WestBridge Capital and Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies in research centre tie-upThe two will engage with policy leaders on issues such as climate change and look at using the research grant to offer sustainable business...
01 Oct, 2019, 08.28 AM IST
Bengaluru's Nallur tamarind grove gets a sour twistA 54-acre tamarind grove near B’luru said to date back to the 12th century is one of the few biodiversity heritage sites in the country. Bu...
12 Jul, 2019, 11.53 AM IST
Tree story gets a sour twist: 54-acre tamarind grove near B’luru, among India's few biodiversity heritage sites, calls for helpTill 2007, when it was declared a biodiversity heritage site, the grove was managed by the village panchayat.
12 Jul, 2019, 09.28 AM IST
Bengaluru steel flyover: BDA promises to transplant trees but doubts lingerBDA has promised to transplant 56 trees of the 812 trees it will cut down to make the steel flyover
03 Nov, 2016, 11.07 AM IST
Tamil Nadu yet to take stock of its natural resources in forestsKerala might be a smaller state compared to Tamil Nadu, but unlike the latter several thousand villagers in Kerala earn a decent living by ...
06 Jul, 2016, 03.04 PM IST
- Tata Power supplies 10,000 healthy Mahseer fingerlings to Hira Bambai reservoir
Tata Power, India’s largest integrated power company, has supplied 10,000 healthy Mahseer fingerlings to Hira Bambai reservoir near Nagpur.
11 May, 2015, 09.36 PM IST
Delhi ecologist to help set up Bengaluru Biodiversity ParkBengaluru Biodiversity Park is the brain-child of Karnataka Knowledge Commission. Cherukuri Raghavendra Babu is set to start by merging the...
06 Dec, 2014, 11.11 AM IST
Veerappa Moily gives no timeline for implementing Western Ghats reportsVeerappa Moily today refused to give a timeline for issuing a fresh notification for implementation of a controversial report on Western Gh...
27 Feb, 2014, 09.58 PM IST
Tamil Nadu lagging behind in management of biodiversity: NBATamil Nadu, home to several rare flora and fauna, is lagging behind many other states in implementing the National Biological Diversity Act...
23 Dec, 2013, 04.02 AM IST
Western Ghats region prone to disaster if conservation is delayed: Madhav Gadgil, leading ecologist"The natural forest cover in the region has dwindled to 7%. Most rivers have dried up and waters are contaminated. Hills are disappearing d...
28 Oct, 2013, 11.19 AM IST
- Green Army fights to save nature
If global warming is described as Armageddon, harbour no fear. There’s a Green Army being forged in Namma Bangalore. What started as a 13-m...
06 May, 2013, 04.53 AM IST
- Indian Biodiversity Congress to begin from Sunday
To sensitize the public, government and other stake holders about the conservation and sustainable management of biodiversity of Western Gh...
07 Dec, 2012, 03.09 PM IST
Supreme Court halts all mining operations in GoaMining operations in all the 90 mines in Goa were today ordered to be halted by the SC on the basis of the Justice M B Shah Commission repo...
05 Oct, 2012, 05.49 PM IST
- Green Tribunal approached for protecting Western Ghat Eco Sensitive Zones
A group of NGOs have approached the National Green Tribunal in Delhi, seeking ban on projects in Eco Sensitive Zones (ESZs).
31 May, 2012, 12.21 PM IST
- Kudremukh Controversy
The Supreme Court shut down mining in Kudremukh National Park, Karnataka, after a long-drawn case but that has not stopped the Union govern...
23 Apr, 2010, 12.53 AM IST
- Why flowers bloom late in Kerala and birds breed early
Cassia fistula, or the kani konna, the yellow flower associated with Vishu celebrations in Kerala, bloomed so late last year that it couldn...
05 Dec, 2009, 03.31 AM IST
- Honey bee research project for seven states
National Resource Development Board of Department of Biotechnology has sanctioned a network project "Morphometry and Phylogeography of hone...
16 Mar, 2008, 06.09 PM IST