July 28, 2026 4:13 am
First issued in 2014, the draft notification declared 56,825.7 sq km of the Western Ghats region across Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala as ecologically sensitive areas.
July 10, 2023 7:37 pm
Kasturirangan, 83, has previously been chancellor of the Jawaharlal Nehru University and chairman of the Karnataka Knowledge Commission.
June 29, 2021 6:10 pm
"Space and Beyond: Professional Voyage of K Kasturirangan" has been published by Springer
November 24, 2019 1:39 pm
K Kasturirangan succeeds former Member of Parliament Karan Singh as the new chairperson of the NIIT University. He has also served as the Chancellor of Central University of Rajasthan.
August 14, 2019 4:41 am
July 06, 2019 4:09 am
On the integration of vocational education as part of mainstream education, K Kasturirangan said that the committee is trying to bring equivalence and alignment between national vocational curriculum framework and national academic curriculum framework.
October 15, 2015 3:00 am
DU authorities have now nominated former UPSC chairman D P Agarwal to replace Kasturirangan.
October 18, 2013 1:44 am
Of the 14 Kerala districts,patches of land in 12 districts would come under the Western Ghats.
May 31, 2013 3:53 am
The report has also recommended a breather for highway widening projects up to 100 km
April 18, 2013 3:31 am
The new report has recommended a blanket ban on mining