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Andhra Cabinet gives nod to 34 proposals; boosts aviation, irrigation, industrial developmentThe Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approved 34 proposals, including a new aviation policy, organ transplantation law, and revised funding for the P...- In major development, Satheesan-led new Kerala govt set to scrap Silverline high-speed rail projectSilverline high-speed rail project: The scrapping of SilverLine marks the end of a project that had dominated Kerala’s political discourse ...
- Saving the wildlife is not just a conservation pointWith Parliament reconvening, the amended Forest Bill is up for approval. To save wildlife, we also need to rethink our economic and conserv...
- Polavaram project: SC notice to Telangana on appeal against NGT orderThe apex court was hearing the appeal filed by Odisha government against the September 18, 2020 order of the NGT contending that it has err...
- Mamata Banerjee's mangrove project does not enthuse eco-watchersSpecialists who have been observing Sunderbans’ ecology wondered whether it was possible to plant five crore or even more saplings in this ...
- Non-structural measures should be given priority for flood management: ReportThe report of the committee constituted for Formulation of Strategy for Flood Management Works in Entire Country and River Management Activ...
- Now, only e-challan for flouting traffic rules in AssamE-challan facility will allow motorists to pay their traffic challans instantly using debit or credit card and internet banking through han...
- NGT directs thermal power plants to take prompt steps for scientific disposal of fly ash
- Monsoon Mayhem: How should India deal with this new normalMore than 200 people have died & lakhs have been evacuated amid unusually heavy rains this month.
- Can Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu deliver four-decade old Polavaram project on time?Environmentalists point out that the dam poses a major threat during floods and could inundate over 400 villages upstream of the Godavari.
- Land-related conflicts fester despite landmark legislationA person belonging to a Scheduled Tribe can claim individual rights to live in and cultivate up to four hectares, provided she occupied it ...
- Assam floods: CM Sonowal directs chief secy to set up embankment protection committeeSonowal said the committee, to be constituted comprising engineers, experts, NGOs, would help avert breaches in embankment with timely inte...
- Flood alert: 'Yamuna floodplains drastically narrowed'The signs are already there. In recent monsoon seasons, many areas in southeast Delhi have seen basements of buildings getting submerged un...
- Why climate change & pollution threats to Sundarbans cannot be taken lightly by governmentsSix years after cyclone Aila, the existential threat faced by the people and fauna in one of the world’s largest mangroves has reached alar...
- India, Nepal agree to strengthen river banks to avoid floodsIndia and Nepal have agreed to strengthen the embankments of Bagmati, Kamla, Lalbakeya and Khando rivers to control the spilling of flood w...
- Ramesh writes to Orissa, Chhattisgarh on PolavaramEnvironment Minister Jairam Ramesh has reached out to Chief Ministers of Orissa and Chhattisgarh to break the logjam on the Polavaram proje...
- Bihar floods: Now, govt plays blame gameA blame game after unprecedented floods in Bihar came to fore with state govt being accused by the Centre of not sending a scheme for works...
- Bangladesh, India to talk on sharing Teesta watersBangladesh and India would hold four-day talks in New Delhi next month to finalise recommendations to strike an interim deal on sharing of ...
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