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Shaktikanta Das, PM's Principal Secretary-2, says India within striking distance of 8% growth- India-backed project clears nearly 198,000 sq m of mine-contaminated land in Cambodia
- Deeper than the Mariana Trench, near its border with Norway, the Soviet Union spent 20 years drilling 7.6 miles into Earth; in 1992, the deepest borehole on Earth was abandoned in a region industrialization had turned into one of the most ‘poisoned spots on Earth’
- In 1913, lead turned Picher, Oklahoma, from farmland into a town of about 14,000; by 2010, only 20 residents remained, and chat piles covered parts of Ottawa CountyPicher, a small town in northeast Oklahoma, transformed into a mining hub after the lead and zinc discovery in 1913. However, this rapid gr...01 Sep, 2026, 02.40 PM IST
- In the 1990s, 17 cities joined Germany's Emscher regeneration programme. 30 years later the polluted industrial region had become a green hub with a 70-km landscape parkEmscher story is a powerful example of how environmental regeneration can take place across generations. The region did not become green ov...29 Aug, 2026, 08.53 PM IST
- In late 1990s, a Buffalo physicist proposed using shock waves to detect plastic land mines costing as little as $1. Years later, the idea remains a striking approach to a detection problem that defeats metal detectorsPlastic land mines are difficult to find because metal detectors may miss them entirely. Researchers at the University at Buffalo explored ...25 Aug, 2026, 10.01 PM IST
- In 2008, Spain began filling 300-metre-deep coal mine with 547 billion litres of water; four years later, the site looked nothing like it once didA vast open-pit coal mine in As Pontes, Spain, has been transformed into a large artificial lake. Engineers filled the enormous excavation ...11 Aug, 2026, 10.37 AM IST
- In 2013, Croatian scientists trained honeybees with TNT-laced sugar syrup. Years later, it helped restore mine-contaminated landscapes by detecting hidden explosivesHoneybees trained to detect explosives: Researchers are training honeybees to detect explosives using their keen sense of smell. Drones and...08 Aug, 2026, 03.04 AM IST
- Keep sand at hand as strategic resourceThe Supreme Court mandated scientific studies for riverbed mining approvals, emphasizing the need to assess sand replenishment rates. This ...31 Aug, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
- Unscientific mining pushing Uttarakhand's Bageshwar toward disasters: Govt panel to NGTA government panel has cautioned that unscientific mining in Uttarakhand's Bageshwar district is destabilizing slopes, endangering villages...03 Aug, 2025, 12.09 PM IST
- Is India's growing demand for river sand a double-edged sword?India's growing housing boom is increasing demand for river sand, leading to environmental damage and violence by the sand mafia. To mitiga...28 Oct, 2024, 10.53 PM IST
- Article 370 abrogation: BJP divided J-K for cronies, used brute majority to rob its people, says PDPIn its monthly newsletter SPEAK UP, the Peoples Democratic Party accused the BJP of dividing Jammu and Kashmir's resources for its "cronies...14 Dec, 2023, 02.39 PM IST
- Mines uprooted in Ukraine dam disaster could pose danger for years to come, says Red CrossThe Red Cross has said that mines dispersed by the floodwaters from the breached Kakhovka dam could pose a danger to people for years to co...08 Jun, 2023, 02.24 PM IST
- Delhi among top three states with most contaminated sites, says Pollution Control BoardThere are 112 sites in India contaminated by toxic and hazardous substances. Besides, there are 168 sites that may be contaminated but requ...07 Mar, 2021, 11.24 AM IST
- Plastic 'has entered' Antarctic terrestrial food chain24 Jun, 2020, 11.20 PM IST
- Dolomite contaminated water inundation puts tea in Himalayan foothills under crisisFlow of water, highly contaminated with dolomite from illegal mines in Bhutan, through rivers in Dooars region had always remained a concer...18 Aug, 2017, 07.05 AM IST
- Coal India to call tender for setting up 800 MW solar project at Rs 4,800 croreThe world’s largest coal producer plans to generate 1,000 MW of solar power to help reduce its carbon footprint.18 Feb, 2016, 03.31 AM IST
- Mamata Banerjee takes up Indo-Bhutan water issue in her priority listAfter transboundary intl water issues of Indo-bangla sector, now those between India and Bhutan have come in Indian state West Bengal’s pri...06 Jun, 2014, 05.35 PM IST
- Following urge from India, Bhutan to bring down dolomite mining practice to the minimumGovernment of adjoining country Bhutan has decided to bring down its Dolomite mining practice to the minimum level.16 Oct, 2012, 07.21 PM IST
- Ramesh petitioned against Lafarge plant in MeghalayaThe proposed plant is a threat to numerous cave systems and environmental clearance should not be granted to it, cave research body has pet...16 Nov, 2010, 01.34 PM IST
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