240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Need policy framework to further promote solar energy in dairies:Minister
Union Minister Raj Kumar Singh Wednesday pitched for creating a policy framework to further propagate the use of solar energy in the dairy cooperative network for benefit of farmers. The entire dairy
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'Form renewable energy export body'
AHMEDABAD: The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) has proposed the creation of a Renewable Energy Export Promotion Council on the line of Gems and Jewellery Export Promotion Council (GJEPC)
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Stress and pollution attack: Bad year for lungs, heart in Gujarat
AHMEDABAD: As stress and pollution are major concerns in Gujarat, the trend also got reflected in emergency calls received by EMRI 108 in 2018. According to the figures by the ambulance service, it reported
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HC notice to govt over water pollution
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued a notice to the state government and the Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) over a PIL complaining about water contamination in three villages
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Curb air pollution to cut pulmonary diseases
Ahmedabad: As a young medical trainee at a US hospital over three decades ago, Dr Atul Mehta found a practical solution when a patient had a foreign body lodged in his pulmonary system. Instead of relying
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Garbage segregation mandatory from December
AHMEDABAD: With Mount Pirana growing at an alarming rate, the AMC has finally put its foot down. Come December, the corporation will not collect domestic waste if it is not segregated into dry and wet
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Pollution has Ahmedabad in a killer choke-hold
AHMEDABAD: The minute you step outside your house, vehicular fumes hit you. As you go further, under-construction roads or building add to the particulate matter you breathe in. These suspended particles
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Noise level crosses limit at crossroads: Study
Ahmedabad: How noisy do we get when on our roads? A recent study by two engineering institutes showed how blaring horns break all sound limits set by law. Students of civil engineering department of Gujarat
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Gujarat now India No. 3 in swine flu cases; 2 more die
AHMEDABAD: Swine flu killed two more people on Monday in Gujarat, taking the death toll to 63 this year. Beginning September, the state government has recorded a spike in swine flu cases and the mortality
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HC issues notices over pollution by Morbi units
AHMEDABAD: The Gujarat high court on Wednesday issued notice to the central and state pollution control boards in response to a PIL complaining about pollution in the Morbi-Wankaner ceramic industrial