Rajasthan’s Bhiwadi has grown into an industrial and real-estate hub, but air quality and livability are collapsing. The pattern is repeating across India's industrial towns.
Of the many notable interventions of the Supreme court was its 1998 decision that Delhi's entire city bus, taxi, and auto-rickshaw fleet switch to CNG by 31 March 2001.
SC reaffirms 'polluter pays' principle while hearing plea against Delhi HC order which said pollution boards lack power to levy penalties or damages for environmental damages.
Minister Kirti Vardhan Singh says reasons behind staff shortage include pending recruitment approvals, delays in sanctioning staffing patterns, restructuring of posts among others.
As debris from the two ship mishaps washes ashore, the incidents have sparked political controversy, fears of fish contamination, and threats to livelihoods and marine ecology.
The PCB’s closure notices to waste-burning units in Khori Khurd village have failed to stop the practice. A PIL now seeks to find out what’s being burned in these open-air incinerators.
According to Punjab Pollution Control Board, the number of farm fire incidents between 15 September and 4 November this year stood at 4,145, compared to 14,173 in same period last year.
Centre for Policy Research report released Thursday also found bulk of expenditure by 9 state pollution control boards & 1 pollution control committee went towards pay and allowances.
In assessment of 10 state-level bodies in Indo-Gangetic plain, think tank CPR has found them ill-equipped to manage air pollution. Lack of technical expertise also cited as factor.
India is too close to Israel for Iran’s trust, yet still blindsided. It risks losing assets like Chabahar port and export markets, while key partners don’t factor in its concerns.
IGL, MGL & other city gas distributors announce benefits to encourage LPG users to shift to piped natural gas as Centre flags concerns over LPG supply in the wake of Iran conflict.
The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.
Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.
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