Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Residents Welfare Association Savita Vihar Vs Irrigation & Flood Control Department & Others dated 28/05/2025. The applicant raised the grievance against throwing of construction debris and sewage obstruction in the Ghazipur drain. According to the applicant this drain flows behind …
Ozone can affect both healthy people and those suffering from respiratory illnesses such as asthma. Epidemiological studies done in the US and Europe have shown worsening of asthma symptoms, a spurt in use of medicine for treatment of respiratory problems and increase in hospital admissions due to asthma attacks during …
A group of scientists from the University of Panjab, Pakistan, led by S R A Shamsi, studied the impact of ambient ozone on soybean crop at three sites near Lahore
a two-day seminar held in the first week of November at Delhi on disposal of hospital wastes concluded that while its destruction was of paramount importance, incinerating such wastes was no solution. It was also brought to light that a mere 10 per cent of total hospital wastes are hazardous …
" delhi roads should display a statutory warning: Breathing here is injurious to health.' This is how Delhi's transport minister Rajinder Gupta described the city's air quality at the public meeting organised by the Centre for Science and Environment ( cse ) in New Delhi on November 1. The meeting …
• Great improvement. But the entire process of planning and notification by the ministry of surface transport (MOST) lacked transparency.• No study to show the new standards' impact on the air quality. • Permitted emission of hydrocarbons (HC) from two-wheelers (2.4 gm/km) is higher than that suggested by the H …
Direct measures are to be implemented by 1997, including exclusive left lane for heavy vehicles, dedicated bicycle tracks, banning of shoulder parking on roads, pedestrian zones and decongestion of traffic. Indirect measures to be implemented by 2000, including public and mass transport systems, construction of bypasses and elevated express carriageway, …
Fuel standards set up for the first time in India that are to be implemented in phases and made fully operational by 1999 • Diesel hydrosulpharisation projects in nine refineries worth Rs 5,568.31 crore for reduction of sulphur in diesel announced. But if we are investing so much, why only …
THE COMPLETE PICTURE: Televisions all over the world display only 88 per cent of the image broadcast by TV stations. Now, Korean-based electronics company, Samsung is developing televisions that will display the missing 12 per cent. Called HiTron TV sets, these televisions are 2.5 centimetres wider than usual. Conventional TV …
The Delhi High Court issued notices to the Union government, Reliance India Limited (RIL), US-based Enron and the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on a public interest litigation challenging the awarding of the controversial Mukta-Panna oil contract to RIL-Enron joint venture. The petition claimed that the statement of B …
The Delhi High Court is planning to restrict the making of noisy crackers. It has sought suggestions from the Delhi Fire Cracker Manufacturers Association in this regard. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice A P Mishra and Justice N G Nandi has asked the Association to submit before the …
Increased number of hepatitis :' has been noticed in children at the All Indian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi. The disease is detected rarely as people become immune to hepatitis A over a period of time. Studies revealed that all the children belonged to upper class families, and …
On what makes the Enhanced Malaria Control Project unique: The project is unique due to two reasons - decentralised planning and the adoption of a variety of strategies. Decentralised planning has changed the role of the National Malaria Eradication Programme (nmep) to that of a facili-tator, financier and evaluator. Actual …
coal project: The Tamil Nadu Electricity Board (TNEB) will sign the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Videocon Power Ltd for its coal-based project in Chennai. The cost of the project is Rs 4,423.80 crore. The Department of Coal has allotted a mining block in the Talcher coalfields to Videocon for …
a reversible male contraceptive has been been developed by a team of scientists at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, which could be an alternative to vasectomy. According to S K Guha, who headed the team, a polymer
the Organ Retrieval and Banking Organisation ( orbo ), the first of its kind in India, has been launched at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences ( aiims ). A 24-hour emergency national facility, the organisation will function under the Cardio-Thoracic Centre of the aiims . It will encourage …
the Centre has been directed by the Delhi High Court to constitute a committee to explore alternative methods of power generation, including the use of solar energy to solve the problem of generator pollution in Delhi. Two separate public interest petitions seeking a ban on diesel-operated generators had been submitted …
it is again time for the monsoons to strike Delhi. Again, as before, the government of the capital city of India is unprepared to check flooding in low-lying areas ( pushta ) around the Yamuna. The excuse that the Delhi government's flood and irrigation department give is that, they do …
