Groundwater level has increased by 0.6 metres
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
Hindu (Chennai)
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Deer vulnerable to do attack at East Tambaram
The death of four spotted deer during the last one-month in and around Professors Colony, East Tambaram, has sent shockwaves among residents.The free ranging deer died mainly due to dog bites.
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We can't be taken for granted: CPCB
The Central Pollution Control Board has granted additional time to the chief execuitives of Metrowater, the Cheannai Corporation and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board for replying to its
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Dead Olive Ridley turtles washed ashore
More than a dozen adult Olive Ridley turtles were washed ashore dead, along the Marina and Elliot beaches during the last fortnight, sending shockwaves among conservationists and marine
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Need for transparent environment norms
Reports in the media indicate that a Rs 500 crore Poly Vinyl Chloride project, sponsored by one of Tamil Nadu's respected industrial houses, is being shifted to Andhra Pradesh. The promoter has
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Conference on managing diseases of oesophagus
Newer methods of managing diseases and conditions of the food pipe will be among the highlights of the first conference, organised by the International Society for Diseases of the Esophagus in the
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36,000 children from BPL families to be vaccinated
An estimated 36,000 children born in families below the poverty line in Chennai Corporation area will be vaccinated against the Hepatitis B virus in the first phase of the immunisation programme,
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NGO meet to focus on Tamil Nadu experience in AIDS control
The experience of Tamil Nadu in AIDS control, the status of an 'Indian vaccine' for HIV and the female condom will be in focus at the seventh national convention of the Indian Network of NGOs working
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'Incinerators, major source of dioxins'
Though the Bio-Medical Waste Rules, 1998, allow use of incinerators for certain kinds of hospital waste, health administrators should rule out these major sources of dioxins and toxic emissions,
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Curse the carpet
Our exposure to toxic pollutants is 10-50 times higher in indoor environments, according to studies by American researchers. Dust collected from household carpets and sent to an environmental lab
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PfA to move court for setting up zoo cadre
The people for Animals(PfA) will move the court soon to create a separate cadre in the Forest Service for maintaining zoos in the country, animal welfare activist and founder of the PfA, Maneka