Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
POPULATION control has just got its first big success in permanent contraception for men - an injection full of the male hormone, testosterone. This contraceptive, after worldwide trials on 399 couples for a two-and-a-half -year period is proving to be as reliable as birth control pills for women, said scientists …
DISEASES Once considered eradicated seem to have made an alarming reappearance across countries in Europe, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). At a recent conference organised by the world health body in London, UK, its officials have sought a us $20 million assistance to control cholera, diptheria and sexually …
WITH air pollution a serious cause for concern in European countries, the European Union (Eu) environment ministers agreed early March to curb diesel fuel emissions all over Europe. Diesel emissions let loose nitrogen oxide, known to cause acid rain and also diesel particles, a few of which have been found …
SINCE early 1995, there have been parleys about "new aims" for the Framework. Convention on Climate Change (FCCC). In this regard, the third session of the Ad Hoc Group on the Berlin Mandate (AGBM-3-) was held in Geneva from March 5-8. It discussed alternatives that challenge the Alliance of Small …
Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies were deter mined in peripheral lymphocytes from traffic policemen drawn from various busy traffic points of Madras metro in India. These policemen were under constant exposure to automobile exhaust pollution during their 8 h work schedule. Analysis of SCE frequencies revealed a sig nificantly greater …
AS FAR as statistical particulars go, the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (w-ipo), has come up with an interesting detail. It received its 250,000th international application for a patent early last month, under the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT). The applicant reportedly belongs to the us and the …
Aquaculture has spelt success for the tiny island of Chilo6, off the coast of southern Chile. Such has been the boom that Chile ig now the world's second-largest salmon producer after Norway. Chilotes, as people of the island are called, have learnt to resource their earnings from the lakes and …
WITH the air in France turning out to be a potential killer, the government has decided to develop 'green pqtrol' by AD 2000. The bio-fuel will contain organic elements such as diester, derived from rapeseed, and ethanol, -extracted fr 'or beetroot. The bio-fuel canreportedly reduce the emission of pollutants like …
The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) is on a massive public aware- ness campaign against pollution, especially in urban areas. A new addition to its strategy is an electronic signboard (LED display panel) which highlights air pollution at a busy traffic crossing near ITO, New Delhi. The panel, perched atop …
The fight to control the hibiscus mealy bug which has attacked sugarcane, coffee and cocoa crops in many Latin' Carribean countries, seems to he a losing one. Reportedly, the pest has spread to other areas causing more havoc. Methods to contain the spread has i@Lcliided the use of the Chinese …
The world's most polluted metropolis, Mexico City, had to perforce observe a smog emergency for three days in the last week of January after ozone levels shot up to 269 points - 19 points higher than the safe leveL In spite of clear skies, the smog levels remained high. While …
PHYSICISTS have created the first atoms of antimatter, giving scientists a glimpse of what they say could be a "completely new anti-world". This historical achievement was announced on January 4, after months of careful checking of data. According to scientists, it is quite possible that the universe could contain stars …
IN A significant move, California is backing away from an earlier mandate which required that within two years, two per cent of the state's cars be electrically powered, says a recent report in the New York Times. The move raises questions about similar mandates in New York and Massachusetts which …
THE Onges, a minor tribal community comprising of about 100 members, residing in the Little Andamans - one of the 300-odd islands in the Andaman and Nicobar island group - may soon emerge as the messiah for the steadily swelling ranks of malaria victims in the country and the world. …
There is growing evidence that the recent outbreak of the malaria (plasmodium falciparum) epidemic in Calcutta is related to the clogged drainage system of the city. And this is because the state government has been reclaiming the East Calcutta Wetlands since the '60s. Some citizens, at the initiative of the …
THE giant of the automobile industry in states - the General Motors has been caught red- sav the triumphant tal Protection Agency (EPA) w the us. The company had an emission control device in Cadillac luxury cars, which tbt vehicles to emit illegal of carbon dioxide. A suit was t …
Living in Delhi these days is a toxic experience. The water is 'filthy. The air is foul. Everybody knows all that but nobody does much. A few weeks ago, I had a chance to address a group of medical scientists at a local medical college, one which serves a relatively …
