State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Pioneer (New Delhi)
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SC revokes HC stay on CNG reallocation
Supreme Court in its order passed on Tuesday suspended the stay order granted by Delhi High Court on the writ petitions billed by Essar Steels and the Reliance Industries on reallocation of CNG
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Endangered leopards face crisis of numbers
Deprived of their natural habitat, the starving leopards of Maharashtra premier tiger reserve, Melghat, are no-one's baby now. Adaptable creatures that they are, the leopards have taken to living in
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Fresh rumours keep forest officials on toes
The mystery of the death of three tigers due to poisoning within two days in Chandrapur district close to Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra has taken a new twist. Rumours are rife that two more
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Talking mynah faces extinction
The Hill mynah or the celebrated 'sari' of the Oriya poetry seems to be on the verge of extinction in Orissa. Rampant trapping of the bird known for its unique gift of mimicking human voice has led
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A new scent for Mewat
If everything goes well as per the plans chalked out by the Mewat Development Agency (MDA), the Mewat region of Gurgaon district would be known for aromatic and medicinal plants and oils. It would
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GMC to launch cleanliness drive
The Gurgaon Municipal Corporation (GMC) is shortly to launch a drive against the deteriorating sanitation of the city in the municipal limits. The GMC has been advised to penalise the offenders
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Road from Rio led to nowhere...
The World Commission on Environment and Development, set up by the UN in 1983, in its landmark report, "Our Common Future", advanced the concept that economic growth had to fit within the planet's
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Demographic bonus or burden?
Poverty and population are the twin challenges facing many parts of the world and it is not a coincidence that the developing countries where the demographic transition is taking place have the
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Villagers fleeing to cities
Severe drought conditions in Rajasthan have forced many villagers to migrate to big cities like Jaipur in search of employment. But here too luck seems to have deserted them. Many of them go without
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From hypothesis to reality
Even as India's billion plus population continues to grow at an alarming rate of 1.9 per cent, despite its being the first developing country to start a population control programme way back in 1951,