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Sowmiya Ashok
Sowmiya Ashok, a former Assistant Editor at The Indian Express, is now an independent journalist based in Chennai. She reports on China, politics and the environment. She tweets @sowmiyashok
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Decades after approval, Centre revives Uttarakhand dam projectSubscriber Only
August 29, 2018 05:48 IST
THE CENTRE has revived a dam project in Uttarakhand, 42 years after it was initially approved and 20 years since it was suspended.
Wed, Aug 29, 2018
Dust, PM2.5: Delhi air best in three years, says pollution boardSubscriber Only
August 28, 2018 04:58 IST
This is according to data released by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) Monday, which showed that the air quality in 2018, so far, has improved compared to 2017 and 2016.
Tue, Aug 28, 2018
Delhi: To combat pollution, CPCB mapping areas where PM 10, 2.5 is highestSubscriber Only
August 28, 2018 01:30 IST
According to officials, the ‘Wind Augmentation and Air Purifying Units (WAYU)’ will be placed at ITO, Anand Vihar, Wazirpur, Shadipur and Bhikaji Cama Place, in preparation for the winter months which usually sees deteriorating air quality each year.
Tue, Aug 28, 2018
Teen Murti memorial: Don’t wipe out Nehru’s role, Manmohan Singh writes to PM ModiSubscriber Only
August 27, 2018 04:47 IST
In the letter sent last week, Singh invoked former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and said that under Vajpayee’s six-year tenure as PM, “there was absolutely no attempt made to change the nature and character of the NMML".
Mon, Aug 27, 2018
PM2.5 is cutting life short by over a year, finds studySubscriber Only
August 23, 2018 01:20 IST
In May, the WHO Global Ambient Air Quality Database for 2018, showed that India had 14 out of the 15 most polluted cities in the world in terms of PM2.5 concentrations.
Thu, Aug 23, 2018
Flood forecast not done by CWC as ‘Kerala didn’t put in request’Subscriber Only
August 19, 2018 01:30 IST
In April 2018, CWC’s manual termed ‘Standard Operating Procedure for Flood Forecasting’ listed 19 major interstate rivers that were under monitoring.
Sun, Aug 19, 2018
Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s final journey: History teacher to siblings, battling the crush to get a last glimpseSubscriber Only
August 18, 2018 02:23 IST
On Thursday evening, Pooja wept when she heard of former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s death. “I love Atalji,” she said. And so does her brother, Gaurav, who writes poetry inspired by him. The siblings took a flight to Delhi, and reached DDU Marg at 8 am.
Sat, Aug 18, 2018
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: From his home to the hospital — an agonising wait for bad newsSubscriber Only
August 17, 2018 02:34 IST
On the intervening night of Wednesday and Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi stopped by to see one of his party’s tallest statesmen. Then came other ministers — Prakash Javadekar, Smriti Irani, Harsh Vardhan — and Vice President Venkaiah Naidu early Thursday morning.
Fri, Aug 17, 2018
Ganga water levels going down as groundwater storage around river depletes, finds studySubscriber Only
August 15, 2018 01:47 IST
The river depletion is linked to groundwater storage depletion in adjoining Gangetic aquifers, according to the study in Nature's Scientific Reports.
Wed, Aug 15, 2018
Soon, send email to seek justice from NGT: chairpersonSubscriber Only
August 14, 2018 05:14 IST
The NGT has been riddled with vacancies since late last year. Justice Goel, who was speaking at a national conference on innovations in pollution regulation organised by the UChicago Centre, said the NGT was without a chairperson since December, 2017.
Tue, Aug 14, 2018
In CPCB map on Ganga water quality, more red than greenSubscriber Only
August 14, 2018 04:01 IST
Apart from stretches in Uttarakhand and a couple of places as the river enters Uttar Pradesh that are marked in green (fit), the CPCB has indicated that the river is unfit the whole way till it drains into the Bay of Bengal in West Bengal barring one spot at the border of UP and Bihar.
Tue, Aug 14, 2018
From UPA to NDA, changing colours of Nehru MemorialSubscriber Only
August 11, 2018 04:30 IST
In comparison, from January 1, 2013 to May 31, 2014, the last 18 months under the UPA, 265 events were held at NMML, where only one Union minister — the then Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh — participated in a discussion.
