GM corn trials in Kolhapur stopped
Pune MPKV farm is one of three such sites in India
Pune MPKV farm is one of three such sites in India
Mumbai Several people living along the Waldhuni river bordering Kalyan and Ulhasnagar in the Thane district reportedly fell sick on Thursday morning due to invisible noxious fumes emanating from the river.
Mumbai The residents opposing the elevated Charkop-Bandra-Mankhurd Metro corridor are conducting their own feasibility study of the proposed underground stretch between Andheri and Bandra with the help of the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B).
Mumbai The first course of chemotherapy for the 12-year-old white tigress, Renuka, at the Sanjay Gandhi National Park (SGNP) was completed on Tuesday, forest officials said. A week back Renuka was diagnosed with a type of skin cancer, malignant melanoma.
Mumbai Even as the municipal transport units in Thane, Navi Mumbai gear up for the buying new buses after having secured the Election Commission
Wagarwadi watershed of Parbhani district falls under semi-arid tropics of basaltic terrain. The water balance components were analysed to find out the ground water recharge, which is the main input to the aquifer MODFLOW. Well characteristics like transmissivity and specific yield were determined by carrying out the pumping test.
Can solar power match nuclear energy? While solar energy may be nothing but nuclear energy produced by sun rays, the earthen reality is that it's too expensive yet to match coal-based or nuclear power .
Mumbai: An NGO converted a drinking water fountain on Marine Drive into a urinal after walkers petitioned the BMC that they needed a place to relieve themselves more desperately than they needed water. The water fountain-turned-urinal was opened to the public on Monday.
Nagpur: Greenpeace, an NGO, has set up solar panels at two schools to power 10 fans and two computers at Jalka village in Yavatmal district of Vidarbha, visited last year by Rahul Gandhi to meet Kalavati, the widow of a farmer who had committed suicide.
The officially appointed Environmental Expert Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. Devendra Pandey, Director, Forest Survey of India to review the studies, planning and implementation of environmental safeguards for Sardar Sarovar and Indira Sagar Projects has submitted its Interim Report to the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF).
The Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) is in the news again for the wrong reasons, as usual. This time the Sardar Sarovar Narmada Nigam Limited (SSNNL) is trying to go back on its promises to the very investors who put their money in the project when it was facing its strongest opposition from all quarters.
Pune The Mahratta Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Agriculture (MCCIA) has blamed the Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Limited (PMPML), private bus operators and rickshaw drivers for the traffic chaos in the city. They called on the DCP Traffic Manoj Patil and the CMD of PMPML to take stringent action against errant drivers.
Mumbai More than 10,000 toilet seats are ready for use under the Nirmal MMR Abhiyan of MMRDA scheme, said sources. The initiative was started in line with national policy of
Mumbai The Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has decided to help 13 municipal councils in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) in the scientific disposal of waste produced by these smaller towns.
<p>Blood-transfusion services are vital to maternal health because haemorrhage and anaemia are major causes of maternal death in South Asia. Unfortunately, due to continued governmental negligence, blood-transfusion
On Tuesday, a cub was found dead near Adhyalmendha lake near Jankapur village in Nagbhid tahsil. On Thursday, the half-burnt carcass of its sibling was found in a thicket. By Saturday, another cub was dead. The last was found by the forest staffers in a had shape. It died even as it was on saline drip. Their mothers are nowhere to be seen.
Purulia The Pune Mahanagar Parivahan Mahamandal Ltd (PMPML) has started Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) bus service with luggage cabinet from airport to Pune railway station and Deccan. From Airport to Pune station, the fare will be Rs 25 and to Deccan Rs 40, said a press release issued by the PMPML
Mumbai Pre-monsoon work on Peddar Road postponed for a month A day after one-way traffic rule was imposed on Mumbai
A family that has little use for cash The morning I went to meet her Anusuyabai Meshram did something she does not usually do
MUMBAI: On the auspicious occasion of Gudi Padwa, Maharashtra