Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Navi Mumbai: Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) closed a third polluting unit in Trans Thane Creek (TTC) area last Saturday. Koparkhairane locals residing close to the Khairane nullah complained that chemical effluents were being released into the water. This also led to foul odour in the area and caused breathing …
KOLKATA: For several years now, pollution in Indian cities has reached levels that are genuinely hazardous, with the situation this year being particularly dire. Worse, barring the well-intentioned - if eventually ineffective - odd-even initiative, little by way of serious policy action is being contemplated, let alone acted upon. As …
KOLKATA: The jury is still out on whether the city stuck to sound norms this Diwali but a survey conducted by ENT specialists revealed that the bursting of firecrackers led to a 27% rise in tinnitus, or temporary deafness, this festive season. The survey — After-effects of Sound Pollution Caused …
With the festival of lights becoming more about sound and smoke, people are fretting over the severely deteriorated air quality. Pollution level skyrocketed in the Diwali week and anti-pollution masks are in demand. While air purifiers and masks might help the humans and pets and strays are often helped by …
Insulin resistance (IR) is present long before the onset of type 2 diabetes and results not only from inherited and lifestyle factors but also likely from environmental conditions. We investigated the association between modeled long-term exposure to air pollution at residence and biomarkers related to IR, subclinical inflammation, and adipokines. …
Jaipur: When the entire city is immersed in celebrations, a group of animal rights activist is working overtime rescuing animals suffered due to burn injuries and exposed to high-decibel sounds. The activist has expressed aghast over receiving animals which were targeted with the crackers. TOI catch up with Dr Vikas …
MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Wednesday issued notices for contempt of court to two assistant commissioners of police of Borivli division and Ulhasnagar for not taking action on "specific complaints" of noise during recent festivals. A bench of Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Amjad Sayed noted that these officers …
MUMBAI: India's commerce ministry has hit back at reports by environmental lobby groups which have blamed the production methods of Indian drug companies as one of the main reasons for the rise of super bugs, or drug resistant bacteria. The Pharmaceuticals Export Council of India (Pharmexcil) set up by the …
Assam has highest number of incidents of environment-related offences among all north-eastern states, and it also figures among the top eight states across the country in this regard. As per latest data from the National Crime records Bureau (NCRB), the State recorded a total of 105 environment-related offences during 2015. …
They are cheap and bright, but are very often dangerous. Many Chinese-made firecrackers use the highly unstable chemical potassium chlorate — which is the main reason they are banned in India. Three days before Diwali, the heat is on Chinese fireworks. The Delhi government has put together 11 special teams …
NEW DELHI: Residents living in the vicinity of Mandoli in northeast Delhi can hope to breathe easy in the months ahead. The Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has informed the Public Grievances Commission that a crackdown has been launched on polluting industries functioning illegally in the redevelopment area of Mandoli, …
A year after the Delhi government said it was considering stricter norms for noise pollution from firecrackers, the proposal seems to have been forgotten. West Bengal had banned firecrackers that emitted sound more than 90 decibels — the country-wide norm is 125 db. Anything above 70 db is considered unsafe …
Citing concerns over the impact on the World Heritage Site in Sundarbans, including on the Royal Bengal Tiger, the United Nations (UN) has recommended Bangladesh to scrap the proposed 1,320MW thermal power plant in Rampal, and consider another location. The power plant, named the Maitree Super Thermal Power Project, is …
VASCO: The locals from Vasco have raised serious concerns over the environmental pollution created by the hot bitumen mix plant located next to Dabolim airport and in the vicinity of Shantinagar residential area. Locals have demanded that the plant should be shifted away from residential area to some industrial estate …
THRISSUR: Residents of Cheruvathery near Avinissery began an indefinite strike in front of district collectorate on Wednesday seeking action against a gold jewellery manufacturing unit here alleging that the acidic effluent from the company had polluted the wells in the neighbourhood. "We approached the pollution control board, the district collector, …
BENGALURU: The Karnataka high court on Tuesday ordered notice to both the state and central government in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking for a ban on pressure horns and defective silencers in all kinds of vehicles. A division bench headed by Chief Justice Subhro Kamal Mukherjee also …
Despite the government’s orders to brick kilns, cement factories and stone crushers to adhere to pollution norms, many have ignored the stipulations, inviting the government’s ire. Officials of the State Pollution Control Board (SPCB) of Jammu divisions have submitted a compliance report to the Regional Director and are awaiting orders …
CUTTACK: Crackers creating noise above 125 decibel will be strictly banned in Cuttack this Diwali. Police have decided to enforce a complete ban on sale of crackers causing noise pollution in the city. "License will be issued to cracker traders on the condition that they will not sell fire crackers …
BHOPAL: After Chinese crackers and lights whose sale have been banned by some districts in the state, it is the turn for Chinese threads (manja) used for kite flying. Panna district administration has banned use of Chinese threads that are made of plastic and synthetic material. The ban will come …
The country's existing busy airports will now have to follow stricter noise pollution norms and airport operators will have to model noise for upcoming airports. The Union Ministry for Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has come out with draft noise standards for airports, reducing the existing threshold for noise …
