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Covid-19 is spreading both in terms of numbers and geography. Follow protocols
Hindustan Times | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON AUG 31, 2020 12:27 AM IST
India must test, isolate and treat with even greater intensity, and spread the network of labs, hospitals and expertise to the country’s rural pockets, where they will be needed the most in coming weeks.
Shifting of Ambala oil terminal gathers pace, truckers protest
Hindustan Times/Ambala | By Bhavey Nagpal
UPDATED ON AUG 19, 2020 09:45 PM IST
Locals have long demanded that the terminal be shifted because of the high population density around it and its proximity to the railway lines and the national highway
Why social distancing is tough to implement
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Abhishek Jha and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa
UPDATED ON MAR 18, 2020 03:07 AM IST
The first problem in implementing social distancing in India could be its population density itself.
Coronavirus in India: Are people safe or should they worry? | Analysis
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Sanchita Sharma
UPDATED ON FEB 29, 2020 05:24 PM IST
Microsoft founder and Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation co-chair Bill Gates has called the coronavirus a “once-in-a-century pandemic” in an op-ed in the New England Journal of Medicine and urged countries to both “solve the immediate problem and keep it from happening again” even as global markets are on course for their worst week since the 2008 financial crisis.
Delhi HC pulls up agency over East Kidwai Nagar project
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Richa Banka
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2019 09:25 AM IST
The remark came after the UTTIPEC counsel cited an HT report published on Monday detailing the three options under consideration to ease congestion.
Failing to acknowledge urbanisation undermines quality of life
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Kadambari Shah and Harshita Agrawal
UPDATED ON APR 16, 2019 11:39 PM IST
India is more urban than the official numbers suggest. If thresholds for the categorisation of cities are relaxed, India moves from about a quarter urban to about a half and even more
Mumbai civic body thinks of constructing eight link roads to smoothen commute
Hindustan Times | By Eeshanpriya M S
UPDATED ON JAN 14, 2019 08:35 AM IST
Missing links to cut distance between select locations by at least half, says BMC
Air pollution: Reactive, band-aid solutions will not solve the problem
By Jyoti Pande Lavakare
UPDATED ON NOV 01, 2018 05:49 PM IST
Crop stubble burning is not new. We must explore other practical solutions to end the polluting practice
Human-tiger conflict may rise in Corbett due to shrinking forests, settlements in buffer area: Study
Hindustan Times, Nainital | By Neeraj Santoshi
PUBLISHED ON AUG 25, 2018 02:06 AM IST
From 1990 to 2015, the forest cover in the buffer of Corbett Tiger Reserve shrunk from 55% to 43%, human settlements increased from over 4% to 9% and agricultural area from 26% to 31%, says the study.
Delhi high court restrains NBCC from handing over commercial space in East Kidwai Nagar
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Richa Banka
UPDATED ON AUG 22, 2018 01:46 AM IST
Putting an interim stay on allotment, Justice Vibhu Bhakru of Delhi high court observed that there was no clarity on how the requirement for water would be met and also sought to know whether adequate arrangements had been made to handle traffic in the area.
SC raps govt for giving thermal plants more time to comply with emission norms
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | By Bhadra Sinha
PUBLISHED ON JUL 25, 2018 11:21 PM IST
The court directed the government to identify thermal plants that have a capacity of more than 500 Mega Watt and are located in areas having population density of more than 400 persons per square kilometre.