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 …
Food riots erupted on Wednesday in eastern India, where more than 2 million people have been forced from their homes and about 250,000 houses destroyed in what officials say are the worst floods in 50 years. One person was killed in Madhepura district when angry villagers fought among themselves over …
Railway minister and RJD supremo Lalu Prasad has been in news of late for nonpolitical reasons. First, it was his love for blog and then his desire to act in movies. Now,
India is a country with vast population having crossed over 110 crores mark and growing at alarming rate. It is yet another fact of concern that there has not been a proportionate increase in the production level of foodgrains in the country. It is worth mentioning that out of the …
construction halted: The Patna High Court has stayed the proposed construction of a shopping complex at the Sandies compound in Bhagalpur, Bihar, because the site lies in a green belt. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ravi S Dhavan and Justice S K Singh also asked the district administration to …
herbs prove to be cheap and effective remedies for kala azar (visceral leishmaniasis). This has been found out during studies conducted by researchers from Patna-based Balaji Utthan Sansthan. The find is important, as most people affected by the disease cannot afford to buy drugs. Ninety per cent of the worldwide …
"sauns sabhi ko pyari hai, Ganga maiya ki sawari hai .' This is the constant chanting that follows every splash of water as fisherfolk in Patna nudge their boats along the banks of the Ganges. And the hymn simply denotes a truth: Gangetic dolphin is dear to all and it …
Concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and non- and mono-ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls (dioxin-like PCBs) were measured in tissues of humans, fishes, chicken, lamb, goat, predatory birds, and Ganges River dolphins collected from various locations in India. PCDDs/DFs were found in most of the samples analyzed with the liver of …
showing its deep concern over the rampant killing of the Gangetic dolphins Platanista gangetica by fisherfolk, the Patna high court, comprising Chief justice Ravi S Dhavan and justice Shiv Kirti Singh, indicted the district magistrates and superintendents of police of nine districts of Bihar and environment and forests department of …
the capital of Bihar, Patna, is a fast expanding modern city and like all modern cities is beset by its share of problems. Most prominent among them being its inability to manage its solid wastes. With a population well in excess of 10 lakh residing along the banks of the …
The Patna High Court criticised the Bihar government for not implementing its order regarding the problem of water logging in Patna. The two-judge bench was hearing a batch of public interest litigation filed on this issue. The judges were irked by the fact that despite an order passed by the …
Concentrations of butyltin compounds (mono-, di-, and tri-butyltin) were determined in dolphin (Platanista gangetica), fish, invertebrates and sediment collected from the River Ganges, India, in order to understand the contamination levels, sources, and potential for biomagnification in freshwater food chains. Total butyltin concentration in dolphin tissues was up to 2000 …
PANIC-STRICKEN by an illicit liquor that has taken a toll of at least 75 persons and a mysterious fever that may be Japanese encephalitis or simple food poisoning, Patna medical authorities have issued a series of directives that range from the irrelevant to the naive. Many days after the outbreak …
