32 hospitals booked for mismanagement of biomedical waste
byShimla: For not adhering to proper management of bio-medical waste, anti pollution authorities have hauled up 32 hospitals, which include government institutions, and served…
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Himachal drug hub gone rouge
byShimla: World over famous for dream pot Malana Cream, Himachal Pradesh is also fast gaining notoriety as a drug hub having turned rouge given…
Himachal High Court pushes govt to act against officers of doubtful integrity
byShimla: Push by the courts to act against officers with doubtful integrity, the Himachal Pradesh government on Monday informed the High Court that the…
Air Qualty of Dehradun going down hill
byDehradun: The air quality in the Doon Valley, capital of Uttarakhand, which along with the climatic conditions was a major reason for retired people…
Declare Kinnaur disaster affected – Tribals
byRekong Peo: Scarred by freak rains and snow in June that also did wreck havoc in neighbouring Uttarakhand, highlanders from tribal Kinnaur have sought…
Flora terrorism of spreading ‘Congress Grass’ haunts Himachal lands
byManali: Propagating from US to Maharashtra, then many other southern and northern states of India, the invasive and poisonous weed “congress grass” (parthenium) is…
Himachal’s vanishing rivers, damaging original habitats – German study
byShimla: Faulting the myopic Indian practice of project level environmental impact assessment (EIA) for extensive hydropower development in river basins of Himachal Pradesh, a…
Himachal power minister pitches for renewable energy to contain climate change
byShimla: Dipping into states hydropower potential by incentivizing generation through privatization of rivers and streams, at huge environmental cost, power minister Sujan Singh Pathania,…
Tourist surge impacting Manali valley glaciers
byManali: Environmentalists say retreating glaciers and melting snows on high Himalayan peaks could impact millions of people in the Indian subcontinent who rely on rivers…