Rashme Sehgal
Experts warn of Ganga pollution
Experts have taken the government to task over the preparations made for the expected 100-200 million pilgrims expected to arrive at the Maha Puran Kumbh Mela spread over 55 days.
Extensive GSI use by states, schemes
The state of Karnataka is using geospatial technologies (GSI) to modernise urban land records across all cities.
States drag feet over eco-zones
States continue to drag their feet about submitting details of eco-sensitive zones that fall within a 10-km radius of all national parks and sanctuaries.
Women groups submit charter of demands
Submitting a hard-hitting charter of demands to the Justice Verma Committee, women groups have demanded the setting up of fast-track courts to deliver judgment within a three-month period for all cases of sexual assault.
Women’s groups including the All India Women’s Conference, NFIW and Muslim Women’s Forum also demanded that investigation in cases of sexual assault be completed within a one month period with the accused being refused bail both during the period of investigation and the period of trial.
NGO disputes NHAI claim of green nod lag
The Legal Initiative for Forests and Environment disputed the claims of the National Highway Authority of India that has moved the Supreme Court for fast-track clearance of delayed highway projects.
Scientists want a Cern-like facility in India
Distinguished scientist Dr Bikash Sinha, former director of the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) and former director of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), called upon all Saarc countries to join hands to set up a multi-disciplinary centre in India on the pattern of the Cern facility in Switzerland.
‘Madurai observatory may surpass Cern’
India is all set to build the prestigious Neutrino Observatory (INO) in Tamil Nadu which, in terms of the size of the equipment, will outshadow the facility at Cern, Geneva, that shot into prominence
Scientific temper needed, says PM
Hitting out at naysayers and activist community, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh inaugurating the centenary session of the Indian Science Congress (ISC) stressed the need for the development of a scient
Tiger deaths reach all-time high of 88
India saw a sharp increase in tiger deaths, which reached an all-time high of 88 tigers dead in 2012, according to data released by the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA).
