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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding dumping of waste in a canal in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 29/05/2025

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton Canal nearly choked due to garbage dumping appearing in the DT Next dated 11.05.2025". The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Chennai Citizen Connect: Captain Cotton …

Doctors wary of new H1N1 strain, 10 suspected cases reported already

GURUGRAM: A total of 10 suspected swine flu cases have already been reported in Gurugram this year, taking the count to 15 since last November. And city doctors suspect that the new strain of the flu virus may remain active during the coming summer months too, prompting the health department …

Winter takes a break as mercury hits 30°C, pollution shoots up in Gurugram

GURUGRAM: Is winter over? February may just be in its third week but it certainly seemed so in the NCR on Wednesday. The maximum temperature crossed the 30-degree Celsius mark for the first time this winter and touched 31.7 degrees – seven notches above normal — in Delhi. This was …

Mercury rises, Gurugram least polluted in NCR

GURUGRAM: The city continues to record moderate level of air quality since last week, making it least polluted in NCR. The PM 2.5 level on Sunday morning came down to 83.91 micrograms per cubic metre. However, highest level of PM2.5 on Sunday remained 88.59 micrograms per cubic metre, as compared …

After NCR, no-honking drive goes to Mumbai

GURUGRAM: After carrying out 'Do Not Honk' campaigns in Gurugram and other cities of NCR, over 100 Gurugrammers are going to Mumbai to participate in a similar campaign there. The campaign, which will be held at Bandra toll gate on February 3, has been inspired from the Gurugram model. The …

Fog, fall in wind speed push pollution up, Gurugram’s air still poor

GURUGRAM: The concentration of PM2.5 rose by about 20% on Sunday over Saturday, as fog continued to engulf the city. While the highest level of PM2.5 on Sunday stood at 167.98 micrograms per cubic metre (g/m³), it was 127 g/m³ on Saturday, when it had shot up by 52% over …

Gurugram: Admin nod ‘not must’ for DJs at functions

GURUGRAM: RWAs in the city are contesting the deputy commissioner's claim that no permission is required from the district administration for calling DJs to a condominium's community hall to play music. They claimed that according to existing rules, permission was indeed required from the DC before playing of loud DJ …

Rise in wind speed reduces pollution, city air better in NCR

GURUGRAM: Sunday morning brought something to cheer, as pollution meters showed Gurgaon with the lowest concentration of particulate matter among NCR cities, with PM2.5 level at 90.91 micrograms per cubic metre (g/m³). Even peak PM2.5 was 102.55g/m³, compared to 135.67g/m³ on Saturday, a decline of about 24%. Air quality index …

H1N1: Tally of suspected patients in Gurgaon reaches five

GURUGRAM: The health department has braced up in its preparation to check swine flu (H1N1) cases as the tally of suspected cases touched 5. A 34-year-old man, resident of Sushant Lok, was admitted to a private hospital in Sector 38 on Friday as he was suffering from high fever, cough …

Day after swine flu death, govt sounds alert

Gurgaon: As the city witnessed the coldest day of the season so far on Thursday, the health department issued an advisory for swine flu, instructing all hospitals to take immediate action when a patient is suspected of being infected with H1N1 virus. Patients too have been advised to cover their …

Gurgaon’s air quality better than rest of NCR but still poor

Gurgaon: The air quality in the city remained in the "poor" category on Wednesday, even as it was an improvement over the "very poor" reported earlier this month. The air quality index (AQI) was at 263 while the PM2.5 level hovered between 120g/m³ and 130g/m³ in the day. The data …

NGT lifts stay on waste plant at wetland

The matter will now be heard on February 28 The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has lifted its stay on the construction of a waste treatment plant in the catchment area of the Basai wetland in Gurgaon. The bench headed by acting Chairperson Justice U D Salvi passed the order after …

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding relocation of the Bandhwari Solid Waste Plant and landfill site away from Aravali Hill area, Gurugram, Haryana, 18/01/2018

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vivek Kamboj & Others Vs. Union of India & Others dated 18/01/2018 regarding relocation of the Bandhwari Solid Waste Plant and landfill site away from the forest and Aravali Hill area in time bound manner. The Court's attention has been …

HSPCB calls for shared mobility to cut bad air

GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has launched a campaign with a city-based private bus aggregator to raise awareness about the impact of shared mobility on air pollution. As many as 25 buses, owned by Shuttl, set up with info-graphical messages urging people to shift from private vehicles to …

Gurugram's second air monitor delayed by red tape

GURUGRAM: Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has missed its December 2017 deadline to set up a second ambient air quality monitoring station in the city. Officials attributed the delay to late floating of tenders for installation of the machine. Currently, there is only one pollution measuring station in Gurgaon, …

Health department gears up against swine flu

GURUGRAM: As the city witnessed the coldest day of the season so far on Thursday, the health department issued an advisory for Swine Flu. The advisory instructs all hospitals to take immediate action when a patient is suspected of being infected with Swine Flu. While, the patients have been advised …

Air quality improves but remains ‘poor’

Gurgaon: Air pollution levels reduced nearly 39%on Wednesday as compared to that of Tuesday, with the highest levels of PM2.5 at 142.57 micrograms per cubic metre ('poor' category). The highest levels of PM2.5 recorded on Tuesday was 232 micrograms per cubic metre. The air pollution was in the 'very poor' …

Dengue death: Haryana probe indicts Fortis Hospital for medical negligence

The girl succumbed to dengue shock syndrome on September 15, after a 15-day stay at Fortis, Gurgaon. Her family had alleged overcharging, to the tune of Rs 16 lakh, and medical negligence. The expert committee, set up by Haryana to probe the allegation of medical negligence in the dengue death …

Rain, rise in wind speed clean up air, city least polluted in NCR for 2 days

GURUGRAM: The city became the least polluted one in NCR on Wednesday and Tuesday, with the air quality index (AQI) coming down to 228 on Wednesday and 192 on Tuesday. Other cities of NCR — Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad — on the other hand, recorded higher AQI at 270, 264 …

Air pollution neither Delhi specific nor limited to winter alone: Study

NEW DELHI: A study has pointed out that air pollution is neither Delhi-specific or limited to winter alone. At least four other cities have suffered more compared to Delhi in terms of the number of days and severity of air pollution. The annual concentration of major pollutant PM2.5, or particles …

Survey on graft in healthcare system points towards many ills

Most respondents felt there was a nexus between labs, doctors Close on the heels of Gurugram-based Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) allegedly overcharging the family of a seven-year-old dengue patient who died recently at the hospital, a survey conducted about the common man’s perception on “corruption” in the healthcare system …

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