Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Salboni Apartment Owner’s Association Vs State of West Bengal & Others dated 15/05/2025. The matter related to restoration of the Salboni Jheel, Kolkata, West Bengal. The NGT directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board to place …
a homoeopathic drug may offer a ray of hope to arsenic victims. An Indian study claims that Arsenicum Album-30 can help remove arsenic from the body. But allopathic doctors stressed the need for a more rigorous trial. The study was conducted by a team of researchers from West Bengal's University …
a team of scientists from West Bengal has found a microbe that could help treat fluoride-contaminated water, the chief cause for fluorosis. "After laboratory culture of three bacteria culled from fluoride-affected areas from Birbhum district of West Bengal, we have isolated a strain of Streptococcus species that could remove fluoride …
The Sunderbans are perhaps the last true wild frontier of the Indian Subcontinent and conflict between man and animal is quite common. On the initiative both of the Field Director of the Tiger Reserve and WWF India West Bengal State Office several local youth, who before mostly had been poachers, …
Bhoomi, Karnataka: computerised 20 million records and fully implemented in all 177 talukas Tamil Nilam, Tamil Nadu: covers 206 talukas and provides additional services of birth/death certificate, old age pension particulars, etc. e-Dharni, Goa: computerised and digitalised and records Bhuyan, Chhattisgarh: fully implemented in 98 tehsils Apna Khata, Rajasthan: implemented …
This article gives an idea of the benefits accruing to landowners by the computerization of land records in West Bengal. Though a lot of work has been done, there still are deficiencies in the system, which need to be addressed so as to make this programme useful at large.
The case of the effort to build a small dam in Bhulaveda in Paschim Midnapur district of West Bengal shows that in struggles between government agencies and local self-government, the losers are often the villagers themselves.
The fresh leaves of betel vine are popularly known as Paan in India, which are consumed by about 15-20 million people in the country. It is cultivated following the traditional methods in India on about 55,000 ha with an annual production worth about Rs 9000 million. On an average about …
The paediatrician's word is most often good advertisement for baby food manufacturers. But when paediatricians' associations in many parts of the country passed a resolution prohibiting their members from vouching baby food products, Nestl
During the last two decades there has been a regular phenomenon of elephant herds migrating into new habitats and therefore it has become an important issue for managing the population of wild elephants in India. Since 1987, a group of 40-60 elephants has been migrating from Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary of …
a software has been designed to check the air pollution caused by plants manufacturing sponge iron. Known as the Environmental Compliance Monitoring and Control System (ecmcs), the software will monitor the functioning of electrostatic precipitator (esp), the main air pollution control device in sponge iron units. In case of improper …
efforts to remove arsenic from drinking water in West Bengal are failing, as per a study by Dipankar Chakraborti, head of the School of Environmental Studies, Jadavpur University, Kolkata. Chakraborti's team monitored 18 arsenic-removal plants in West Bengal over a two-year period. These plants have been made by 11 different …
A Rojgar Adhikar Yatra (a journey for employment rights), through some of the 150 districts where the National Food for Work Programme (nfwp) is underway, has found that rampant corruption afflicts the programme. The findings are significant because the nfwp is touted as the forerunner to a comprehensive employment guarantee …
Once touted as a symbol of West Bengal's industrial resurgence, the mini sponge iron plants in Durgapur and adjoining panchayat areas of Burdwan district are now being blamed for pushing the region "closer to a major industrial disaster'. Most of these plants, which blithely disregard pollution control and labour laws, …
long hours of daylight enhance fertility of female adult Catla catla, a major freshwater Indian carp, claim researchers from West Bengal's Visva-Bharati University. They found exposing the fish to long photoperiods during the pre-spawning phase (April-May) increased the activity of vital chemicals and steroid enzymes known to aid ovarian growth. …
Madhab Baru is a worried man. His livestock keep falling ill these days. The cows pass black dung and the goats, especially the kids, suffer from diarrhoea. It's the black dust from the factory across the road, says the small time farmer of Harirampur, a remote village in West Bengal's …
an international study suggests cholera epidemics may end due to prolific growth of viruses called cholera phages that eat the disease-causing bugs. The study was conducted by scientists from Kolkata-based National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases, Dhaka-based International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research and Harvard Medical School in Boston, …
sponge- iron units have mushroomed in West Bengal since the turn of the century. Lack of space in urban industrial estates has pushed them into rural areas. The state government has been flaunting the units as a sign of industrialisation and development. But Harirampur village in Bankura district shows the …
researchers at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology in Kolkata have found discarded human placenta can help fight secondary infections caused by bacteria and fungi during protracted wounds. The placenta is a vascular (having vessels or ducts) organ formed during pregnancy to convey nutrition to the foetus. It is expelled …
