Adding diversity to plate
The Government of India has proposed mandatory rice fortification to tackle the issue of malnutrition in the country. The process of fortification includes externally adding nutrients to a food item with
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MPCB plans to snap Anandam’s power, water lines
Nagpur: Taking serious cognisance of various violations, Maharashtra Pollution Control Board's (MPCB) Nagpur Regional office has recommended snapping power and water connections to one of the biggest housing
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If you think packaged water is safe, here's why it's not
On a recent domestic flight, Ramachandra TV, a senior IISc professor, was given a water bottle by the air hostess. The professor got curious seeing the manufacturing label that gave a Jigani address in
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Yet another Environment Day, but ‘deadly’air rules
Aim to set up real-time air quality monitoring stations defeated: Draft audit inspection report. Needless delays in executing projects have led to the worsening of air quality across several cities
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Odisha's pollution control board to seal 60 Puri hotels
The Orissa State Pollution Control Board on Sunday decided to seal 60 hotels in Puri for allegedly violating pollution norms laid down by the National Green Tribunal. OSPCB regional officer (Bhubaneswar)
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Mining mafia rules the roost in Ropar district
Illegal sand, gravel mining goes on despite public protests Illegal mining has been continuing unabated in Ropar district despite a hue and cry by the public here. The involvement of huge money, vested
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719 mining permits issued in 5 years
Mookkunnimala might not be the lone casualty of unregulated mining in Thiruvananthapuram. The department of mining and geology issued 719 permits for quarrying in Thiruvananthapuram in the last five
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Centre extends food security Act deadline
But government has no plans to table orders in Parliament The period for identification of households eligible for coverage under the National Food Security Act (NFSA) has been extended up to September
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RTI activists to move CIC as govt. blocks details on Land Bill
The government has refused RTI requests for information on the decision-making process on amendments to Land Acquisition Bill. On January 17, Chitrangada Choudhury, a Fellow with the Open Society Institute,
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Halt ‘illegal’ Statue of Unity: Activists to NGT
The Gujarat government’s ambitious ‘Statue of Unity’ project now faces a legal hurdle as a group of activists from Gujarat has moved the National Green Tribunal (NGT), demanding a stay on the construction
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NGT asks MP to spring into action to curb illegal sand mining
`National Green Tribunal (NGT) has expressed concern over illegal sand mining in Madhya Pradesh following death of a cop, who was mowed down by a dumper carrying illegally-quarried sand in Morena. NGT