First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Centre urged to set up independent green regulator for speedy clearances
Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has made it clear that delay in green clearances will not be tolerated. While environmentalists agree that the system of green clearances needs to be changed, the
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An Environmental Agenda for the New Government
The NDA government must have a proactive and positive environment agenda. It must strengthen environmental oversight and not weaken regulations. But it must go beyond clearance of projects to take
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An environmental agenda for the new government
The NDA government must have a proactive and positive environment agenda. It must strengthen environmental oversight and not weaken regulations. But it must go beyond clearance of projects to take urgent
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Government should revamp green clearance processes: CSE
Strongly pitching for "drastic" reforms in green clearance processes, an environmental think tank today urged the Modi government to set up an independent body for such approvals and a task force so that
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Delays in green clearances will not be tolerated: Javadekar
The Government has made its stance on pending or slow environmental clearances clear, with new Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar making it clear that delays in green clearances will not be tolerated.
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Healthy food may replace junk in school canteens
Union minister for women and child development (WCD) Maneka Gandhi is all set to propose to ban junk food from school canteens and substituting it with healthy options. Ministry officials say that the
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Few takers for rainwater harvesting in Delhi
The novel concept of rainwater harvesting seems to have few takers in the national Capital as there is little effort to create awareness by the government to promote it as a “fruitful investment”, experts
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Sunita Narain moves Gujarat HC to get defamation case quashed
Environmental activist Sunita Narain and four of her colleagues today approached the Gujarat High Court, seeking quashing of a defamation case against them in a court at Vapi. United Phosphorus Limited,
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Panel on air, water pollution seeks more experts
The High Power Committee on Air and Water Pollution, set up by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung earlier this month, has asked Secretaries of various Ministries as well as noted environmentalist Sunita Narain
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Energy conservation building code for NE
Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE), a statutory body under Union Ministry of Power will be introducing an Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) in the eight Northeastern States to set minimum energy