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 …
Helen of Troy or rather Greece was a beauty. She may have had brains too but we cannot say. It is said that she launched a thousand ships or was responsible for the launch of a thousand ships. These led to the death of a city called Troy. Bollywood filmstar …
With the increasing human population, the number of cars hitting the roads have gone up. More cars generate more air pollution, increase traffic congestion and affect public health. In the US, for example, more than 80 per cent of the people commute by cars. Transportation by trains and others mass-transit …
according to a report compiled by the United Nations ( un), toxic waste emitted from industrial facilities hit by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (nato ) air strikes on Yugoslavia have seriously contaminated the water and soil in surrounding areas and may threaten the health of local people. The report is …
as we approach the new millennium, a glass of clean, uncontaminated water seems to be a luxury, that even money cannot buy. Newspapers are awash daily with reports of fluoride-contaminated water sources. Sadly, long-term constructive policies are yet to see the light of day. Occasional studies and certain discrete temporary …
"the Marlboro man just fell off his high horse into quicksand and it will be years until the tobacco industry even gets him halfway out,'' said Ahron Leichtman, executive director of Citizens for a Tobacco-Free Society, a non-governmental organisation. He was commenting on a jury decision taken in Florida on …
india will launch three projects to control drug abuse, said Asha Das, secretary, ministry of social justice and empowerment. She stated that accurate statistics of abusers and the demand for illicit drugs is necessary and would also be of great help for the government in formulating effective drug control policies. …
Indian companies have a lot to learn from the recent Coke scare in Europe. In two separate incidents, more than 100 Belgians fell ill last month after drinking Coke. This scare came after a series of similar incidents had already taken place in Europe from the 'mad cow disease' to …
India is facing a serious double burden of disease. Most of the old infectious diseases like malaria, filariasis and kala-azar have not yet disappeared; indeed they are bouncing back. At the same time, other chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disorders are becoming more dominant.
according to officials of the environmental pressure group Greenpeace and the Korean Federation of Environmental Movements ( kfem ), a shipment of plutonium is set to depart Europe for Japan's west coast, posing a potentially grave environmental threat to Korea. The groups said that two Japanese ships
sixty-eight million people from nine Latin American cities have urged governments and businesses to work together to combat pollution. In a statement called the "Declaration of Mexico', nine cities and one of Mexico's most populous states, the state of Mexico, have urged other nations to punish car exporters while also …
health Care Without Harm, a us -based coalition of environmental groups accused the World Bank of "environmental racism' for backing projects that fund dioxin-producing medical waste incinerators in 20 countries around the world. The coalition published the report that claimed the bank funded projects in Africa, the Americas and Asia …
"it's a cruel joke', was the reaction of the noted Gandhian and anti-nuclear activist, Sangamitra Gadekar, when she heard that the Rajasthan Atomic Power Plant ( raps ) at Rawatbhata was awarded this year's Golden Peacock Environment Management Award. Gadekar had conducted a study in 1991 on the impact of …
Two managers of a fats recycling firm have been charged with fraud for Europe's dioxin-in-food scare ( Down To Earth , Vol 8, No 4). "There are two people who have been questioned by the judge, a brother and sister, the two managers of the business. The woman was released, …
some patients may find it strange advice to be told to keep off fruit juice while taking medications. But that is precisely what doctors are telling some sick people
often mothers leave lights on in the nursery or where babies and toddlers are made to sleep. This could be either due to the feelings of mothers that light could be comforting or just as a precautionary measure as light is always more reassuring for one's security. However, research just …
India is facing a serious double burden of disease. Most of the old infectious diseases like malaria, filariasis and kala-azar have not yet disappeared; indeed they are bouncing back. At the same time, other chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disorders are becoming more dominant. It …
a cancer scare, which threatens to become as grave as the bse virus(mad cow disease) in the uk , is causing mayhem in many countries, particularly Europe. At the heart of the controversy are food products from Belgium that were contaminated with dioxins
according to a report by the Action on Smoking and Health ( ash ) and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, uk, tobacco giants possessed the technology that could have reduced the death toll caused by their products, but did not use them fearing that marketing a
a string of new human pathogens has been added recently to the popular pantheon of demonology. The Ebola virus is one of the deadliest among these. It resembles the influenza virus in the early stages of infection in terms of its effects, and rapidly induces fever accompanied by shock, diffuse …
A cholera outbreak in northeastern Cambodia has killed54 villagers and left another 827 infected with the deadly bacteria, health officials said. Cholera cases were first reported in northern Ratanakiri province in mid-April, Gerry Pais of Health Unlimited said. "Unless we can bring it under control soon, we could have many …
