Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
The Casade frog ( Rana cascade ) and the Western toad ( Bufo boreas ) are dying, so is the Pacific tree frog. But there is probably no single cause for the dwindling population of these sentinel creatures, says zoologist Andrew Blaustein of the Oregon State University, USA. Increased ultraviolet …
Oral cancer is the second most common cancer in women and the third most common in men in Pakistan. Tobacco is smoked and chewed extensively in Pakistan. Paan is a quid of piper betel leaf that contains areca nut, lime, condiment, sweeteners, and sometimes tobacco, which is also used extensively. …
the Thames Water company was fined us $403,400 by a London court for allowing millions of litres of raw sewage and industrial chemicals to flow into the Thames before diverting it into family homes. Ten families in Erith, Kent, were evacuated as their houses were flooded with sludge in November …
A government agency in Indonesia has called for a state of emergency to be imposed after smog from forest fires on the island of Sumatra exceeded safe limits. The fires have caused a slight haze in Singapore, while Malaysia remained unaffected. The fires are set to clear land for agriculture …
Three Thai workers were in a critical condition after being exposed to high-level radiation in the country's worst nuclear accident at a recycling plant in the suburbs of Bangkok. Hundreds of people living near or working at the plant were undergoing blood-tests. Authorities are investigating why a waste-disposal company failed …
Hydrogenated fat, also called trans fatty acids, are used by the food industry to increase shelf life and flavour in a wide variety of products, including french fries, crackers, cookies and snack foods. But some scientific studies have linked trans fatty acids to premature heart disease. For instance, trans fatty …
much before genetically modified organisms ( gmo s) were a reality in the true sense, I read an article that spoke of the possibility of wings on pigs through genetic modification. To say the least, it was so very amusing. Today, many of these things are at our doorstep, generating …
a study conducted by uk -based ici (Imperial Chemical Industries) on the long-term effects of dumping chemicals in quarries near Runcorn, Cheshire, uk has turned up some startling evidence. It has confirmed that some nearby homes have tested positive for hexachlorobutadience ( hcbd ). hcbd is considered responsible for kidney …
Sihanoukville, in the southern part of the country, has become the dumping ground for trash from neighbouring countries. The flow of refuse - from electronic goods to car parts - continues with the civic authorities unable to check the problem. In November 1998, a plastics manufacturer based in Gaoxiong, Taiwan, …
despite the hue and cry raised by the Bangladesh media about the arsenic contamination of drinking water, around 20 million people are likely to be still consuming tainted water. This was stated in the British Geological Survey report of 1999. However, this figure is disputed by the Dhaka Community Hospital …
An increasing number of studies and reports are indicting the Gujarat government for letting off polluting industries lightly. A recently-released report by the Indian People's Tribunal ( ipt ) on Environment and Human Rights says that "of the approximately 90,000 industries in Gujarat, 8,000 are highly polluting chemical industries. Of …
europe is in the middle of a major environmental disaster - the worst since the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Ukraine. On January 30, about 100,000 cubic metres of slurry, consisting major concentrations of cyanide and other heavy metals, from a containment dam spilled into the Szamos river in Romania. …
for the first time ever, an international framework has been set up to regulate the trade in genetically-modified ( gm) products. Following a week of intense negotiations in Montreal, Canada, delegates from over 140 countries framed rules which will allow countries to ban the import of gm seeds, microbes, animals …
as france pressed on with mopping-up operations to cleanse parts of its Atlantic coastline polluted by an oil spill recently, a Dutch orinthologist said that oil from the sunken tanker Erika may contain cancer-causing additives. French president Jacques Chiraq, who toured the area along the coast which was badly damaged …
A simple cost-free way to reduce pain is to bring to mind a favourite sexual fantasy. Peter S Staats and his group at the University of Wisconsin, USA, suggest an entirely new approach to pain therapy. The premise is that emotions are likely to be processed in the thalamus
there are certain ailments that are not universal and some that invariably strike irrespective of whether it is a man or a woman, working, self-employed or even a housewife. Back pain is one such complaint that is increasingly topping the list of serious urban health problems. There is enough epidemiological …
suicidal behaviour can accompany many emotional disturbances, including depression, schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses. In fact, more than 90 per cent of all suicides are related to emotional or psychiatric illnesses. Suicidal behaviour occurs as a response to a situation that the person views as overwhelming such as social isolation, …
