The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
Call to revive groundwater bodies. The packaged water industry is growing at 40% a year and Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh account for half the industry. Bangalore, June 30 Overexploitation of ground water mainly by packaged water companies and the borewell segment may push the country to the brink …
CHENNAI: Officials of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) on Monday conducted a raid on a packaged drinking water unit in Arumbakkam to check the misuse of ISI mark. According to a press release substantial quantities of spuriously ISI marked materials were seized at Aqua Deepack Industries, 19, Sri Sakthi …
Ahmedabad companies found selling contaminated drinking water bottled water in Ahmedabad may not be safe. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has found faecal bacteria in samples of water from three bottling plants last month. No action has been taken against the erring firms yet. The corporation carried out tests on 23 …
Jipson Sikhera KOCHI: The summer is on and the sale of bottled drinking water has gone up drastically. But are we really buying drinking water which has undergone stringent quality tests? While a large number of brands are available in the market with BIS certification, only a few adhere to …
CHENNAI: A team of officials from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Chennai, conducted a raid in Choolaimedu on Tuesday to check the misuse of ISI mark on packaged drinking water. According to a press release, substantial quantities of fake ISI-marked packaged drinking water in 20-litre pet jars were seized …
AHMEDABAD: High level of contamination in form of e-coli bacterium was found in the samples from units bottling water and licensed by Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) to use the ISI mark. Of the 23 samples tested by Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) after a TOI expose, three brands tested positive …
Standards in six months likely THE Bureau of Energy Efficiency (bee) is preparing new labeling standards for cfls (compact fluorescent lamps) based on light output. Like other consumer electronics such as refrigerators, air-conditioners and fans, cfls would also be given star ratings
AHMEDABAD: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) served closure notices to at least three major companies selling bottled water in residential and commercial neighbourhoods in the city after they failed tests for purity. These companies held licences issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). AMC has asked BIS to cancel their …
AMC serves losure noticesto' major companies Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) served closure notices to at least three major companies selling bottled water in residential and commercial neighbourhoods in the city after they failed tests for purity. These companies held licences issued by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS). AMC …
Ahmedabad : Who is responsible and accountable to the unsuspecting consumers being fooled by racketeers who are peddling illegally ISI marked packaged drinking water'? Is it Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) who issues ISI license for packaged drinking water plants if they comply with the prescribed standards. Or is it …
Rahul Mangaonkar & Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: If racketeers bottling water containing harmful microbial organisms in appalling conditions and peddling it as an ISI marked product were posing a grave risk to public life, licensed '1ST manufacturers fare no better. "Getting licence for bottling and selling packaged drinking water …
Ahmedabad: Who is responsible and accountable to the unsuspecting consumers being fooled by racketeers who are peddling illegally ISI marked 'packaged drinking water? Is it Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) who issues ISI license for packaged drinking water plants if they comply with the prescribed standards? Or is it the …
Action After TOI Expose On Bottled Water Scam Team TOI Ahmedabad: Several agencies swung into action on Monday after the TOI expose on the bottled water racket and how it posed a health risk on the users. Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), which raided one such illegal bottling plant in …
Rahul Mangaonkar & Paul John | TNN Ahmedabad: So you don't feel a threat from the needles which are causing a hepatitis epidemic? Listen, that 'trusted' ISI mark on your 20-litre jar of so-called "ozonised mineral drinking water" could be fake! This warning comes from Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) …
New Delhi: Setting a standard for biodegradable plastic bags for the first time, the Central Pollution Control Board has laid down specifications for such bags in the Capital. Now, these bags have to be compostable and prescribe to the Bureau of Indian Standard of IS/ISO 17088:2008 for them. In a …
This base working paper on the strategy and action plan for ensuring safety of milk and milk products covers three goals: Assessment of food legislation at national level
the Department of Drinking Water Supply (ddws) on July 20 invited private standalone water purifying companies to showcase latest technologies and equipment. The government wants to install 30,000 water purifying systems in rural schools to provide children with safe drinking water. About 84,000 schools in rural India do not have …
Seminar focusses on technologies for processing drinking water CHENNAI: At a seminar conducted on packaged drinking water here on Saturday, officials from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) underscored the need for adhering to good manufacturing practices. The seminar, primarily meant for manufacturers, focussed on methods to deal with microbial …
By Prabuddh Banerjee Despite tall claims by producers of water purifiers, most of them fail to ensure safe drinking water for the household. Our drinking water is supposed to deliver essential nutrients and minerals needed for healthy life. It should help maintain acidic levels in our body and natural streams …
Pune, July 20 The Indian Society of Lighting Engineers (ISLE) in association with MIT Lighting Research Academy and CIRT. held a national workshop on street Lighting at CIRT Bhosari The workshop was held to discuss various aspects of street lighting and suggest effective solutions for the benefit of the public …
