India to launch forest satellite in 2013: Jairam
New Delhi, Aug 9: India will soon launch a forest satellite, exclusively devoted for monitoring the country's forest areas on a daily basis. Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh informed Rajya Sabha on Monday, Aug 9 that India will launch a.....
Posco & Vedanta violates Forest Rights Act: Govt
New Delhi, Aug 2: The government on Monday, Aug 2, said it is investigating violations of the Forest Rights Act and environmental norms by mining company Vedanta Resources and steel-maker Posco in Orissa and would take a decision on the 2.....
Mumbai ship collision: Port Pilots violated rules
Mumbai, Aug 12: Investigations into Saturday, Aug 7 collision of two cargo ships was clearly due to violation of prescribed communication between ships as well as with port traffic controllers.Sources at the Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) told The Indian Express.....
Mumbai oil spill: MSC Chitra captain gets bail
Mumbai, Aug 11: A Mumbai Sessions court on Wednesday, Aug 11 granted bail to the captain of the merchant vessel MSC Chitra, which collided with another cargo ship, resulting in the oil spill off the Mumbai coast.Captain Mandeleno Ranjit Martin filed.....
Malaria: MNS set to clean Mumbai; oil spill next?
Mumbai, Aug 9: The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) has finally set to pull up its socks and is set to act towards the betterment of Mumbai as the party supremo has Raj Thackeray has now ordered his party men to take.....
Mumbai oil spill worsens as ship sinks
Mumbai, Aug 9: The Mumbai oil spill continues to worsen as the ship carrying fuel is sinking and over 300 containers carrying oil have already tumbled into the water.Two Panamanian cargo ships, namely MSC Chitra and MV Khalijia-111, collided on Saturday,.....
2 Pvt Companies offer to set up Tuna Export Ind
Port Blair, July 7: Two private companies have come forward for setting up Tuna Export Industries in the islands, the Union Minister of State for Commerce Jairam Ramesh said here today. Speaking to media persons herem, the Minister said that while the first company named as East India Tuna Fishery Ltd, which has under its belt eight Tuna Liners, would submit its application to the Administration today, the other one named Moon, a Japanese Company,.....
Shrimp culture project gets Rs 20 crores
Port Blair, Jul 7: Minister of state for Commerce Jairam Ramesh today said that the government is investing Rs 20 crore within the next five years for shrimp culture in Andaman in spite of earlier objections by the Marine Products Export Development Authority. They would be producing the second generation disease-free Broodstock in these islands. Andaman is the only state in India where disease-free mother shrimps are found. Three years from now, it.....
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