Programme for maternal and child malnutrition gets Rs 300 crore
It was announced last year but could not take off due to fund crunch
More funds for watershed programmes
Allocation increased from Rs 3,050 crore in 2012-13 to Rs 5,387 crore
Major embankment repair works delayed in Bihar
Some of them awaiting nod of Ganga Flood Control Committee
Science, Technology and Innovation policy to be approved at Science Congress
Scientists call the policy draft a set of wishful ideas
People protest setting up of asbestos plant in Hajipur
Ransack unit, alleging the Utkal Asbestos Limited made false promises to them
Bihar pushes to interlink rivers, tame Kosi
Experts say it's just another ill-conceived infrastructure project
IMD predicts normal monsoon this year
El-Nino could emerge later but drought unlikely
Sompeta power project: CAG indicts Andhra government for allotting wetland to developer
State government violated Supreme Court directions and own orders
Forest fires singe Maharashtra
Officials say peeved tendu contractors are causing them
Google, Facebook officials exempted from personal appearance in trial court
High court defers hearing till May in view of similar ongoing cases in Supreme Court
US to lead climate coalition to reduce non-CO2 pollutants
Aims to slow down global temperature rise by 0.5°C
India’s forest cover declines
North-eastern states and tribal districts witness unprecedented forest loss
Environmental issues figured nowhere in Uttarakhand elections
Around 170 hydropower and a number of sand mining projects in the pipeline or underway
Auto Expo review: diesel, electric cars dictated trends
Electric and electric hybrid cars still stuck in concept stage
Mines ministry says no to export ban on minerals to check illegal mining
This was the primary recommendation of Shah Commission in its interim report
Supreme Court allows export of unused endosulfan
Calls for strict monitoring while packaging
Share iron ore mining profits with communities: Patnaik
Writes a letter to PM
Glyphosate: Greenpeace opposes, ABLE disposes
Debate over health and environment concerns
SC seeks details on safe export of endosulfan
Interim ban on the pesticide to continue
Manmohan fails to settle row over Cauvery water sharing
Disgruntled Karnataka likely to approach Supreme Court
Giraffe, 3 tigers die in Patna zoo
Authorities fail to provide treatment on time
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board revises its consent order to Kudankulam plant
Madras High Court had questioned the heat tolerance limit for effluent discharge
High court questions permission to make Kudankulam plant operational
Judgement in related case on nuclear safety is likely on August 29
Doubts persist over Green Climate Fund taking off at Doha
Workshop on climate finance gives hope, but a lot of work remains to be done
NHRC raps states for denying silicosis deaths
Issues show-cause notices to Jharkhand and Delhi for payment of monetary relief