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Science at scale: India’s journey from food security to global leadershipToday, India is the world’s largest producer of milk, pulses, and spices; the largest exporter of rice; and among the leading producers of ...- Delhi world's second-richest capital for avian diversity, hosts 471 bird speciesDelhi is the world's second-richest capital for bird diversity. A new Delhi Bird Atlas reveals 471 species. This comprehensive study, a cit...
- Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dustDizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New ...
- From river to muddy trail: Yamuna in Delhi is now just a shallow brown stream, Villagers walk across the dry river bedThe Yamuna River in Delhi has shrunk to a shallow, brown stream, with locals now walking across its dry bed. This yearly phenomenon is attr...
- Bringing it all back homeIndia has reclaimed 1,000-year-old Chola copper plates from Leiden University. These artifacts, excavated during Dutch rule, reveal Chola d...
- Rakha Gupta govt plans to build a 'Great Wall of Delhi' to stop Yamuna flood problem. Here is the 4.7-km grand planDelhi plans a 4.7-km flood wall along the Yamuna's western bank before the next monsoon. The structure aims to protect areas like Civil Lin...
- Delhi allows regularisation of 1,521 illegal colonies: How to register your property online, check all key detailsDelhi's ambitious housing reform aims to regularise nearly 10 lakh homes in 1,521 unauthorised colonies through a simplified online process...
- Delhi property ownership gets easier: Govt, not DDA, to issue conveyance deeds; How residents can apply & what it means for youThe Indian government has relaxed rules under the PM-UDAY scheme for regularising properties in Delhi’s unauthorised colonies, now allowing...
- CAG finds Greater Noida authority failed to restrict farmhouses on protected Hindon floodplainThe Comptroller and Auditor General criticised Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority. GNIDA permitted construction on the Hindon f...
- Delhi govt sets November deadline to clear Yamuna floodplains of encroachmentsThe Delhi government has ordered agencies to remove all encroachments from the Yamuna floodplains by November as part of a 45-point action ...
- New data reveals worrying picture on extent of Yamuna floodplains encroachmentAccording to a survey done using satellite and drone data, nearly 75% of Delhi's Yamuna floodplains have been encroached upon. Despite the ...
- 9,000-hactare land available in Yamuna floodplains for plantation: Delhi forest deptThe forest department said it has conducted a detailed analysis of the land available for plantation in the Yamuna floodplains, considering...
- Revive National Floodplain ZoningIn tandem, we need stepped-up resource allocation for flood management nationally, together with an apex National Flood Management Institut...
- Builders' wait for NGT nod to resume work near Yamuna floodplains gets longerThe NGT-appointed expert committee tasked with carrying out fresh demarcation of the Yamuna floodplain zone for construction projects that ...
- We are not responsible for Yamuna damage: 2 Ministries to NGTThe Ministry of Environment and Forests and the Ministry of Water Resources also told the NGT that they were not responsibile for the damag...
- 'Destruction' caused to Yamuna bank by World Culture Fest to cost Rs.13.29 crore and take 10 yearsAn expert committee set up by the govt has said about 420 acres of floodplains of the two banks of the Yamuna have been adversely impacted ...
- AOL: Rs 13.29 crore, 10 years needed to restore Yamuna floodplain, NGT toldThe panel has informed the green panel that major restoration work has to be carried out to compensate for the damage to Yamuna floodplains.
- Demarcate Yamuna floodplains in Agra within 3 weeks: NGTNGT asked the committee to demarcate the floodplain with respect to 2010, which happens to be the year in which the flood level was the max...
- 85 per cent of houses on Yamuna floodplains liable to be razed: NGTThe tribunal asked various real estate developers and other parties in the case to file their replies on the local commissioner's report wi...
- We haven’t damaged Yamuna floodplains’ ecology: Art of LivingArt of Living refuted allegations that its 3-day event damaged Yamuna floodplains. The National Green Tribunal's ordered it to pay Rs 5 cro...
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