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
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
A hearing held by the Indian People's Tribunal (IPT) about the proposed 9,900 MW Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project (JNPP) in Konkan region has noted that the environmental clearance given to the project is
A horrifying number of 55,053 female foetuses are being aborted every year in Maharashtra after sex selection tests. This was disclosed by the state coordinator for United Nations Population Fund Agency
According to the Maharashtra government's own figures, 18,486 children in the age group of 0-6 years have died of malnutrition this year alone (Jan-August 2011). The figure is quite high, say health ministry
The Pune Municipal Corporation's (PMC) plan to set up a bird sanctuary around the quarry lake on Vetal Tekdi in Pune has ruffled the feathers of environmentalists and citizens alike. They claimed that
In a rare case, and probably for the first time in the state, a municipal corporation admitted that radiations from mobile towers cause health hazards, especially among pregnant women and children.
A scientist from city-based National Chemical Laboratory (NCL), Dattatraya H Dethe, has been selected for the Organisation of Pharmaceutical Producers of India (OPPI) Young Scientist award 2011 for his
Police have booked three officials of a chemical firm in connection with leakage of poisonous gas at the company's plant in Tarapur Industrial Estate in Thane district, which resulted in the death of four
There is no distinction made by the ministry of environment and forest (MoEF) in their notification regarding different projects where the state governments have to take prior permission, the Central government
Tremors shook some parts of Maharashtra early Monday, barely 12 hours after the earthquake that rocked northern and eastern India, an official said. The tremors were recorded around 6.20 am, but the intensity
The farmers of Vidarbha, Marathwada and Khandesh regions have suffered heavy losses due to the poor quality soybean seed purchased from different companies. The germination of seeds was abnormally low