The Surat plague controversy has been revived by a former official of the World Health Organisation(WHO), who says the disease that killed 47 people in the city in October 1994 and caused economic
Devastating floods in surat and the Hazira industrial area have taken a heavy toll. The loss suffered by the trade and industry, including production loss and man days lost, is estimated at Rs 2,000
Two platoons of the Indian Air Force were rushed to Surat today as more than 80 per cent of the city was submerged. Further damage has been ruled out with water levels beginnning to recede late
Making best out of waste is what the Surat Municipal Corporaton has decided, thereby providing water to the demands long pending with it. Two major demand of water, one from the Sachin Industrial
The 1994 epidemic in Surat was a milestone in the development of the country's solid waste management sector. The Supreme Court even issued guidelines on the matter. However, efforts of the local
The deaths of five persons over a week in Dadra & Nagar Haveli have led tribals in Surat (Maharashtra) to fear an outbreak of a mysterious disease. However, District Collector Vijay Kumar has denied
After the cleaning up act following the plague in 1995, Surat is now planning to go green.Add to that an ample measure of fun. The just opened Nature Park which also has an open air zoo is drawing
A staggering 43.2 per cent of sex workers in Surat have seroprevalence of HIV or are HIV-positive.These are the findings of a cross-sectional study of sex workers in a health camp in 2000, conducted
Till September 1994, plague was s 'upposedly a forgotten disease in India. It caught the country's medics aghast at their own ignorance. But after its outbreak, medical authorities have taken
The World Economic Forum (WEF) has criticised the Indian government for its inability to stick to fiscal targets and start infrastructure development in the country. The managing director of WEF
Kitchen waste and aquatic weeds are the newest sources for biogas and manure. The days of cowdung are numbered
Since rats cannot be totally exterminated, keeping a watch on wild and domestic rodernt plays a critical role in plague control, and this can be easily done by making rodent watch a part of the regular studies of zoology students in
Chilika, Asia s largest brackish water lake in Orissa, is in the midst of a controversy that refuses to die. At stake is the livelihood of hundreds of fisherfolk and the lake itself. The fisherfolk have launched a movement to fight for their rights. Not
it is heartening to note that in the present decade, the intellectuals and academicians of the nation are not pontificating and publishing in just the realm of abstract theory but are directly
In Jaduguda and Rawatbhata, physical deformities are a way of life. The reality behind the shadows of India s nuclear establishment
Medical experts have warned that a rat borne disease, leptospirosis, which has already claimed 14 lives in Bulsar district in Gujarat, may spread to other parts of the country and rapped the
Himanshu Bhatt | TNN Surat: Historical records say that from early 20th century, entrepreneurs of the city proved their worth under the British Rule and supplied i n d i g e - nous machineries to the ind u s t r y, a g riculture and other sectors. One such creation was crude oil engine by a Surti industrialist Ratilal Nanavati in 1931-32.
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Drought-proofing is a far cry. The drought of 2001 in 11 states of India is likely to go down as one of the worst in the past century. Government drought relief schemes fail due to bad planning and corruption. It can"t even provide short-term relief to th
