Kerala’s e-toilets, treatment plants to help sanitise Kashmir
byThiruvananthapuram: An e-toilet manufacturer from Kerala will install four sewage treatment plants in Jammu and Kashmir and two customised toilets – one at 4,000 feeet…
Environment
Anthropocene Unfolding
byWe can’t put a date on when geological epochs begin or end. But to say that Anthropocene began circa 19th/20th century would be reasonable;…
Odisha villagers, tribals hold anti-Vedanta meet
byBhubaneswar: Hundreds of villagers, including tribal men and women Thursday held a meeting in Odisha’s Kalahandi district to reiterate their strong opposition to Vedanta’s alumina…
Snow Leopard Skin Recovered in Uttarakhand
byDehra Dun: The recovery of a skin of snow leopard from two persons (one managed to give the slip), by a team of the…
In the eye of climate change, Himalayan badlands
byHigher temperatures are being recorded in Himalayan altitudes which had not seen the mercury rise so much before. Changes in temperature zones are causing…
Study underway on climate change in the northeast
byAgartala: The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE), an autonomous body under the union ministry of environment and forests, has undertaken a study…
No lessons learnt from Bhopal disaster: Environmentalists
byAgra: Despite a “Himalayan disaster” like the Bhopal gas tragedy of 1984, government agencies and voluntary groups have learnt no lessons, speakers at a seminar…
CII calls for extending Kyoto Protocol at Doha talks
byNew Delhi: With no breakthroughs in the first week of the Doha climate talks on extending the Kyoto Protocol, Indian industry lobby CII Monday called…
This uttarakhand soldier used AIDS to save forests
byDehra Dun : He may have lost his wife and child to the deadly Aids virus, but this former soldier of Gangolihit village in…
Tiger, gharial have slim future, says Romulus Whitaker
byNew Delhi: Despite the “hype” around the tiger and the gharial in India, the future looks bleak for both the animals, says Romulus Whitaker,…