Sat, Aug 11, 2018
Simply Put: South dams aflush, north drierSubscriber Only
August 10, 2018 01:04 IST
Countrywide storage close to average for halfway stage of SW monsoon, east reservoirs too doing well. Out of the 91 reservoirs, 65 currently have more than 80% of normal storage and 26 have below 80%.
Sun, Aug 12, 2018
Karunanidhi’s writings for Tamil films: ‘He didn’t aspire to get into the industry…it was part of the movement’Subscriber Only
August 09, 2018 04:24 IST
It was a career that spanned over sixty years, but film scholars say Sivaji Ganesan-starrer Parasakthi in 1952 marked the beginning of Karunanidhi’s “most creative years”.
Thu, Aug 09, 2018
Government junks report on India’s poor rank on environment, terms it ‘Arbitrary’Subscriber Only
August 08, 2018 02:08 IST
India ranked bottom of the list in the environmental health category, and ranked 178 out of 180 on air quality. The EPI found that air quality remains the leading environmental threat to public health.
Wed, Aug 08, 2018
What a liquid water lake reveals and conceals about MarsSubscriber Only
August 08, 2018 00:51 IST
The discovery of a 20-km lake a kilometre and a half under the southern polar ice cap of Mars concludes in some ways a decades-old debate over the presence of a persistent body of liquid water on the planet.
Wed, Aug 08, 2018
India gets society for evolutionary biologists, membership open to those interested in missionSubscriber Only
August 03, 2018 03:52 IST
The society was in the making for a decade and not a response to the politics of the day, they said.
Fri, Aug 03, 2018
Proposed museum for all PMs at Nehru Museum: Day after AGM, director, members spar over proceedingsSubscriber Only
July 28, 2018 06:31 IST
While Sinha claimed the proposed museum for all PMs was given the go-ahead from majority of members, Ramesh, historian Nayanjot Lahiri and others said there was no vote taken at the meeting to come to such a conclusion.
Sat, Jul 28, 2018
Congress leader Jairam writes to NMML director over confusion for museum approval
July 27, 2018 11:18 IST
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote to NMML Director Shakti Sinha on Friday pointing out that his statement on the deliberations in the AGM were “misleading” and “inaccurate”.
Fri, Jul 27, 2018
Cattle trade rules: Government was warned withinSubscriber Only
July 24, 2018 05:45 IST
An RTI query filed by The Indian Express with the MoEF revealed that the Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) was questioned as early as June of 2016 over its jurisdiction to draw up federal guidelines to regulate animal markets.
Tue, Jul 24, 2018
UP, Bihar worst hit, deficit of rain in 40% districts: Met DeptSubscriber Only
July 22, 2018 01:56 IST
According to the Meteorological department’s data, most districts across the five southern states — Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Telengana — have wittnessed a good monsoon run over the last one-and-a-half month.
Sun, Jul 22, 2018
Monsoon Session: AIADMK says Centre not treating states impartiallySubscriber Only
July 21, 2018 02:44 IST
he AIADMK’s parliamentary party leader P Venugopal said the Centre is like a “mother” and states like “children.” “It is the duty of the mother to take care of all her children with nourishment...” he said.
Sat, Jul 21, 2018
‘Meghalayan’: How a North East cave rock formation now defines our AgeSubscriber Only
July 20, 2018 01:41 IST
IUGS tweeted the latest International Chronostratigraphic Chart/Geologic Time Scale with the new Holocene subdivisions, including Meghalayan, on July 13.
Fri, Jul 20, 2018
Drought-prone areas in Maharashtra get special packageSubscriber Only
July 19, 2018 02:23 IST
Union Water Resources Minister Nitin Gadkari and Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, it is learnt, are likely to participate in a ceremony in Nagpur to mark the special package — known locally as the ‘Balliraja’ package.
Thu, Jul 19, 2018
Nitin Gadkari looks at biofuels to clean up air, save Taj MahalSubscriber Only
July 17, 2018 02:32 IST
Five days after the Supreme Court told the Centre that the Taj Mahal should either be restored or demolished, three Union ministers and the UP chief minister met on Monday to discuss plans to address pollution sources.
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