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Neha Sethi

ARTICLES BY NEHA SETHI

The development plan also includes solid waste and sewage management to clean up the Ganga. Photo: Mint

Centre to roll out plan to spruce up Varanasi

3 min read . 28 Aug 2014

Prakash Javadekar said an alert system designed by the National Remote Sensing Agency would be utilized at the time of disasters like fire and floods. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Wildlife tracking system soon

1 min read . 27 Aug 2014

UK’s secretary of state for climate change and energy Edward Davey says there is a joint interest to tackle climate change and so nations have to act together, but in different ways.

Private finance will help solve green energy problem: Edward Davey

5 min read . 25 Aug 2014

Union Budget 2014 included an integrated Ganga conservation mission, ‘Namami Gange’, with an outlay of Rs2,037 crore. Photo: Mint

Centre to use sensors to monitor effluents flowing into Ganga

2 min read . 22 Aug 2014

Wildlife board clears most of its pending projects

4 min read . 14 Aug 2014

Ministers of the co-called BASIC nations—Brazil, South Africa, India and China—during a two-day ministerial meeting held in New Delhi on Friday. Photo: Vijay Verma/PTI

Climate change: BASIC nations ask developed countries to act

2 min read . 09 Aug 2014

A report released by the intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) in April shows that global emissions have gone up substantially despite policies to reduce them. Photo: PTI

India not bound to cut greenhouse gas emission levels: Prakash Javadekar

1 min read . 06 Aug 2014

A study by a respected not-for-profit organization that claims resistance to antibiotics in humans is growing because of large-scale and indiscriminate use of these drugs by poultry farmers. Photo: Reuters

CSE study finds antibiotic residue in poultry in Delhi, NCR

3 min read . 30 Jul 2014

Prakash Javadekar, minister of environment, forests and climate change. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Environment ministry lifts project moratorium from a few more villages in Maharashtra

1 min read . 28 Jul 2014

The experts point to a decision by environment minister Prakash Javadekar to allow the Indian coast guard to install a static radar on Narcondam in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which could further endanger the Narcondam hornbill. Photo: PTI

Experts against haste in green nod for projects

2 min read . 27 Jul 2014

Experts say environmental decisions, once taken, are sometimes impossible to correct. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

Environmental experts caution against haste in clearing projects

2 min read . 26 Jul 2014

Urban India generates 109,589 tonnes of waste per day, according to a 2012 World Bank report. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

Government pins hopes on rag pickers to manage solid waste

2 min read . 25 Jul 2014

Prakash Javadekar’s clarification comes at a time when the regulator’s recommendation is being criticized by environmental groups. Photo: PTI

Prakash Javadekar says GM crops nod was not govt’s decision

1 min read . 21 Jul 2014

Stutsel says the Indian mines ministry is open to adopting the best practices. Photo: Indranil Bhoumik/Mint

India is at a tipping point in terms of investments: Melanie Stutsel

5 min read . 21 Jul 2014

The GEAC had cleared confined field trials, or small-scale experiments, on 11 GM varieties including four of rice, two each of wheat and cotton, and one each of maize, sorghum and groundnut in March. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Biotech regulator clears field trials for 15 more GM crops

2 min read . 19 Jul 2014

With the grant of environmental and coastal regulation zone clearance, all issues related to the same now stand resolved, the company said.

Adani’s Mundra SEZ gets environment clearance

6 min read . 16 Jul 2014

A file photo of Prakash Javadekar. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

States allowed to give forest clearances for roads in sensitive areas

2 min read . 15 Jul 2014

Research shows that several factors could be responsible: chemical imbalances in the brain, problems with the brain’s ability to regulate mood, genetic predisposition, stressful events or medical conditions. Photo: iStock

Mental health: Mix of factors triggers clinical depression

3 min read . 14 Jul 2014

In the Union Budget, the finance minister Arun Jaitley also announced a project to promote inland/waterways on the Ganga. Photo: Mint

Ganga clean up project gets Rs2,037 crore in Union Budget

1 min read . 11 Jul 2014

The budget has proposed a Shyama Prasad Mukherji Rurban Mission which would provide integrated project-based infrastructure in rural areas. Photo: Mint

Urban India awaits a facelift

3 min read . 11 Jul 2014