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`Develop Keshopur Chhamb sanctuary as tourist destination`

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 22:20

Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal Wednesday asked the forest department to expedite the work for developing Keshopur Chhamb Bird Sanctuary as a tourist destination.

Nitish urges PM to include environment in Concurrent List

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 22:16

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has appealed to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to include environment in the Concurrent List so that states could also enact legislation as per their requirements.

Govt warns of action against commercial exploitation of water

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 22:09

Delhi government today directed the deputy commissioners to take strict action against complaints of commercial exploitation of ground water, even as it asked the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) to re-advertise applications for registration of water tankers in the city.

Wind farms can tame hurricanes: Scientists

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 22:05

Huge offshore wind farms can protect vulnerable coastal cities against devastating cyclones like Katrina and Sandy by tempering winds and ocean surges before they reach land, a study said Wednesday.

Radioactive plume of water from Fukushima being tracked by North American scientists

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 21:41

Scientists are keeping a watch on the radioactive plume of water from Fukushima as it reaches west coast of North America.

Volcanic gases may have slowed down global warming: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 21:27

Volcanic gases from early 21st century eruptions - that form mirror-like particles in the air - may have slowed down global warming, shows research.

China speeds up Indian Ocean exploration for minerals

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 21:21

China has said its research vessel surveying polymetallic deposits in the Indian Ocean has discovered two hydrothermal and four hydrothermal anomaly areas as the resource-hungry country stepped up efforts to extract minerals from the seabed.

Greenpeace accuses P&G over Indonesian forest destruction

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 21:18

Environmental group Greenpeace today accused US consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble of responsibility for the destruction of Indonesian rain forests and the habitat of endangered orangutans and tigers.

Three tortoises missing from Indore Zoo

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 18:39

Three tortoises have been found missing from a zoological park in Indore, police said today.

`Spending 2% on CSR won`t help if cos keep damaging environment`

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 26, 2014, 18:30

Planning Commission member Arun Maira today said that making it mandatory for corporates to spend 2 per cent of their profits on CSR will not benefit the society if they continue to adopt corrupt practices that are damaging to the environment.