Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public
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Protests over mining project take ugly turn
Mumbai: The protest against the mining project at Kalne village, Dodamarg taluka, near Savantwadi took a serious turn on Friday when police inspector of Dodamarg police station Nandkumar Deshmukh allegedly assaulted Rama Desai, a senior citizen. He also reportedly abused women and manhandled one Yogita Bhikaji Desai, 25, a resident of Kalne village.
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4,575 MT bio-med waste dumped in city
Mumbai: Bio-medical waste (BMW) weighing 4,575 metric tonnes was disposed of in an open dumping ground at Deonar along with municipal solid waste instead of landfills between 2003 and 2008, thus posing health hazards for residents in and around the area.
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Swine flu hits 20, fear grips many
Pune. Mumbai: Swine flu in India is not yet pandemic, but it is certainly creating panic in parts of the country. Fear is mounting as the number of infected persons continues to grow -- though only 20 cases of the disease have been confirmed nationwide, so far -- and worried people are doing the rounds of hospitals. * H1N1 spreads: Case count 20 * H1N1 has been around for years
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Bandra will cycle to save fuel, city
Mumbai: Environmentally conscious Bandra residents are planning to demarcate a 7-km cycling track along its seafront. "We want to create a pollutant-free city and help save fuel," said Anandini Thakoor, chairperson, Khar-Bandra-Santacruz (KBS) Foundation, a citizen group which is promoting the project.
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Malaria has got 'deadlier'
Mumbai: Malaria is likely to become more virulent, fear international experts after they found the parasite becoming resistant to the most effective drug used worldwide to treat it. If not controlled in time, it could kill millions, they warn.
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Residents of Vile Parle say no to plastic bags
Mumbai: The authorities, citizens and others have come together to make Vile Parle a zero-plastic zone. Discarded plastic bags choked drains, leading to mass flooding in the city on July 26, 2005. After that, the Maharashtra government had banned the use of plastic (below 50 microns). But four years later, plastic is still being used by many.
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Sick flamingo makes green board test water
Mumbai: Alarmed by the ill-effects of toxic waters of highly polluted Sewree mudflats on flamingos and other birds, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has collected water samples from the area for chemical analysis.
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Villagers poaching animals in SNGP
Mumbai: If it isn't bad enough that various poachers enter various national parks to kill wild animals to sell the body parts, some villagers residing in the Sanjay Gandhi National Park too have been involved in poaching the animals, including endangered species.
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We don't need 4-lane highways, say experts
Mumbai: The widening of National Highway Number 7 (NH-7) - connecting New Delhi to Kanyakumari - has ground to a halt outside the Pench Tiger Reserve amid fears that any widening here will destroy the ecologically rich but fragile forest ecosystem.
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19 rehabilitated families return to Tadoba
Mumbai: The much appreciated rehabilitation programme to move six villages out of Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) has hit a major road block as around 19 rehabilitated families have come back and are refusing to leave unless they are paid more money to do so.