Disaster alert! Complex weather events big drain on global economySouth Carolina faced more than 100 fires amid perfect conditions of dry air, arid land, and gusting winds. This event exemplifies the incre...
10 Mar, 2025, 12.07 AM IST
Too many wild deer are roaming England's forests. Can promoting venison to consumers help?Deer populations have exploded in England, causing damage to forests and farmland. To manage the population, advocates are promoting the cu...
12 Nov, 2024, 11.39 AM IST
Lion kills man who tried to steal cubs from zoo enclosureAccording to reports, a middle-aged man, died on the spot inside the enclosure after the Lion's attack. As per the BBC report, the Ghana zo...
30 Aug, 2022, 01.26 PM IST
Ghana plants 5 million trees in a single day to combat deforestation12 Jun, 2021, 01.17 PM IST
Railway targets to lay 4,100 km of tracks in 2018-19Railways has set a target of laying 4,100 km of tracks in 2018-19, which includes 1,000 km of new lines, the Minister of State for Railways...
18 Jul, 2018, 11.02 PM IST
How Elon Musk's Tesla Motors maybe killing flamingos with its electric carsSome locals say that miners sucking water out of the earth to get to the lithium are starving the long-legged birds in the process.
05 Jul, 2016, 10.26 AM IST
Yokohama Rubber-Alliance Tire Group deal gets CCI nodKKR is the majority stakeholder in ATG and the rest is held by International Finance Corporation along with other entities.
30 May, 2016, 06.37 PM IST
Inter-departmental notes not third party info: Central Information Commission to PMOThe PMO had claimed that the records related to Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) opinion and follow up action were a third party...
01 Feb, 2016, 05.30 PM IST
33 Ongoing Coal India projects running behind schedule: Piyush GoyalAs many as 33 ongoing projects of Coal India Ltd are running behind schedule due to issues related to forestry clearances and land acquisit...
26 Feb, 2015, 03.41 PM IST
Govt making efforts to increase coal availability to power plantsThe government is making all efforts to increase coal availability to power sector and Coal India has been directed to give top priority to...
30 Oct, 2012, 02.18 PM IST
- Coal production target likely to be at 574.4 MT for FY13
The Planning Commission is likely to set a coal production target of 574.4 million tonnes (MT) for the next financial year 2012-13.
28 Jan, 2012, 06.17 PM IST
- Vedanta mine plan back on track?
Could Vedanta's aluminium refinery and bauxite mining project be looking at a second lease of life? A sub-committee of the environment mini...
29 Jun, 2011, 11.16 PM IST
- Coal block policy may specify banned areas to fast track projects
The government aims at giving faster approval to coal projects that are delayed due to environment and forestry clearances.
30 Mar, 2010, 03.14 AM IST
- Cabinet clears proposal to set up National Green Tribunal
The Cabinet has approved the proposal of the ministry of environment and forests to bring a legislation to set up a National Green Tribunal.
25 Jul, 2009, 03.59 AM IST
- Centre drafts Green Tribunal Bill for all environment cases
In an effort to ensure a “fine balance” between judicial activism and executive duties, the ministry of environment and forest has prepared...
27 Jun, 2009, 02.48 AM IST
- Positive side of climate change: More jobs
Climate change may have several life-threatening effects on environment but it has one sliver lining - to combat it, industries could gener...
08 Dec, 2007, 03.57 AM IST
- FAO for better policies to conserve fish gene
FAO has called for better policies to conserve fish genetic resources and enhance global food security, warning that failure to do so would...
13 Jun, 2007, 01.20 PM IST