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 …
Pune Even as swine flu has been taking its toll on the city in the last two months, two strains of the dengue virus have also been on the prowl, say city-based doctors. So much so that dengue patients are being wrongly diagnosed for swine flu due to the similarity …
Pune On Tuesday, a famliar face of the industry in Pune will be attending the United Nations Leadership Forum on Climate Change, at the the United Nations headquarters in New York. Pramod Chaudhari, chairman, Praj Industries Limited, global leaders in biofuels solutions, will participate in the Forum. The UN Leadership …
Pune In its hurry to get on with the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS), the Pune Municipal Corporation seems to have given a go-by to accessing funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) to overcome its water woes. In the last five years, no Central funding has …
Pune In a bid to bring down the emission levels of Hydrochloroflurocatrbons (HCFC) in the city, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has shown its intent to initiate a meeting with the CEOs of the industries in Pune in March 2010. It will probably be the first time that an …
Pune Seven slums in the city will be the first in the country to reap the benefits of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) scheme. Another first will be that the novel in-situ concept that has been adopted to rehabilitate some 1,200 families are high density slums of …
Pune After the Bombay High Court restrictions on allowing any tree cutting without its approval, The Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) has issued notices to 43 persons for illegal tree cutting in its jurisdiction and warned the civic staff of facing action failing to keep a check on such activity. The …
Pune Launching a drive against those littering in public places, the civic administration on Monday took action against 69 pan stalls, 15 hand carts and 39 hawkers for creating unhygienic condition in the public places. Earlier, Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagade had directed the civic administration to initiate action against citizens …
Pune Municipal Commissioner Mahesh Zagde on Thursday directed the civic staff to speed up the development work being carried out under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), so that new proposals could be sent to the union government for approval.
One week, 17 deaths and over 1,000 confirmed cases. You can count the days on your fingers, but not the victims of the new public health menace -the H1N1 flu. "Its speed is without precedent," says Dr Randeep Guleria, professor of Internal Medicine at the All India Institute of Medical …
Pune The row over garbage disposal that had reached a crescendo three months ago has been buried, at least for the time being, with the focus shifting on swine flu that has claimed 20 lives in the city. The issue of segregation of garbage that had earlier taken centrestage remains …
Pune It will be a year in September since a blast at the bio-medical waste treatment facility at Kailash crematorium near Naidu Hospital killed seven of its employees. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) closed down the facility and till date the authorities have been unable to find an alternative …
It is a combination of medical disorders that increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Also know as insulin resistance syndrome. Risks Syndrome X can lead to hypertension, heart disease, infertility, diabetes and other metabolic-related diseases. Causes and signs Biggest causes are sedentary lifestyle and an increase in …
Many educational institutions closed for a week; masks in demand. The swine flu scare has begun to grip the country with Pune, the worst hit, accounting for 221 of the 327 cases reported in Maharashtra thus far. Across the country, 864 people have been affected, of whom, 523 have been …
Pune Leaving no stone unturned in creating public awareness on swine flu, the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) on Thursday began using the mass media for airing jingles that conveyed a message on precautionary measures to keep a check on the spread of virus.
