A first-ever Water pollution audit carried out by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has pegged Jharkhand at the bottom of the performance chart with most river conservation projects lying incomplete in the state. According to the report, Performance Audit of Water pollution in India, the Ganga, Damodar and Subernarekha were selected for pollution abatement projects in Jharkhand under the National River Conservation Programme (NRCP), which was launched in 1995. As part...
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Fukushima: Fear Only The Irrational by Nathan Myhrvold
It would be grave folly to recoil from the N-option, our safest Nuclear Is Clear The world needs cheap energy and, as of now, nuclear plants are the most efficient means to that end Switching to fossil fuel sources will add to global warming. In extremis, the oceans could boil away. The lesson from Fukushima is no worse than that tsunamis are a danger to everything in their path *** After the...
More »Facilities in schools: Principal Secretary told to be present in court
-The Hindu The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Principal Secretary, Primary Education Department, to be present in court on January 10 as it was not satisfied with the reply given by the government counsel regarding the action-taken report that was to be submitted to the court on providing toilets and drinking water facility in all government schools in the State. The Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen and Justice...
More »The un-green revolution
-The Tribune Industry is the first to be blamed for pollution. However, in Punjab, which has only a modest industrial base, a major part of the total pollution comes from agriculture. The Green Revolution, with its concept of heavy use of fertilisers, pesticides, and other chemicals, has caused a serious imbalance in the environment. To raise levels of production, farmers often indulge in injudicious use of such inputs, the use of which...
More »In action-packed 2011, Supreme Court cleared over 79,000 cases by J Venkatesan
The year 2011 saw the highest number of cases disposed of in recent years, with more than 79,000 cases cleared under the leadership of Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia. In his Law Day address, Justice Kapadia rejected the allegation made in certain quarters about the huge pendency of cases and said: “There is a backlog of cases. However, it is not as big as is sought to be projected.” Seventy-four...
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