SC gives more time to centre on Palk Strait channel
September 3rd, 2012 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday gave the government six more weeks to spell out its stand on building the Sethusamudram ship channel in the Palk Strait ... Read more...
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Expert team to submit report on Posco by October
August 23rd, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 22 (IANS) An expert team reviewing the environmental impact assessment of Posco's proposed $12 billion steel plant in Odisha will submit its report by October, the team said ... Read more...
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MoEF expert team visits Posco plant site in Odisha
August 21st, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 21 (IANS) A four-member expert team deputed by the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) Tuesday visited the site of South Korean steel major Posco's proposed steel plant ... Read more...
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New alignment of Sethusamudram not feasible, court told (Lead)
July 2nd, 2012 - 8:44 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court was told Monday that an alternate alignment for building Sethusamudram channel in the Palk Strait to facilitate navigation between India and Sri ... Read more...
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Committee to decide whether Chennai port will handle coal
April 12th, 2012 - 7:52 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, April 12 (IANS) An expert committee set up by the Supreme Court is studying whether the Chennai Port Trust should be allowed to handle bulk cargoes of coal and ... Read more...
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Court tells Sterlite to seek licence from pollution board
January 17th, 2012 - 11:28 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday asked the Sterlite Industries to apply afresh to the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for the renewal of its licence to ... Read more...
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Experts to discuss Jaitapur nuclear project
November 28th, 2011 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 28 (IANS) For the first time, nuclear experts and opponents and supporters of the 9,900-MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Plant (JNPP) coming up in Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra ... Read more...
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Agra MP demands expert investigations for Taj Mahal
October 15th, 2011 - 10:44 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, Oct 15 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Lok Sabha member from Agra Ram Shankar Katheria Saturday demanded proper and scientific investigations by experts to reassure the people that ... Read more...
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Green court questions government on Jaitapur n-plant
September 29th, 2011 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Ratnagiri (Maharashtra), Sep 29 (IANS) The National Green Tribunal Thursday sought a response from three government agencies on an NGO's plea challenging the environmental clearance given to the proposed Jaitapur ... Read more...
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Apex court reserves order on Sterlite plant (Lead)
September 6th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 6 (IANS) The Supreme Court Tuesday reserved its order on a plea of Sterlite Industries Ltd. (SIL), which has sought permission to continue operating its Tamil Nadu-based ... Read more...
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Apex court seeks green tips on smelting unit (Lead)
August 25th, 2011 - 10:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Thursday asked the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board to recommend ways to overcome environment-related deficiencies in Sterlite Industries' copper smelting plant at ... Read more...
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Sterlite plant: Tamil Nadu asked to reply on environment report
July 18th, 2011 - 10:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday asked the Tamil Nadu government and the state pollution control board to respond to an environment impact assessment of Vedanta group ... Read more...
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Beaches hit by tar balls, Goa tracking rogue vessels
May 24th, 2011 - 4:02 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, May 24 (IANS) With a fresh wave of tar balls hitting Benaulim beach, the authorities say they are inching closer to the rogue vessels which have been releasing spent ... Read more...
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Fresh wave of oily tar balls layer Goa beaches
April 19th, 2011 - 4:22 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, April 19 (IANS) A fresh wave of tar balls have reappeared on Goa's beaches, layering the sand with oily streaks.The problem is back, more than six months after tar ... Read more...
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Delhi government to supply free chlorine tablets (Lead)
April 13th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday decided to offer free chlorine tablets but disputed claims that drug resistance in bacteria causing cholera and other diseases had risen ... Read more...
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‘No increase in drug resistance in cholera bacteria’
April 13th, 2011 - 8:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 13 (IANS) The Delhi government Wednesday said that there had been no evidence of increase in drug resistance in cholera and other diarrhoea causing bacteria and these ... Read more...
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Projects to save Agra monuments back on track
March 22nd, 2011 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Agra, March 22 (IANS) The growing threat from pollution to India's prized monuments, including the Taj Mahal, has prompted the authorities to speed up action before it is too late.The ... Read more...
