Indians losing over years of their life due to high pollution levels: study
Michael Greenstone of MIT says almost 6.28 mn population in 281 districts of India is exposed to health risks due to poor adherence to pollution standards India’s over 121 billion strong population...
View ArticleDelhi faces high flood risk: Report
New Delhi: Environmentalists have been warning about growing encroachments on the Yamuna floodplains being a recipe for disaster. Now, the latest UN panel report on climate change echoes these fears,...
View ArticleCan’t levy cess on diesel cars to fight pollution
The Ministry of Finance has turned down a proposal to levy an additional 30 per cent cess on diesel cars for the rising pollution levels. In its response to the Supreme Court, the ministry has said...
View ArticleOver a third of Delhi children malnourished, reveals survey
Most of the undernourished children were not exclusively breastfed, less breast fed or were initiated supplementary nutrition at a much later period.Delhi's appalling state of malnutrition is a matter
View ArticleBJP releases first ‘Delhi-specific’ manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha poll
If BJP comes to power, the first thing we will demand from the government is to give the status of full statehood to Delhi, said Delhi BJP chief Harsh Vardhan. Hoping to wrest seven Lok Sabha seats in...
View Article4 years after leak, Delhi's Mayapuri scrap yard has no radiation detectors
Four years after the radiation leak of cobalt 60 at the Mayapuri scrap yard, there is no way yet to detect radiation in the waste market. Last year, National Green Tribunal had directed the ministry of...
View ArticleWork on 16-lane expressway to resume
Legal hurdles coming in the way of the under-construction 16-lane expressway from the Delhi-Gurgaon border to Sector 55-56 seems to have been resolved with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) giving its
View ArticleResidents raise a stink about piling garbage near LNJP, Pant Hospital
A few kilometres away from the manicured green lawns and rows of neat flower beds of Lutyen’s Delhi, staff of the Lok Nayak Jaya Prakash and GB Pant Hospitals and residents around the area are fighting
View ArticleKanjhawala farmers want their land back
In the outskirts of North-West Delhi, a farming village that has metamorphosed into a small town is Kanjhawala where a group of old farmers have been continually sitting on a dharna for six years,...
View Articleओखला सैंक्चुरी : जारी रहेगी ईएसजेड पर रोक
ओखला बर्ड सैंक्चुरी के आसपास ईको सेंसिटिव जोन तय किए जाने के मामले में नैशनल ग्रीन ट्रिब्युनल (एनजीटी) ने दिल्ली, यूपी और हरियाणा सरकार को निर्देश दिया है कि वह इस संबंध में प्रपोजल तैयार कर मिनिस्ट्री
View ArticleOver 20% state households lack electricity, sanitation
Goa still ranks an undesirable ninth among states and union territories in the country with 20% of the state's households not having toilet facilities within its premises, according to statistics of the
View ArticleDisplaced slum dwellers upset with political leaders for being ignored
Displaced from their homes, denied the promised plot of land in lieu, having survived a major fire – which many of them believe was deliberate – and the onslaught of bulldozers, the residents of the...
View Articleइतनी जल्दी डेंगू रिटर्न्स
इस साल डेंगू के दो मामले हुए कन्फर्म डेंगू वायरस एक्टिव हो गया है। अब तक दो लोगों को अपना शिकार बना चुका है। एमसीडी के आंकड़ों के मुताबिक इस साल डेंगू के दो मामलों की पुष्टि हुई है, जिनमें से एक मामला...
View ArticleDelhi spends highest on public health
This was informed to the High Court in a case of free treatment to a minor Delhi is the highest spender on public health in the country, the Delhi Government has claimed before the Delhi High Court....
View ArticleNo smoking at polling stations
The Delhi Election Commission is set to declare all polling stations in the city smoking-free zones and ban entry of mobile phones inside polling booths. The state poll panel, however, is making a...
View ArticleNCR board calls meet to talk change in plan
Will Also Mull Barring Construction In Mangar A strong stand by the Delhi government and missives from Prime Minister’s Office and ministry of environment and forests on the issue of allowing tourism...
View ArticleRoad ministry to scrap trucks and buses more than eight years old to combat...
This is one drive that is definitely going to make the Capital's air cleaner and traffic flow smoother. The road ministry is planning to create 'end of life' directives with a cap of eight years for
View ArticleIIT finds city’s comfort zone
New Delhi: Extreme summers and winters in Delhi are clearly uncomfortable. But Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has calculated the percentage of hours when most Delhiites may be finding the...
View ArticleA wetland in East Delhi that even migratory birds shun
The transformation of Sanjay Lake from a wetland or a breeding ground for water birds into an artificial polluted lake is a cause of concern for environmentalists as well as residents of Mayur Vihar Phase
View ArticleWazirpur units asked to treat waste water
Follow Rules Or Face Closure, Warns DPCC Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has threatened to seal the Wazirpur industrial area if it continues to violate environmental regulations. The area with...
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