldn't apply Under the project, the government sets up a solar power plant on land owned by farmers. They earn Rs 7.20 per unit of electricity generated.
View ArticleEndangered bat found in W Ghats
Barbastelle Commonly Seen In Temperate Forests Of Europe And North America Barbastelle is a tiny, insect-eating bat with distinctive silky black fur and large ears. There’s global concern over the...
View ArticleBellary steel plant among 13 mega projects cleared
Bellary, Kolar, Mysore bag lion's share of investments The High Level Clearance Committee (HLCC) headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday cleared 13 investment proposals worth about Rs 9,912
View ArticleDengue attacks city, but BBMP won't see it
BIG BITE: It's The Same Old Story -The Dreaded Disease Is Spreading Across Bangalore, But The Palike Is Fudging Numbers To Come Clean Ronak Rao, a self-employed civil en gineer, was down with high fever,
View ArticleKSPCB Nod for Waste Management Unit
BANGALORE: The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has given conditional approval to Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) for setting up of a municipal solid waste (MSW) plant at...
View ArticleCrackdown on sand mining in CB Pur
alarming: Illegal sand mining is rampant in villagers bordering Shidlaghatta and Chikkaballapur taluks. The rapidly-growing construction industry in Bangalore has fuelled an active ‘night life’ for
View ArticleState's solar energy scheme compromising farm land use
Converted land will remain non-agricultural even if the project fails In its quest to encourage solar energy projects, the State government is allowing conversion of agriculture land for non-agriculture
View ArticleDespite HC diktat, KSPCB has no plans for safer Deepavali
The Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) hasn’t put in place any special plans to check pollution during the Deepavali despite being ordered by the High Court to take stringent measures to that
View ArticleDeath of fish: Greens demand action against 'polluting' factory
HUBLI :Environmental organizations have urged the state government take to task Harihar Polyfibers and Grasilene Industries for causing the alleged death of fish in the Tungabhadra river near Harihar.
View ArticleThose with respiratory problems should stay indoors this Deepavali
Don't ignore skin and eye irritation this festive season, doctors caution Humidity combined with pollution caused by bursting firecrackers can turn into a dangerous cocktail for those with respiratory
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