JAIPUR: The neonatal mortality rate (NMR) in Rajasthan has decreased but it is still among the top four states with highest NMR in the country.

JAIPUR: A forest guard was killed by a few villagers in Bundi's Dabi forest area after Wednesday midnight while he was trying to stop a tractor carrying illegally mined stones.

Jaipur: A big cat from Ranthambore took a bigger stride this time! It almost leapt into history as it trekked 220 km (as the crow flies) between the state's reserve and Datia in Madhya Pradesh.

Though long dispersal of tigers from Ranthambore were reported earlier, but this is the longest distance in a direction travelled by any dispersed tigers from Ranthambore.

Jaipur: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday reiterated that the Central government plans to increase the installed capacity of solar power by an additional 10,000 MW by 2017. Of this, 40% is likely to come from Rajasthan.

While speaking at the inauguration of the Fourth Clean Energy Ministerial in New Delhi, the PM said “A solar capacity of about 1,500 MW has already been installed in the country, and an additional 10,000 MW will be implemented by the end of the 12th Five Year Plan, ending in 2017”.

JAIPUR: In a bid to curb illegal mining in state, the Rajasthan high court has asked the state government to finalize the allotment of mining leases of bajri (riverbed sand) in state within a period of six months as per new rules and to adopt procedure for revenue collection under new rules only.

The order was passed while disposing a PIL filed by an NGO, Nature Club of Rajasthan. The order was passed by the high court in the light of a judgment rendered by Supreme Court in 2012.

Jaipur:In a step to discourage the sale and consumption of tobacco products, the medical health and family welfare department has directed district collectors to launch a campaign to remove all the advertisement boards which violate the rules pertaining to point of sale of tobacco products.

The Union ministry of health underlined four rules for advertisement boards for tobacco products. The first is that the size of the advertisement board should not exceed 60 centimetres by 40 centimetres.

JAIPUR: Come May and the country's first five-star rated green building in Achrol exclusively dedicated to environment audit will be ready to be inaugurated by Vice-President Hamid Ansari.

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has notified the Mukundra hills sanctuary as the third tiger reserve in the state.

Cairn India, on Tuesday, announced that it had made the 26th oil discovery in its Rajasthan block.

The block management committee had approved the exploration work programme for the RJ-ON-90/1 block on February 14 after which Cairn India commenced drilling of its first exploration well, Raageshwari-South-1, on February 25 located in the southern part of the block. “Technical evaluations indicate about 10 metres of gross oil column within Dharvi Dungar formation.

Vedanta group firm Cairn India Tuesday said it has made the 26th oil discovery in its RJ-ON-90/1 block in Rajasthan's Barmer district.