Over 500 Indian scientists, researchers, and academics from more than 130 institutions wrote an open letter urging India's environment ministry to withdraw a new set of regulations to overhaul the current norms guiding the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA).
Chandigarh: The Beautiful City, located in the foothills of Shivalik range, was originally a cluster of 58 villages. When the site was chosen to build a modern capital for the then state of Punjab in 1948, it resulted in relocation of 21,000 people, mainly farmers cultivating crops such as wheat, corn, and maize.
A recent study on misuse of antibiotics in the Indian dairy sector by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) has raised questions on the standards and parameters of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, (FSSAI) which continue to assert that the country’s dairy is safe for consumption.
According to Geojit, Rubber prices rose nearly 10% over the past three-four weeks and hit a record high of 140 rupees a kg due to pent-up demand after easing of the pandemic induced lockdowns amid a supply crunch.
As governments struggle to keep track of the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic by testing individuals, new hotspots show up in India, where the numbers have increased sharply over the past month. Individual testing is slow and expensive: the more reliable Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test yields results after several hours, while the far less reliable rapid antigen test indicates the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus faster.
The following content is a press release. PTI takes no editorial responsibility for the same.) Sonipat, 10 September 2020: The Jindal School of Art & Architecture (JSAA), an interdisciplinary school of O.P. Jindal Global University, has signed several Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with reputable organisations and institutions, opening up several opportunities of internships for its students across its academic programmes in Architecture, Built Environment Studies and Interior Design at the JSAA. The JSAA has pioneered architecture, built environment and design education in the country by removing disciplinary divides and infusing a multidisciplinary ethos in its curricula.
A staggering 87% of those using the method have not been able to get a better price for their produce than those who did not go for it
The Swachh Bharat mission has made big strides, but it's had plenty of problems. Urmila is a housemaid living in a South Delhi slum. Today she has a toilet at home thanks to the Indian government's massive sanitation program called Swachh Bharat. She's grateful for not having to use a public toilet, though she admits that many prefer not using any toilet at all.
Poshan Maah 2020: Prime Minister Narendra Modi urges citizen to take part in nutrition month activities and help spread awareness about the importance of nutrition for in one’s health body
BATHINDA: Organic and natural farming in India has not become a mass movement. A mere 2 per cent of India’s net sown area is organically farmed as only 1.3 per cent of the farmers in India
A new study on antibiotic misuse in the Indian dairy sector has cast new doubt on the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India’s (FSSAI) continued assertions that the country’s dairy is ‘safe for consumption’.
Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar on Monday urged states and cities to deliver on its clean air goals before the 2024 deadline for the national clean air programme (NCAP)
In 2019, the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly declared September 7 as the International Day of Clean Air for blue skies. The idea was to build awareness on clean air for health, productivity, economy and environment at all levels -- individual, community, corporate and government.
The world — based on a resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) last December — will observe the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies for the first time on Monday
In these darkest days of Covid-19 — when jobs and economies have collapsed — 56 million households got work in the past three months and these jobs provided relief. This was under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which perhaps is the largest social net scheme in the world.