MPs to witness earth imaging satellite launch from Sriharikota on May 18India is set to launch the EOS-09 earth observation satellite from Sriharikota on Sunday. Equipped with a C-band synthetic aperture radar, ...
12 May, 2025, 01.20 PM IST
Paper on creating master plan to make India top provider of data from satellites releasedThe paper on earth observation (EO) data from Indian satellite missions has been brought out by Indian National Space Promotion and Authori...
04 Aug, 2023, 07.21 PM IST
JICA India to loan Rs 520 crore for Forest and Biodiversity Conservation in West BengalJapan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has signed a loan agreement with the Indian government for the Project for Forest and Biodive...
29 Mar, 2023, 03.55 PM IST
View: Give our cities their own language of urban design from its heritage and around sustainabilityCities should have personalities, India's cities especially so, given our historic temple cities with an entire conurbation built around a ...
21 Feb, 2023, 11.27 PM IST
World Bank explores measures in resilient Himachal communitiesA team of the World Bank headed by John Roome, Regional Director (Sustainable Development), South Asia Region, on Monday concluded Himachal...
06 Feb, 2023, 10.55 PM IST
In last 7 years, ISRO activities expanded to undertake development activities: Jitendra SinghHe recalled that over five years ago, on the intervention of the PM, representatives of different ministries and departments were engaged i...
05 Jul, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
Railways undertakes projects worth Rs 60,000 cr in JV with statesIn a departure from earlier practice, railways now encourage state governments to become equal partners in projects to expedite the executi...
20 Nov, 2016, 01.07 PM IST
Detailed Project Report on forestry intervention for Clean Ganga to be out on March 22Union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Uma Bharti, will release the DPR on March 22.
17 Mar, 2016, 04.25 PM IST
- Urban forestry scheme to combat climate change
The environment ministry will launch an urban forestry scheme on June 6 which will involve afforesting degraded forest lands in and around ...
04 Jun, 2015, 01.16 AM IST
'Proper implementation of agroforestry policy a big challenge'The maiden policy comes following the World Congress on Agroforestry held in New Delhi from February 10-14.
18 Feb, 2014, 02.09 AM IST
- Chennaiites more keen on axing than planting: Survey
At a time when the state urban forestry department has embarked upon increasing the green cover in Chennai and distributed more than one la...
05 Jun, 2013, 02.49 AM IST
- Depleting green cover poses threat to Marathwada: Experts
The forest department has issued a red alert on the absence of green cover over 94% of the landed areas in Marathwada and stressed a synerg...
05 Jun, 2013, 01.11 AM IST
- Maharashtra govt plans new policy for 'green cover'
Maharashtra government plans to formulate a new social forestry policy which will be implemented in non-forest areas of the state to increa...
24 Oct, 2012, 10.31 AM IST
With 54% green cover, Gandhinagar India's tree capitalGujarat’s capital – Gandhinagar – could well be India’s tree capital. The latest figures of a census conducted by the state government show...
22 Jul, 2012, 10.28 AM IST
- With help from students, tree census begins in Chennai
In a bid to obtain data on diverse plant species in the city, the forest department's urban forestry division on Friday launched the first ...
18 Jun, 2011, 06.15 AM IST
- Millions of 'green jobs' in good forest management: FAO
National investments in sustainable forest management could generate 10 million new "green jobs" to help replace those lost in the global f...
10 Mar, 2009, 05.45 PM IST
- National Building Code to be revised
THE GOVERNMENT has decided to revise the National Building Code which lays down comprehensive requirements for safety of buildings to focus...
06 Dec, 2001, 04.56 PM IST