Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
A key accused in Uttar Pradesh's National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) scam has allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself dead, the police have said. Accused and project engineer Sunil Verma shot himself with his licenced revolver in his Vikas Nagar home, Lucknow at 8.30 am. He was rushed to a …
The CBI will take into consideration the CAG report on National Rural Health Mission fund implementation in Uttar Pradesh. The CBI will take into consideration the CAG report on National Rural Health Mission fund implementation in Uttar Pradesh, which has pegged the irregularities to be around Rs 5,000 crore, and …
LUCKNOW: In a significant judgement, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court has ruled that an unused pond cannot be restored, uprooting the developments that had taken place over the water body. "In a fast changing world where development is necessary and industrial growth is taking place, sustainable development …
The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered three more cases pertaining to alleged irregularities in the implementation of the National Rural Health Mission funds in Uttar Pradesh. Searches were conducted at 44 places in six cities as part of the probe. The first case pertains to purported conspiracy among officials …
Chief Secy Asked To Submit Compliance Report Within Two Weeks Alwar: A central empowered committee (CEC) constituted by the Supreme Court condemned the Rajasthan government for its failure in restricting illegal mining in the state and ordered to take immediate steps in regulating it. The instructions came after the Supreme …
The CBI on Thursday registered three cases relating to alleged irregularities in the NRHM funds in Uttar Pradesh to the tune of Rs 250 crore. It booked IAS officer and the then Principal Secretary of the Health and Family Welfare Department of the State Pradeep Shukla and others and conducted …
JHANSI: Blaming the past governments for the current plight of Bundelkhand region, Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday alleged state minister and senior BSP leader Nassemuddin Siddiqui had given the tractors to his sons, which were meant for farmers and sent by the Centre. Addressing a public meeting at …
After milk, the Food Safety Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has found that contamination is, in fact, quite common among other food items across the country. In Rajasthan, adulteration rate is as high as 23%, the study has found. In 2010, the FSSAI picked up over 1.17 lakh samples of …
The United Nations and leading world organizations celebrated India’s first polio free year and termed it as a major milestone in their fight against this dreaded disease. The World Health Organisation (WHO) Director-General Margaret Chan, termed it as the “greatest public health achievement” of India, the Bill Gates, of Bill …
Manmohan calls new report's findings a ‘national shame' A new study based on a survey of the height and weight of more than one lakh children across six States has found that as many as 42 per cent of under-fives are severely or moderately underweight and that 59 per cent …
Government to take states on board over food bill Still nursing the sting of ally Trinamool Congress opposing the Lokpal Bill in the Rajya Sabha citing issues of federal autonomy, the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government wants to take the states into confidence on Sonia Gandhi's dream project - the …
Mamata Banerjee govt against acquiring land for industry; uncertain partner adds to woes. Bhushan Steel has put on hold its proposed Rs 20,000-crore steel project in West Bengal due to the state government’s decision not to acquire land for industry as well asuncertainty over Sumitomo Industries’ participation in the project. …
A field experiment was conducted during 2003-04 and 2004-05 at Research Farm, BHU, Varanasi, U.P. to study the effect of various sources (farm yard manure, vermicompost and poultry manure) and rates of organic manures on yield, quality of produce, soil quality and economics of rice-table-pea-onion cropping sequence.
Several studies have raised the suspicion that the body mass index (BMI) cut-off for overweight as defined by the WHO may not adequately reflect the actual overweight status. The present study looked at the relationship between BMI and body fat per cent (BF %) / health risks (hypertension and type …
The objective of this report is to account for variations in the success of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) in different states across India. It combines a quantitative analysis with qualitative data obtained from over 70 interviews with government officials, academics, journalists, NGOs, international governmental organizations and …
The central government’s plans to introduce a new rule under the existing Drugs and Cosmetics Act to compensate clinical trial victims has been challenged before the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court. In a public interest petition (PIL), Lucknow based health activist Raahul Dutta has questioned several provisions in …
New Delhi A quick overhaul of the country's $90-billion urbanisation project to build a Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor is round the corner as the government has readied its plan to allow Japan to be a 26% stakeholder in the ambitious project. A senior official in the department of industrial policy and …
The infant mortality rate (IMR) has shown a 3 point decline, dropping from 50 deaths per 1,000 live births to 47 and moving a step closer to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDG) target of 30. However, IMR increased by one point in Kerala, Mizoram and Dadra and Nagar Haveli. …
The $90 billion Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC), is set to receive a boost with the visit of the Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda, wherein Japan is likely to announce an investment of $4.5 billion, said top sources. “The Japanese government has conveyed its commitment to invest $ 4.5 billion in …
