Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Nizamuddin West Association Vs Union of India & Others dated 16/04/2025. The matter related to desilting of 24 drains with special focus on two drains - Kushak drain and Sunheri Pul drain before the monsoon. The court was informed that …
Hyderabad, March 16: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has intensified its anti-larval operations by deploying 824 teams that will cover all the houses in the city, at least once a week, to curb the mosquito menace. The GHMC additional commissioner, health, Mr Sk Aleem Basha, appealed to the citizens …
More than 2 lakh small and medium industries in the state will have shorter power cuts from Monday. The four hour cut between 6 pm and 10 pm has been withdrawn with immediate affect. Acting on a report carried by this newspaper, the Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, asked energy …
The government will also invoke the Revenue Recovery Act against ineligible persons who benefited from the scheme. The Chief Minister, Mr K. Rosaiah, took decisions to this effect at a review meeting on Monday. Officials told the Chief Minister that of the 80 lakh houses sanctioned, 27 lakh houses were …
Hyderabad, Jan. 31: The minister of state for environment and forests, Mr Jairam Ramesh, on Sunday said the final decision on Bt brinjal will be taken on February 10. Mr Ramesh faced the ire of farmers during a public consultation organised by the Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture (CRIDA). …
HYDERABAD: Leases for mining ores and minerals will hereafter be allotted by District Collectors in place of tahsildars. Chief Minister K. Rosaiah took this decision on the final day of the two-day Collectors
When one of the top 20 pharma giants in the world, Eisai Pharmaceuticals of Japan, inaugurated its global research and development and production facility in Visakhapatnam last month, it was not just another feather in the cap of the city that is being dubbed as the
The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB), Hyderabad, in association with Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) is organising an Indo-US Workshop on Epigenetic Regulation and Genome Control from December 16-18. Dr S.K. Brahmachari, Director-General, Council of Scientific, Industrial Research (CSIR), who is the Chief Guest, will also deliver …
Dec. 3: In an unfortunate coincidence with the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal gas tragedy, two workers lost their lives after inhaling toxic gases while repairing an empty reactor in a bulk drug factory at IDA Jeedimetla here on Thursday. Another worker, who also inhaled the gases, has been admitted …
Patancheru, near Hyderabad, India, is a major production site for the global bulk drug market. Approximately 90 manufacturers send their wastewater to a common treatment plant in Patancheru. Extraordinary high levels of a wide range of pharmaceuticals have recently been demonstrated in the treated effluent. As little as 0.2% of …
Very high levels of a range of pharmaceuticals have been reported recently in the effluent from a wastewater treatment plant near Hyderabad, India. The plant serves approximately 90 manufacturers of bulk drugs that primarily are exported to the world market. Fluoroquinolone antibiotics were found at levels that are highly toxic …
Oct. 25: Hyderabad district has 125 dengue cases, 62 of them confirmed, with one death. In Ranga Reddy district, 28 cases of dengue have been reported. Though many suspected cases of chikungunya have also been reported, only one has been confirmed in Hyderabad. On Saturday, blood samples of all villagers …
Northern Subcontinent Pumping Out 54Tn Litres Every Year Amit Bhattacharya | TNN New Delhi: The amount of groundwater pumped out by Delhiites and others across northern India is highest in the world and is contributing as much as 5% to the total rise in sea levels. A new study using …
The modern-day Indians are a genetic mixture of two distinct ancient populations, a new research has revealed. All diverse groups seen in the present day India came from two major ancient populations that are genetically divergent
Sept. 23: The Kolleru lake restoration plan is in doldrums as the state has no money to pay for compensation and rehabilitation worth Rs 650 crore. The Centre has already clarified to the state they can neither give financial assistance nor reduce the sanctuary area from Cantour 5 to Cantour …
Aug. 25: The mythological Kalpavriksha, known as Baobab tree, may face extinction in the state because of the extension of NH-9 from Hyderabad to Vijayawada. According to botanists, there are only eight such trees in the state mostly distributed in Krishna district along the highway. All the trees are several …
HYDERABAD: Cloud-seeding operations could not be undertaken for the third day on Wednesday following a technical snag in the Cessna plane being used for the purpose. On July 20, when Andhra Pradesh Agriculture Minister N. Raghuveera Reddy inaugurated the exercise at the airport, the plane lost radio contact with the …
