Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Pollution
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N-power plants safe, says BARC scientist
Jalandhar: The Associate Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Dr JV Yakhmi, has said that there should be no worry in any quarter as far as the safety of nuclear power plants (NPPs) is concerned. He was speaking at a seminar on nanotechnology. He said new NPP technology was the safest. He claimed that India was one of the leading countries in the NPP technology.
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High pollution adds to the vulnerability
Hyderabad, Nov. 1: One of the indirect causes of pneumonia is high pollution levels in the twin cities.
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PCBs and the precuationary principle
The article discusses the emergence of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB). Manufactured from the waste products of the crude oil refining process and a range of chlorinated chemicals, these oily, syrupy liquids had a multitude of uses and have been described as being as near perfect as any industrial chemical can be. PCBs conduct heat but not electricity and they are not water soluble.
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Ghazipur: SC poser on environmental clearances
New Delhi: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) on Wednesday made a spirited presentation bringing out the stark contrast between the facilities at the Rs 130 crore Ghazipur abattoir and the now-closed Idgah slaughter house, but the Supreme Court sought to know details of environmental clearances for the project.
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Deepor beel gasping for survival
It is a bird sanctuary and the State
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Civic CD drive on pollution
The Siliguri Municipal Corporation will release CDs on the systematic disposal of waste in an awareness campaign for residents to be launched next month.
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Pollution main cause of cancer
Hyderabad, Nov. 8: Experts cite environmental pollution and presence of harmful chemicals for the spread of cancer.
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Alarming increase in gastro, cholera cases
The infrastructure development for Commonwealth Games aiming to make the Capital a world class city at a breakneck speed has had an unusual fallout: Alarming increase in gastroenteritis and cholera cases in the national Capital.
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Phyan fires up Calcutta- hottest November 12 in a decade, illness risk hovers
Cyclone Phyan spared Mumbai when it was at its fiercest but its dying residue has made eastern India warmer and turned the region around Calcutta into a temperature hotspot that may precipitate respiratory illnesses. The minimum temperature in Calcutta today was four degrees above normal at 22.6 degrees Celsius, making it the hottest November 12 the city has experienced this decade.