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India cannot abandon nuclear power programme: Ramesh
March 19th, 2011 - 7:59 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, March 19 (IANS) India needs to learn appropriate lessons from the nuclear disaster in Japan and take additional safeguards, but the country cannot abandon its nuclear energy programme, said ... Read more...
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More detailed pollution check ordered at Tuticorin plant
February 25th, 2011 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) The Supreme Court Friday asked the National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) to carry out a "more detailed inspection" of the pollution allegedly being caused by a ... Read more...
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Apex court extends shield for Sterlite’s Tamil Nadu plant (Second Lead)
October 18th, 2010 - 9:27 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday questioned the central government and extended its earlier interim order permitting Sterlite Industries' copper smelter plant at Tuticorn in Tamil Nadu to continue ... Read more...
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Supreme Court extends stay on Sterlite plant shutdown (Lead)
October 18th, 2010 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Chennai, Oct 18 (IANS) The Supreme Court Monday extended the interim stay on the Madras High Court order closing down the Sterlite Industries' copper smelter plant at Tuticorin In Tamil Nadu ... Read more...
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Tar balls spoiling Goa beaches may stay till October: Government
September 2nd, 2010 - 10:38 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 2 (IANS) Goa's tourism season, which begins in October, could be in peril.
The state government has conceded that the tar ball phenomenon which has layered several beaches with ugly, ... Read more...
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Environment clearance for mining projects in Goa stopped
February 22nd, 2010 - 10:23 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Feb 22 (IANS) The central government's Environment and Forests ministry has imposed a moratorium on environment clearance of mining proposals from Goa, and has also ordered an environment impact assessment on ... Read more...
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Bhopal gas tragedy victims to ‘expose’ central, state governments
November 26th, 2009 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Bhopal, Nov 26 (IANS) Associations of the victims of the December 1984 Bhopal gas leak Thursday launched a campaign to "expose" those in the government working for the benefit of Dow ... Read more...
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Ayurvedic centre claims it has cure for swine flu
August 10th, 2009 - 8:41 pm ICT by IANS
Nagpur, Aug 10 (IANS) An Ayurvedic research centre specializing in medicines derived from cow products and derivatives Monday claimed that its formulations can prevent and "possibly" cure swine flu and similar contagious ... Read more...
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Agra launches anti-pollution campaign
June 1st, 2009 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
Agra, June 1 (IANS) Agra, city of Taj Mahal - one of the seven wonders of the world, has launched a campaign against polluters, ahead of the World Environment Day June 5.
Agra ... Read more...
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Taj Mahal in danger again, this time from garbage dump
August 22nd, 2008 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Agra, Aug 22 (IANS) Years after being threatened by the effluent gases of the Mathura oil refinery, the white marble of the Taj Mahal faces another threat - a proposed garbage dump ... Read more...
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Alternate route for Sethusamudram channel to be examined (Lead)
July 30th, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The central government has decided to appoint an expert committee to examine the feasibility of having an alternate alignment for a shorter navigational sea route around India's ... Read more...
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40 tonnes of chemical residues removed from Bhopal plant
July 2nd, 2008 - 1:02 am ICT by IANS
Bhopal, July 1 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh government Tuesday removed 40 tonnes of chemical residues from the premises of the now defunct Union Carbide pesticide plant, which led to the world's worst ... Read more...
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Chemical Park increases cancer risk in Cuddalore
March 23rd, 2008 - 5:04 pm ICT by admin
Chennai, March 23 (IANS) People living in and around a special economic zone in Cuddalore are "2,000 times more" likely to be affected by cancer than the normal population, says a report ... Read more...
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India launches new mission to develop antibiotic molecules
February 22nd, 2008 - 11:51 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 22 (IANS) India has launched a mission to screen and develop antibiotic molecules to tap the over $25 billion global antibiotics market. The department of biotechnology under the ministry ... Read more...
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Court reserves order on Commonwealth Games Village site
February 19th, 2008 - 8:15 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, Feb 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday reserved its order on the ongoing construction of the Commonwealth Games Village that has been challenged on the grounds that it could ... Read more...
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