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
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Speak up Mumbai: Should Nanar get an oil refinery, petro complex?
Villagers in and around the site of the proposed refinery and petrochemical complex in Nanar, Ratnagiri are up in arms against the project. The Shiv Sena has crossed swords with its ruling ally BJP
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Burning of biofuels, suspended dust emit 48% of total pollution in Mumbai
Despite a 2016 study carried out by the System of Air Quality Weather Forecasting and Research (SAFAR) indicating that the share of pollutants from burning the biofuels and suspended dust was almost 48.25
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To strengthen fight against malaria, Maharashtra government to declare it notifiable disease
To intensify its fight against malaria, the state government will soon make it mandatory for health sector stakeholders like doctors, hospitals and diagnostic facilities to report cases of this vector-borne
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Forest fires and vandalism threaten Kaas plateau
Maharashtra's own valley of flowers, the UNESCO world natural heritage site at Kaas in Satara district now faces a new threat — vandals. Since December-end, the plateau, which is a bio-diversity hotspot
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As per new list, only 25 silence zones in South Mumbai
The state Urban Development Department has issued a new notification listing 110 locations in the city. As per the latest list, there are merely 25 locations in South Mumbai where there will be restrictions
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BMC mute on silence zones for 5 months
The city council has for five months been dawdling with the task of declaring silence zones in the city, even after getting the state urban development department's nod for notifying 110 such zones across
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Bombay High Court tells Mumbai police to find out how noisy Metro 3 sites are
The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed Mumbai police to check if the noise levels at the Metro-3 construction sites in Churchgate, Mahim and Cuffe Parade are beyond permissible levels, as has been
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Speak up Mumbai: Is banning a solution to the perennial plastic menace?
Plastic ban in the state had come into effect from the Marathi new year of Gudi Padwa. The state government had announced the same around six months in advance. Now, as per the Maharashtra Plastic and
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Soon, Sahyadri Tiger Reserve may not have big cats
Soon, the Sahyadri Tiger Reserve (STR) will overcome a huge dichotomy — of being a tiger project sans tigers — with plans to re-stock it with big cats from other habitats. The National Tiger Conservation
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Mumbai Port Trust to build jetty at Girgaum Chowpatty despite BMC objection
The Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT) will be seeking environmental clearance for the construction of a jetty at Girgaum Chowpatty, behind Birla Krida Kendra (BKK), the cultural hot-spot of south Mumbai. The