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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Eco-activists want limit on Taj tourists
Environmentalists want a cap imposed on the number of visitors to the Taj Mahal, the epitome of Mughal heritage, citing concerns on the growing industrial and vehicular pollution threatening the equilibrium
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No takers for disposal of lethal trash in Bhopal plant
Public outrage seems to have got better of scientific opinion when it comes to disposing of over 350 tonnes of toxic waste on the Union Carbide's now-defunct premises at Bhopal. A perusal of several
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Temporary solution, permanent jam
Cars use more space, crowd the road and move far fewer people. Our educated road planners must count people, not vehicles I write this stuck in traffic. Nothing unusual. But my location makes me realise, once again, how our highway route to progress is going nowhere. The road I am using is newly commissioned and expensive. It is the 28-km Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway, which was built just a few years ago to take care of the explosion of traffic between the two cities. It is access-controlled, with a 32-lane toll plaza, and was to provide easy access and a fun ride. The concessionaire – built as it is under the famous public-private partnership model – took all steps to keep it prized for cars. “Slow-moving” traffic like motorcycles, bicycles and even three-wheelers were banned on it.
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Briefing workshop on New Paradigms of Urban Wastewater Treatment: Challenges and Options, Chittagong, Bangladesh
CSE in collaboration with Chittagong City Corporation (CCC), Chittagong, Bangladesh organised a briefing workshop on “New Paradigms of Urban Wastewater Treatment – Challenges and Options” at Chittagong,
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Training programme on sustainable water management for practising professionals, students and researchers of Bangladesh, September 23-27, 2012
Training programme on Sustainable Water Management was organised by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) in collaboration with the Water Aid in Bangladesh (WAB). The programme was held between September
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Heavy rains short-circuit hydro power sector in Himalayan states
Heavy rainfall leading to flash floods in Himalayan rivers in July-end devastated three states — Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. It claimed 34 human lives and damaged property extensively. It also brought into focus the precarious condition of more than a dozen dams in the region. Within just one week, starting August 1, these states received about half the rainfall they receive over an entire year—Uttarakhand received 44.6 per cent of its annual rainfall; Himachal 51.8 per cent and Jammu and Kashmir 55.6 per cent. Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand’s Garhwal region was the worst hit. The Bhagirathi, flowing much above the danger mark, washed away houses, hotels, roads and bridges. Nineteen labourers working on the Assi Ganga hydropower project in Uttarkashi were swept away by the river which they were trying to harness.
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Panel named to look into issues of development of Adani Port
A panel, constituted by the Environment Ministry, will examine the "severity of the issues" involved in the development of Adani Port and Special Economic Zone (APSEZ) at Mundra in Gujarat's Kutch district. The five-member committee, headed by green activist Sunita Narain, will examine several allegations including the alleged destruction of mangroves and violation of Environmental and CRZ clearance granted for the port development, a source said.
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Marwahi sloth bear project hangs fire
The Marwahi forest of Chhattisgarh is known for human-sloth bear conflict, as habitats shrink and human disturbance increases. However, this has not served to expedite the Bear (Sloth) Conservation Project,
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Going off-grid to power solution
Supply issues comprise one part of the energy conundrum, as we discussed last fortnight. The cost of energy and our ability to pay for it is the other. The matter gets vexed because the rise in price of
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Diesel hike likely to drive up food prices: LPG Limit To Hurt Family Budgets
New Delhi: The massive hike of Rs 5 in the price of diesel and the removal of subsidy on cooking gas beyond six cylinders will hit the common man, already caught in a price spiral, very hard. In Delhi,