Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
european, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese and Russian ships have today become a common phenomenon along coastal waters all over the world. This means a heavy blow to both the local eco-systems and the fisherpeople and fish processors. Social Watch, a Netherlands-based informal network of ngos concerned with social development published a …
a proposal to give state forest lands to industry as captive plantations is creating a storm. The Madhya Pradesh (mp) state ministry of environment and forests has
japan had woken up to the Minamata disease way back in 1956, signalling the beginning of one of the worst pollution cases to have hit it in the post-World War ii era. In 1995, a 40-year-old saga of bureaucratic evasion, corporate high-handedness and judicial foot-dragging finally reached its culmination. The …
a watered down compromise could be a possible outcome of the ongoing clash between the European Union (eu) and us over fur trade. The issue in contention involves an international agreement on humane trapping standards which eu would like to enforce and which us resists. eu has twice delayed imposing …
Having gained much ground in recent months, the country's environmentalists are trying hard to enforce tougher environmental laws. The National Environment Protection Agency (nepa) is planning to stop approvals for new industrial plants that are likely to release high levels of waste. "The government is shifting emphasis from the old …
the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) has refuted some findings of the latest Greenpeace report regarding the chlorine industry. It has questioned the claims made by the report that the waste water discharge from a Delhi-based chlor-alkali plant contained a high concentration of mercury during investigations in May last year. …
a brief reprieve: Even as 168 polluting units in Delhi had to lock up on November 30 as per the SC's orders, the court allowed the state government to consider extending the deadline of December 31, 1996 for more than 39,000 industries facing closure. These units had earlier been directed …
A NEW anti-tobacco strategy by the Canadian government involves a series of tough measures. Hiking tobacco taxes, extending a surtax on tobacco manufacturers' profits and banning tobacco advertisement on television, radio and billboards are some of the measures to counter tobacco use. In the provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick …
Even as cigarette companies are facing strict regulations, other tobacco products seem to have a free run. The Rajasthan High Court recently issued show cause notices to the central government, the state government and three others to explain the reason for not issuing the statutory health hazard warning on packets …
Animals and humans suffering from immunosuppression can also have in some ways a hyperactive immune system. This is because the human body can produce antibodies directed against itself
According to National Cancer Institute (US) scientists"Weak associations (with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma or NHL) have been noted for some common (medical) conditions... like asthmaallergiesrheumatoid arthritisrheumatic fevertuberculosis and infectious mononucleosisand commonly taken steroidal drugs. Some conditions that warrant further investigation include asthma and steroid use.' Steroids are known to be immunosuppressive; asthma …
Joining international efforts for protection of ozone layer, China recently held its first national conference on ozone layer protection. Song Jian, state councillor and minister in charge of the environmental protection commission said, "Although we are a developing country with dual missions of economic development and environmental protection, China has …
those who are aware of the renowned industrial designer Victor Papnek's views on industrial design realise that to live in a world with more design consciousness and less design awareness is the predicament of modern times. Nonetheless, writing something which reads like a critique of industrial design is by no …
After suffering years of war and tyranny, the Cambodians are facing a new threat: an aids epidemic . An alarming rise in aids cases has been recorded ever since screening for the disease began in 1991. According to the World Health Organization ( who) , an estimated 100,000 to 150,000 …
MAX MARTIN and N RAGHURAM cray, the American supercomputer which was denied to India seven years ago is now hitting the market. The new Crays, offered by Silicon Graphics-Cray Research tie-up, are much more advanced than the Cray- xmp , the limited power supercomputer the us grudgingly sold under strict …
That nature writing is seri ous business, representing a delicate combination of art and science, imagination and accurate information, empa thy and deliber ate detachment, is evident from the book. The history of nature writing, as the editor introduces it, is in more ways than one a history of humanity, …
India's economic reforms are making a heady progress. Since the announcement of the new economic policy, 31,196 Industrial Investment Intentions, including those for export oriented units, have been recorded, till July 1996, with the secretariat of industrial approvements under the ministry of industry. These intentions add up to Rs 6,371 …
Africa apparently has become the new-found interest for Japs, who are quietly targeting their overseas development assistance (ODA) towards helping African nations create a strong base for science and technology. In Kenya, for instance, they have collaborated with the government to establish the Kenya Medical Research Institute, the Kenya Forestry …
when certain forms of bacteria are subjected to starvation they are rendered fit to penetrate contaminated media whose surfacial pores would otherwise be too small for their size. Reaching the undersurface, shrunk bacteria resuscitate and accomplish a task hitherto unthought of. They create a barrier between the contaminated stretches of …
