Emphasising the importance of space research with special reference to management of sodic land, chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation and Rajya Sabha member K Kasturirangan said the

Consumption of pesticides led to serious health problems. Deteriorating quality of agriculture produce was another cause of worry, said the expert group of scientists at the three-day national

Government of India should have a national policy on bio-technology along with a national policy on water management and drainage system, said Dr R B Singh in Lucknow on the fourth day of the

A man paid heavy price for protesting illegal cutting of a tree as he lost both his hands. It is said that when Rajendra Patel (32) was going to his home in the Chandpur village, under the Manduadih

Cultivation of medicinal and aromatic plants on sodic soils is an economically village and chemically suitable alternative for the reclamation of such land. This was one of the recommendations of the

In their bid to provide fresh drinking water to the villagers, Sankat Mochan Foundation in cooperation with Oz Green Australia installed sixth deep tubewells in the Sehuar village of Chiraigaon block

Success stories of sodic land reclamation were exhibited at IISR (Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research) at the International Conference on "Sustainable Management of Sodic Lands', organised by UP

A two-day workshop on Bio-medical Waste Management was organised in Lucknow by the Centre for Environment Education in association with the SGPGL. The workshop was inaugurated by Environment

Principal Secretary, Medical and Health, R K Mittal said that a drive should be launched on the pattern of Pulse Polio Immunisation campaign to check diseases caused by iodine deficiency.

Uttar Pradesh Animal Husbandry Minister Virendra Singh said that the pioneering work of scientists and veterinarians should be duly highlighted so as to spread environmental awareness among the