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 …
'The "candidate drugs" for malaria, osteoporosis and diabetes were currently undergoing clinical trials'. The Indian pharmaceutical sector would soon be showcasing ‘candidate drugs’ for malaria, osteoporosis and diabetes, Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences Harsh Vardhan said on Saturday. With further R&D;, important breakthroughs could be on …
Seeing its positive impact on the environment, Lucknow Municipal Corporation has decided to make services at the electric crematoriums free for everyone from this year onwards. The city got its first electric crematorium six years ago near Baikunthdham and now the corporation is planning to make another at Gulalaghat, near …
LUCKNOW: Don't forget to apprise your maid or driver about tuberculosis as they are at a higher risk of the opportunistic disease that kills 200 people each year in the state. Playing a good Samaritan is important to your own health because a person with TB may spread the infection …
LUCKNOW: Amid the brouhaha over the Centre's proposed land acquisition policy, the Samajwadi Party government has decided to adopt its own successful template to acquire land for all future projects in the state. The state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Tuesday cleared a proposal to replicate the …
LUCKNOW: As many as 18 suspected cases tested positive for swine flu in the city on Tuesday. With this, the tally reached 941 for Lucknow. Two positive cases were reported in Bareilly, followed by one case each in Amethi and Barabanki. The state total of affected patients this season reached …
Five persons living on the campus of King George's Medical University, a student from a hostel of the Indian Institute of Management and a resident doctor at Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences are the latest victims of swine flu in the city. A total of 59 cases …
LUCKNOW: The swine flu tally for UP increased to 165 on Thursday with 24 new cases reported in various districts. Till now, 566 suspected cases of H1N1 have been screened in the state. Of all, Lucknow continues to be the worst hit with 18 new cases taking the district total …
Public suggestions on location to be sought Lucknow: Finally waking up to the need for well laid-out, hygienic toilets in public places across the city, Lucknow Development Authority has formulated a plan to construct more than 1000 modular toilets this year. The project would be particularly useful for women working …
Giving an all-clean signal to the poultry industry in Uttar Pradesh Government said in Vidhan Sabha on Tuesday that no trace of anti-biotics were found in the chicken sold in the open market of the state. “No trace of anti-biotocs have been found in the chicken being sold in UP,” …
The township is in Lucknow Realty major Ansal API has signed up technology majors IBM and Cisco for transforming its Sushant Golf City residential township into a smart city. "The smart city project has already started and it would be the first smart city in India, when completed," Ansal API …
LUCKNOW: More than 300 idols and only two pits for environment friendly disposal. State agencies lacked in preparations to prevent chemicals and non-biodegradable material from reaching the river during 'visarjan' this year. The conflicting versions from officials of district administration and nagar nigam further prove the point. After the nine …
This study deals with the effects of fireworks on the air quality over the major cities of India during the festival of light known as “Diwali”. The effects of firecrackers during the festival was assessed from the ambient concentrations of various air pollutants such as sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen dioxide …
Half of Lucknow gets unsafe drinking water as the Gomti has dangerous levels of sewage content. Though 25 pumping stations are used to divert untreated sewage to two sewage treatment plants at Daulatganj (56 MLD) and Bharwara (345 MLD), Gomti water remains impure. At the initiative of Lucknow MP Rajnath …
Every 5th Lucknowite Is At Risk: Study Almost 25% of all people who suffer heart attacks are below 45 years of age. And more than half of all these young patients die before reaching the hospital. This is in fact a global trend, and that’s why the theme for World …
Past Checks On Other Parameters One-third of Lucknow drinks water from the river Gomti but it has never been tested whether that water is fit for consumption. Now, a high court order will make the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board do so for the first time. On Tuesday, the high …
The high court has directed UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to collect sample of Gomti river's water and furnish the test report before it within a month. The court wants to know whether the water is fit for consumption. The matter will next be heard after a month. A division …
Known for its penchant for the cycle, which is also the Samajwadi Party’s election symbol, the Akhilesh government in Uttar Pradesh has now decided to develop Noida, Lucknow and Agra as cycle-friendly cities. According to an official statement issued late on Monday night, all future development in Noida and Greater …
After the TOI report on a study by Central Ground Water Board which confirmed presence of arsenic above permissible limits in several localities of the city , instead of focusing on ways to remove contamination in water, officials in Jal Nigam and Jal Sansthan are passing the buck on each …
Residents of the city may have benefited from better access to groundwater, but it has also given rise to the threat of arsenic poisoning. A study conducted by the Central Ground Water Board confirmed presence of arsenic above the prescribed Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) desirable limit (0.01mg/litre) in water …
Contamination Of Water Rings Alarm Bell An unexplained boil could be the beginning of a big problem for Brajendra Kumar who lives in an arsenic-affected Vishwas Khand area of Gomtinagar in the city. “It looks like keratosis or patching of skin that may be related to arsenic toxicity,“ said Dr …
