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    Rajasthan industrial project: MoEF panel defers clearanceIndia
    Rajasthan industrial project: MoEF panel defers clearance

    The Union environment ministry’s expert panel has deferred environment clearance to a proposal for expansion of...

    14 July 2016 1:32 AM IST

    Bill to curb use of ground waterIndia
    Bill to curb use of ground water

    Waking up to the deepening crisis of unregulated extraction of ground water across the country causing fast depletion of...

    10 July 2016 1:31 AM IST

    MoEF set to explore Northeast for its biodiversityIndia
    MoEF set to explore Northeast for its biodiversity

    The environment ministry is all set to launch a drive to discover the flora and fauna of some areas in the Northeast...

    9 July 2016 1:40 AM IST

    Law to expedite Clean Ganga plan soonIndia
    Law to expedite Clean Ganga plan soon

    Faced with worryingly slow progress of the clean Ganga (Namami Gange) project, the Water ministry looks set to bring in...

    5 July 2016 1:12 AM IST

    Rs 6,000 crore later, Ganga continues to be mailiIndia
    Rs 6,000 crore later, Ganga continues to be maili

    The Centre seems to be getting nervous about its ambitious Clean Ganga project, with no tangible work visible,...

    3 July 2016 4:49 AM IST

    ‘Tunnelling impact causes slides in fragile Uttarakhand areas’India
    ‘Tunnelling impact causes slides in fragile Uttarakhand...

    Citing an observation of the Disaster Mitigation and Management Centre (DMMC) in Uttarakhand that called for...

    29 Jun 2016 1:02 AM IST

    Centre invites global firms for Ganga testIndia
    Centre invites global firms for Ganga test

    In an attempt to make its ambitious Clean Ganga mission a success, the Centre has invited firms and scientists from...

    27 Jun 2016 6:25 AM IST

    Nations must follow India’s aid model: Afghan ministerIndia
    Nations must follow India’s aid model: Afghan minister

    External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj felicitates Afghanistan energy and water minister Ali Ahmad Osmani in New Delhi....

    23 Jun 2016 6:48 AM IST

    End human-wildlife conflict: Draft policyIndia
    End human-wildlife conflict: Draft policy

    The draft national forest policy has touched upon the contentious issue of human-animal conflict by proposing to put...

    22 Jun 2016 1:25 AM IST

    ‘Green tax’ to address forest woesIndia
    ‘Green tax’ to address forest woes

    Making public the draft national forest policy, the Union environment ministry has proposed “green tax” to...

    21 Jun 2016 12:27 AM IST

    Pollution control body without a chief since 2012India
    Pollution control body without a chief since 2012

    The post of the Cent-ral Pollution Control Board (CPCB) chief has been lying vacant for nearly four-and-a-half years,...

    19 Jun 2016 1:32 AM IST

    Sustainable sand mining: Fresh guidelines call for reducing consumptionIndia
    Sustainable sand mining: Fresh guidelines call for reducing...

    The Union environment ministry has released fresh guidelines to promote sustainable sand mining by “reducing its...

    14 Jun 2016 7:11 AM IST

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