Tata Metaliks rose 1.06% to Rs 611 at 11:51 IST on BSE after the company said it received environmental clearance for increasing production at its existing facility in Kharagpur, West Bengal. The announcement was made after trading hours yesterday, 30 January 2019. Meanwhile, the S&P; BSE Sensex was up 405.03 …
KOLKATA: The Left Front government in West Bengal is likely to be more circumspect in acquiring land for industries and infrastructure development projects, in the light of the Lok Sabha election debacle. The Cabinet, which met on Thursday for the first time after the results were declared, decided to set …
A protein released by the silkworm can make bones the importance of the silkworm has increased. It can not only produce silk but also prevent bone loss in people undergoing hormonal therapy for breast, prostate and malignant bone cancers. Silkworm proteins, called fibroins, are extensively used to make medical sutures …
With iron oxide nanoparticles The millions of arsenic victims living in Bangladesh and India have another option for obtaining clean drinking water. Finely divided iron oxide nanoparticles (ionps) can remove arsenic from contaminated water. Iron-containing compounds have been used in purifying groundwater. By the property of adsorption, arsenic can bind …
Untreated sewage water for irrigation affects soil untreated sewage water-fed farming is considered cost-effective. But this solution comes at a cost. Such sewage water contains heavy metals that harm the soil fertility. A study showed that the heavy metals affect soil in two ways. One, they hinder the activities of …
Here is some good news for the flood victims. They need not consume polluted water as they used to for days together when their drinking water sources remained submerged in floods. The scientists of the mining engineering department of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, have developed a water filter …
a research team has stumbled upon a bug that feasts on arsenic. Present in the root nodules of black gram, the bacteria increases soil fertility and fixes nitrogen. It could be an effective way of bioremediation of arsenic from contaminated soil, says a team of researchers from iit Kharagpur and …
Long-term impacts of drinking chlorinated water on the incidence of cancers and miscarriages were assessed in a population-based cross sectional study conducted in the two campus communities of IIT Kanpur (IITK) and IIT Kharagpur (IITKgp). IITK has been using untreated groundwater since the community was established in 1963, while IITKgp …
sericin, a by-product of silk, may now find use in skin care products that protect from ultraviolet (uv) rays. A study revealed the protein protects the outermost layer of skin from uv rays. Sericin halts death of skin cells initiated by uv-b ray. Exposure to uv-b burns the outer layer …
: Ignoring the state finance minister's suggestion to increase state forest coverage to 33 per cent from the existing 27 per cent earlier this month, a CPI-M-run Bural gram panchayat in Sabang block in Midnapore West has aimed to increase their revenue by felling trees reared by a group of …
Weekly variations in free and total chlorine residuals and their impact on microbial concentrations were monitored for the IIT Kharagpur water supply to determine possible correlations between heterotrophic bacterial density, total and faecal coliform density, and total and free chlorine residuals.
