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ONGC seeks green nod for Rs 53K-cr KG-basin infra

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 19, 2015, 16:24

ONGC is slated to begin production in 2019, with a peak output of 4.5 million tonnes a year, 20 percent more than previous estimates.

NTPC 'advised' to shift location of proposed power plant in AP

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 10:52

According to the minutes of the meeting of Experts Appraisal Committee under the Ministry, the region where the 4x1000 MW Pudimadaka Super Thermal Power Project in Andhra Pradesh is proposed, is a 'tsunami prone area'.

ONGC to spend Rs 16,200 cr to drill 45 wells in KG-Basin

Last Updated: Sunday, December 7, 2014, 10:42

The oil and gas major has approached the Ministry of Environment and Forests seeking clearance for preparing terms of References, according to the minutes of meeting of Expert Appraisal Committee.

India-born scientist honoured with Medal of the Order of Australia

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 14:12

An India-born scientist has been recognised by the Australian government with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM).

Forests stabilised Earth`s CO2 levels millions of years ago

Last Updated: Friday, January 24, 2014, 19:16

Researchers in the UK have identified a biological mechanism that could explain how the Earth`s atmospheric carbon dioxide and climate were stabilised over the past 24 million years.

Trees cut in Megamalai hill, admits Conservator of forests

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 07:14

The Conservator of Forests of Madurai Circle has admitted in Madras High Court Bench here that trees had been felled in the Megamalai hill area for conversion of coffee plantation into tea planation.

Maoists kill two villagers in Gaya

Last Updated: Thursday, January 2, 2014, 20:15

Maoists have shot dead two persons in Mahurania forests in Bihar`s Gaya district, police said Thursday.

Maoist arms dump detected in East Godavari forests

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 25, 2013, 22:41

Andhra Pradesh police detected a Maoist arms dump in the deep forests of East Godavari district today, near Donkarai under Y Ramavaram police station limits (Rampachodavaram division) during regular combing operations.

Jayanthi Natarajan quits from Cabinet as Environment Minister, to work for party

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 12:48

Jayanthi Natarajan tendered her resignation from the post of Minister of State for Environment and Forests on Saturday with Oil Minister M Veerappa Moily being handed over the additional charge of the Environment Ministry.

Tiger estimation begins in Kerala forests

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 17, 2013, 18:26

The first phase of tiger estimation in Kerala forests, stretching into five landscapes at Wayanad, Nilambur, Periyar and Agasthyamala has begun.

No question of implementing Kasturirangan report in haste: Chandy

Last Updated: Saturday, November 16, 2013, 11:49

With the Centre`s decision to implement key suggestions of the Kasturirangan panel on Western Ghats conservation triggering protests in the state, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said there was no question of implementing it in haste.

Antarctica harboured strange forests 250 million years ago?

Last Updated: Monday, November 4, 2013, 17:59

Weird forests with certain features of modern tropical trees may have sprouted in Antarctica about 250 million years ago, a new study has found.