-Down to Earth Nonylphenol, a hazardous chemical present in detergents, is known to enter Water bodies and the food chains Contamination and pollution of water are serious problems today. Many of the chemical substances that are disposed in Water bodies are toxic and hazardous. Disease-causing microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses are solely responsible for waterborne diseases in both humans and animals. Water pollution caused by detergents is now a big concern in...
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Talks between India and Sri Lanka needed to resolve attacks on Tamil fishermen: TN Min
-IANS/ TheNewsMinute.com "The CM is of the opinion that both countries should conduct high-level talks and find a permanent solution to this issue, which will happen soon,” Radhakrishnan told reporters. Tamil Nadu Minister for Fisheries and Animal Husbandry Anitha R Radhakrishnan said on Thursday that Chief Minister MK Stalin is of the view that talks between India and Sri Lanka are necessary to have a permanent solution to the attacks on Tamil...
More »Migrant workers bore the brunt of 2020 lockdown due their poor access to social security schemes & legal rights, depicts latest NHRC report
The rise in COVID-19 daily new cases and daily new deaths compelled many state governments to impose local level lockdowns during April-May 2021. As of 20th April, 2021, partial lockdowns were noticed in 10 states across the country and complete lockdown was imposed in Delhi. As of 8th May, 2021, nearly the entire country was under complete lockdown as a result of either partial lockdowns and night curfews or complete...
More »Karnataka High Court directs decentralised governance of lakes in rural and urban areas
-GaonConnection.com Karnataka has about 40,000 lakes and close to 10,000 lakes have already disappeared. In the wake of authorities failing to do enough to conserve these lakes, the Karnataka High Court has asked the government to decentralise the mechanism of lake governance both in rural and urban areas by involving local bodies. More details here. Directing a new model of Water bodies’ governance in the state, the Karnataka High Court, on June...
More »Kaatu Yaanam to Ratha Sali: TN foundation conserves 156 varieties of native paddy species -Anjana Shekar
-TheNewsMinute.com Founded by Ananthan Krishnan, Himakiran and Parthasarathy VM, all of them organic farmers, the main aim of the Thondaimandalam Foundation is to focus on sustainable rural livelihoods. They say if an elephant were to enter a harvest-ready kaatu yanam (180-day crop) rice field, no one would know. For the sea of paddy, which would stand at least eight-feet tall, would completely hide the pachyderm. S Ganapathi Tamizhselvan, who is a paddy...
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