With virtually all modes of transport going the hybrid way, here’s news that could make the rickshaw – which is now restricted to a few Indian cities and pockets of Asia – a possible mode of public transport.

Twenty-six-year-old Sivaraj Muthuraman, a Tirupur-based innovator, has built a ‘hybrid’ rickshaw called the Eco Free Cab, that runs on solar battery and pedal power. This invention entered the India Book of Records under the Science and Technology Category on Saturday.

Perspectives of industries and non-government bodies often differ on environment protection norms. While NGOs insist on putting in place the most stringent environment safety standards, industries often find it difficult to comply with such norms.

Similarly, the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-government organisation, and public sector steel maker SAIL are unable to agree on what would be the right green norms for the steel industry.

Nanotechnology, which is fast emerging as the future science promising thousand things including cures for complicated diseases, could prove to be toxic for human beings, animals and environment.

Nanoparticles are extremely miniscule and this makes them potential agents of toxicity in humans during drug delivery. Their infinite smallness enables them to cross the cellular barriers in humans, animals and plants, and create trouble for the host rather than solving the problem.

Corporation asked to speed up the work within three months so that tenders could be invited

To ensure proper and speedy implementation of the Mono Rail project, the Delhi Government has decided to get the complete job of preparation of the Detailed Project Reports, floating of tenders, selection of contractors and construction done by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. The Delhi Government on Wednesday also announced that it was now contemplating extending this 11-km project across the Yamuna to Delhi University, Kashmere Gate and Chandni Chowk. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, which had earlier been asked to prepare the DPR, has now been told to speed up the work within three months so that tenders for the project could be invited.

Previous Government attempts to clean up the River Ganga have failed due to political, technical, and scientific reasons, according to Dr Devendra S Bhargava, a former professor of environmental en

AHMEDABAD: In an order which would impact lakhs of people owning cars, the Gujarat high court on Wednesday directed the state government to pass necessary laws to make it compulsory for all four-wheelers registered in Gujarat to convert to natural gas within one year.

Further, the court gave two months to the state government to issue necessary orders to impose stringent restrictions to reduce pollution by fixing levels of emission to the minimum, at par with international norms. The order applies to both public and private vehicles running on petrol and diesel.

A pilotless aircraft will keep a vigil on the Kaziranga National Park where animals are in disarray after a large part of the world famous sanctuary was flooded, and also to help deal with poaching.

Secretary of the National Tiger Conservation Authority, Rajesh Gopal, said here on Tuesday the step has been taken after a team of the authority, which would fund the project, conducted an aerial survey last week and found that the situation was critical with nearly the entire park flooded.

New Delhi: Diesel’s gain is CNG’s loss in the capital, spelling bad news for the city’s air.