It's the final frontier, our 2000 kms journey from source to sea has now come to an end. Our Environment Editor travels to Sunderbans to meet the scientists who are counting tigers in what is considered to be the most dangerous place on planet earth. Bahar Dutt on the last leg of her Ganga journey. ...
04:59 PM, May 19, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
05:30 PM, May 12, 2012
Jajmau: A cocktail of chemicals is being dumped into the river Ganga in Kanpur. What is even worse is that Rs 900 crore of the Ganga Action Plan have simply gone down the drain. In the historic city of Kanpur, a thriving leather industry is central to the crisis facing the Ganga. Rakesh Jaiswal, an eco-crusader, explains, "This is a failure of the Ganga Action Plan. The water that should...
10:53 AM, May 11, 2012
BANGALORE: With soaring temperatures and increasing power tariffs, eco-friendly homes and buildings may be the answer to cut down on costs.Many city dwellers are opting to construct and reside in green buildings due to the benefits that come with them.Maithili, who stays at BCIL T-ZED apartments in Whitefield, moved in there five years ago. Her monthly electricity bill comes up to Rs 500. At her home, water is heated through...
09:40 AM, May 10, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
05:38 PM, May 05, 2012
Haridwar: At the temple town of Haridwar lies the Samadhi of Swami Nigamanand, a man who gave up his life to save the Ganga after being on a 100-day fast. He fought a lone battle against stone crushers and illegal mining mafia operating on the river. And at his Samadhi, now sits another holy man. "I consider Ganga my mother. And I cannot see my mother in such poor condition...
07:59 AM, May 03, 2012
New York: Facebook wants to help you share your organs. CEO Mark Zuckerberg says US and UK users will be able to enroll as organ donors via links on the world's biggest social networking site. Facebook users who are already organ donors can add that information to their Facebook Timelines. And those, who are not organ donors, can find links to official organ donation registries and instantly enroll. "We want...
06:08 PM, May 01, 2012
New Delhi: Reportedly, the social-networking giant Facebook is going to introduce a new 'life-saving' feature that has the power to save lives. According to reports, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook, is slated to announce details about this new feature in an exclusive interview with ABC's Robin Roberts, which is scheduled to be telecasted on Tuesday. Zuckerberg is believed to flash the tool at the company's Menlo Park, California, headquarters. While Zuckerbegr...
04:31 PM, May 01, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
10:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
CNN-IBN's Environment Editor Bahar Dutt tracks the river Ganga, from the Himalayas down to the Sunderbans to find out what it will take to revive India's most sacred river. ...
10:23 PM, Apr 28, 2012
Shivpuri: The Chipko movement, 40 years ago, was India's first green movement and one of our first green heroes is Chandi Prasad Bhatt. In the 1970s across Uttaranchal, rural women gave a cry to 'hug the trees' in protest against a government plan to chop the ancient trees. One of the activists from the region Chandi said, "Chipko meant "Hug the trees". When the government sent the woodcutters, we would...
07:27 AM, Apr 27, 2012
The Ganga is today one of the five most polluted rivers in the country and large parts of it are dry. ...
01:07 PM, Apr 22, 2012
Garhwal: The Ganga is India's most revered of rivers. Her waters sustain all forms of life. She is a life-giver for over 400 million people. But unknown to the faithful, the government has planned over 300 dams on its various tributaries to generate electricity for a power-hungry nation, and the move comes despite a government-commissioned green panel report that has recommended scrapping 34 of the dams citing environmental concerns. The...
07:07 AM, Apr 20, 2012
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