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 …
Falciparum malaria increases the risk for bacteraemia, whereas the relationship between vivax malaria and bacteraemia is not clear. Data from a prospective fever surveillance study in Kolkata, India were reanalysed for the potential association between Plasmodium vivax malaria and bacteraemia.
New Delhi: Delhi has the lowest proportion of working women in any major Indian city, analysis of newly released Census data confirms. Kolkata and Mumbai have nearly double the proportion of working women as the capital, and southern cities including Coimbatore and Bengaluru are at the highest end of the …
Mangoes ripened by using chemicals sold in local markets of Janakpur have started making people ill. Doctors have warned that consuming mangoes that have been ripened with ‘carbide’ causes stomach problems and affects overall health. Carbides make mangoes ripe within 24 hours, thereby reducing the ripening time, which also means …
Industries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans, home to 40 lakh people and the Royal Bengal Tiger, a latest study says. The research, conducted by a group of scientists from Calcutta University and Techno India University, says there …
Plastic waste generation is no longer a problem confined to metro cities. Even tier two cities like Indore and Bhopal are generating mounds of plastic in industrial, residential and even slum areas. This is a rather common sight in Indore. As a result, the city has achieved the distinction of …
Says these cities are very vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to sea level rise and coastal flooding Rising sea levels due to climate change are threatening the survival of big cities located near coastal areas like Kolkata, Shanghai and Dhaka, said Dr R K Pachauri, chairperson of …
We are sitting on a plastic time bomb,” the Supreme Court said on Wednesday after the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) informed it that India generates 56 lakh tonnes of plastic waste annually, with Delhi accounting for a staggering 690 tonnes a day. “Total plastic waste which is collected and …
The Supreme Court Wednesday described the "frightening" quantity of undisposed and ubiquitously strewn plastic waste as a "time bomb," while expressing deep concerns if municipal authorities across the country were acting efficiently on waste disposal plans. "We are sitting on a time bomb waiting to explode. Uncollected plastic waste is …
60 cities found to generate staggering 3,501 tonnes a day The Supreme Court today directed all major municipal corporations across the country to file status reports on their management of hazardous plastic waste estimated at a staggering 3,501 tonnes a day in just 60 cities. A Bench comprising Justices GS …
PUNE: The much-delayed Pune metro rail project got a funding of Rs 10.01 crore in the Union Budget on Thursday. The Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad municipal corporations, that have proposed the project in association with the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, have already made provisions in their respective budgets for the year …
Increase in the number of multidrug resistant pathogens and the accompanied rise in case fatality rates has hampered the treatment of many infectious diseases including cholera. Unraveling the mechanisms responsible for multidrug resistance in the clinical isolates of Vibrio cholerae would help in understanding evolution of these pathogenic bacteria and …
Hearing a PIL, the Calcutta High Court on Monday inquired about the figures of public transport which were 15 years old, banned by the transport department. The division bench headed by Chief Justice Arun Mishra also asked the state to give details about the figures of autos which have been …
From the active surveillance of diarrheal disease at the Infectious Diseases Hospital, Kolkata, 3826 stool specimens collected during 2008–2011 were screened for DEC and other enteric pathogens. PCR was used in the detection of enterotoxigenic, enteropathogenic and enteroaggregative E. coli and 10 major colonization factor antigens (CFs) of enterotoxigenic E. …
After getting overwhelming response from the private sector in major rail infrastructure public private partnership (PPP) projects, Indian railways is now eyeing to attract an investment of around R1,000 crore from private sector for building toilets at 600 railway stations under PPP mode. The much-needed step to provide basic amenity …
Some months ago, a woman was caught with a tiger cub in her bag at the Bangkok Airport. She had put the sedated cub in her bag along with a few stuffed toy tigers. However, airport staff spotted the cub when the bag went under the scanner and booked her. …
A centre of excellence specialising in reading space weather conditions to help air traffic on polar routes would come up here by the middle of this year, the first of its kind in the country. “It will be a centre of excellence in space sciences. The centre’s main thrust will …
The city experienced its coldest day in 16 years on Wednesday as the mercury dipped to 9 degree Celsius, five degrees below normal. “The minimum temperature will hover around 9 degree C for the next 48 hours. It is not likely to fall any further,” said Director of the Regional …
The population of India is extremely diverse comprising of more than 3,000 ethnic groups who still follow endogamy. Haemoglobinopathies are the commonest hereditary disorders in India and pose a major health problem. The data on the prevalence of β-thalassemias and other haemoglobinopathies in different caste/ethnic groups of India is scarce. …
When an acrid blanket of gray smog settled over India’s capital last month, environmentalists warned of health hazards, India’s Supreme Court promised action and state officials struggled to understand why the air had suddenly gone so bad. The heavy smog has dissipated for the moment, but it has left behind …
Amid sluggish growth, new job creation during January-December 15 this year fell by over 21% to 5.3 lakh jobs in the country, according to report by industry body Assocham. “Job generation saw a decline of over 21% in the new job generation in various sectors of the economy between January …
