In a shocking lapse of duty, the NGT has found that those responsible for the Namami Gange project were not only ignorant about basic information about the river but had conflicting versions of it
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The LDF is trying to salvage many government-aided schools on the verge of closure despite a Supreme Court ruling allowing it. What ails the education system of this most literate state of I...
The population of this majestic bird has declined alarmingly, especially in Rajasthan, but conservation efforts could once again see it flying high
By Prakash Bhandari in Jaipur
The Great ...
India was the first country to develop a legislation for biodiversity. Yet, conserving this resource needs to be part of the national policy instead of it being seen as the goose which lays the golden...
This mission, also called Namami Gange, was started in May 2015 with an outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore and aims for complete rejuvenation of the Ganga. But that seems easier said than done.
By Devender...
The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules 2016 seeks to shift the burden of protecting them from the center to the states and can lead to quite a messy affair
By Dinesh C Sharma
After...
Strident protests from the teaching community resulted in the Union Ministry of Human Resource Development directing the UGC to amend a recent and controversial notification on number of working hours...
The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules 2016 seeks to shift the burden of protecting them from the center to the states and can lead to quite a messy affair
By Dinesh C Sharma
After r...
The devastation left in the wake of Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s event on the banks of this river has shown why cities need to leave rivers and their floodplains alone if they want to survive themselves
By...
Forest dwellers and marginal farmers in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh are benefitting from a unique program in collaboration with industry to promote responsible forestry
By Murali Krishnan in...