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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PMO to take call on fuel efficiency norms
New Delhi: The Prime Minister’s Office will decide whether the country will have fuel efficiency standards for cars or not. After four years of wrangling and a final draft policy being prepared, the decision
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Sunderbans vulnerable to climate change, says recent study
The Sunderbans, a world heritage site, is becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and government policies must take into account present and future climate impact to counter the scenario, says
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Fresh guidelines for skyscrapers
The ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has issued a new set of rules for building high rises. The guidelines relate to height of buildings, adequacy of fire-fighting facilities, width of the road and distance from the fire station, among other requirements. This is the first time the ministry has come up with such guidelines linked to skyscrapers.
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Environmentalists flay move to extend power grid to Sundarbans
The West Bengal Government's move to extend the national grid to the Sundarbans delta for electrifying villages has come in for criticism from environmentalists. “The land is soft and setting up large
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Report on CSE Training Programme on Decentralised Wastewater Treatment & Reuse in Bangladesh: March 3-6, 2012
CSE under its South Asia Programme organized the second batch of training programme on ‘Decentralised Wastewater Treatment and Reuse’ from 3-6 March, 2012 in partnership with Water Aid Bangladesh. The
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55% Delhi population directly hit by air pollution
NEW DELHI: Deteriorating air quality in the national capital can translate into 3,000 additional "premature deaths" annually due to air pollution related diseases, the Centre for Science and Environment
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Climate change eats into Sundarbans
Agricultural productivity is waning in the biodiversity-rich Sundarbans owing to changing climate and ‘development deficits', according to a study conducted by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE).
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3 more cities switch to green norms
Three more cities are switching over to Bharat Stage (BS)-4 emission norms from Thursday. These cities are Ankaleshwar in Gujarat, Hisar in Haryana and Bharatpur in Rajasthan. Already 13 cities, including Delhi NCR, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Pune, Surat, Kanpur, Agra, Lucknow and Solapur are implementing the BS-4 emission norms from 2010 when the national auto fuel policy was announced.
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Discovery, Beyond Channels
A variety of programmes in school and outside are turning the capital’s children into environment-sensitive citizens. Besides getting to know nature first-hand, they are also taking steps to make and keep
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Pavements dress up for walkers, trees pay price
New Delhi:The state of trees in the city is “abysmal”, say environmentalists. Recently, NGO Kalpvriksha surveyed Delhi’s trees, covering areas from Ramlila Maidan to Dhaula Kuan, including Paharganj, Anand