Green dental offices will soon become the need of the day!

Steady increase in extent of fish tanks as well as quantum of inland fishing. More and more farmers in East Godavari district are shifting to aquaculture if the steady increase in the extent of fish tanks as well as the quantum of inland fishing in the district is any indication.

Similarly, the fluctuations in the catch from the sea is giving strength to the argument that industrialisation along the coast is resulting in extinction of fish and other species and posing a threat to the livelihood of traditional fishermen.

In the wake of the leakage of toxic gases from a pesticide plant in Srikakulam district which forced people in 18 surrounding villages to flee their homes, government agencies may have been exposed

A Division Bench, comprising Justice V.V.S. Rao and Justice G.

Dimensions of damage caused by fire breakout on June 30 in a chemical reactor at Nagarjuna Agrichem Limited at Srikakulam are far more than a mere figure of 16 injured, of which 13 are undergoing treatment at Vizianagaram and three at Visakhapatnam. What is being attempted to put under wraps is the exposure of those injured, rescue workers, other scores of workers in unit (200 as per the sources) and those in the vicinity including surrounding villages who all inhaled these volatile Organophosphate compounds arising out of the gutting of pesticides in the unit.

The Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry is learnt to have given its favourable consent to the proposal of Andhra Pradesh Government not to suspend supply of KG-D6 gas allocation to Lanco’s Kon

Procurers to encash bank guarantee, company appeals against single judge order applies for arbitration on the tariff issue

In a setback to the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group-controlled Reliance Power, the Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a writ petition against a Rs 400-crore penalty notice served by the power procurers of the proposed Krishnapatnam ultra mega power project (UMPP). Following the high court judgement, the procurers would encash the bank guarantee of Coastal Andhra Power Limited (CAPL), Reliance Power’s wholly-owned subsidiary.

The state Cabinet, which met here on Friday, has deferred a decision on adopting the proposed land acquisition policy due to lack of consensus among the ministers.

With some ministers expressing reservations over certain aspects of the draft policy document, the chief minister has reportedly decided to refer the matter to a Cabinet sub-committee to make relevant changes.

Farmers in Visakhapatnam district are being encouraged to rediscover and adopt age-old agricultural practices, give up use of chemical fertilisers and pesticides, and grow organic crops, according

Maharashtra Hybrid Seeds Co Ltd (Mahyco) has denied reports of short supply of the Bt cottonseed in Andhra Pradesh.