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 …
sanjib kumar roy Port Blair the andaman and Nicobar islands face a severe pollution threat from foreign trawlers that intrude into Indian waters and are apprehended by the country's security forces. The Indian Navy and the Coast Guards seize at least two such vessels every month. Most of these belong …
scientists at the Institute of Genomics and Integrated Biology (igib) in Delhi have developed a device for instant monitoring of organic pollution in wastewater. The Biochemical Oxygen Demand (bod) biosensor can analyse a sample and generate the results in less than 10 minutes, and that too, at the site itself. …
During 2000, the estimated quantity of solid waste generated in Delhi, India was more than 9000 tones per day. This is one of the biggest sources of environmental degradation in capital city of India. Since 1950's over 12 large landfill have been packed with all kinds of nonbiodegradable and toxic …
Brazil has won a major battle towards securing its right to produce nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. After months of struggle, it has reached a pact with the International Atomic Energy Agency (iaea), the un's nuclear watchdog, which would allow it enrich its own uranium at its Resende plant. Brazil …
Payback time: A West Virginia state judge approved on November 23, 2004, a US $70 million medical study to be conducted by chemical giant DuPont Company among nearly 80,000 people of two states who drank water contaminated with C8, a chemical used by DuPont to produce Teflon at its West …
agricultural workers are not only exposed to pesticides via inhalation, but also through the skin. Researchers of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, usa, and the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) have found that dermal exposure to chlorpyrifos, a widely used pesticide, contributes substantially to workers' total exposure. The …
After crushing a French environmentalist to death, a shipment of nuclear waste reached Germany's Gorleben storage site on November 9, 2004, despite strong protests. The rail convoy of 12 containers, heavily guarded by 11,000 German police, was forced to stop at several places in its route from La Hague reprocessing …
during a recent study, researchers from the us -based University of Illinois have found that adding a commonly found mineral in water contaminated by arsenic is a quick and cost-effective way to remove the toxic chemical. Water tainted by arsenic threatens the health of millions of people, mainly in Bangladesh …
The Centre For Scientific Research Trust (csr), Auroville, Pondicherry has pioneered the decentralised wastewater treatment system in India. Tency Baetens of this organisation speaks to R K Srinivasan What is the wastewater treatment system promoted by your organisation? csr promotes natural wastewater treatment. We are currently promoting the decentralised wastewater …
Reports of high mercury content in us waters have alarmed American Indians in Minnesota, among the biggest fish consumers. According to a recent report based on us Environmental Protection Agency data, 44 states, including Minnesota, have high levels of mercury in their waters. Earlier this year, the Minnesota Pollution Control …
in a move towards direct funding of Panchayati Raj Institutions (pris) by the Union government, the 12th Finance Commission (fc) has decided to recommend allocating one per cent of the divisible pool of central taxes and duties for pris. This is the first time pris will share the central tax …
the Andhra Pradesh government has introduced new measures to check over-exploitation of groundwater resources. The Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002 (walta), which was amended in August 2004 and came into force recently, regulates the drilling of borewells for irrigation purposes. The drying of borewells was a major …
dangerous levels of toxic chemicals have been detected in the ambient air in and around Tamil Nadu's Cuddalore industrial estate. Residents of the area have constantly complained about widespread air and water pollution and related health problems, particularly among children. The industrial area comprises several chemicals manufacturing units. Residents in …
The us embassy in Indonesia is facing flak from environmentalists for defending the Denver-based mining company Newmont, which has been charged with dumping carcinogenic waste in Indonesia's waters. Residents of Indonesia's coastal villages, Buyat and Ratatotok, have sued Newmont, the world's largest gold producer, for dumping mine waste containing arsenic …
Another controversy dedicated to Viagra! Pharmaceutical major Pfizer Inc. has decided to battle China's decision to revoke its patent on the product Viagra, granted in 2001. The patent was annulled in July 2004 on the ground that Pfizer had not provided full information about the product. Earlier, some Chinese drug …
the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (imf) have rejected a proposal by the uk to increase debt relief to Africa for helping it achieve its Millennium Development Goal (mdg) targets. At the annual meeting of the two bodies on October 2, 2004, Gordon Brown, uk's chancellor of the …
saving the act: The prime minister's office (PMO) has issued a directive that Union cabinet proposals having a bearing on decentralisation will have to be cleared by the newly-formed ministry of panchayati raj affairs, along with other ministries concerned. This is to ensure that ministries do not make parallel implementation …
scientists have developed a technique to increase the shelf-life of apples to eight months. Normally, apples remain unspoilt for four-five months when cold-stored at about 4
The government of Afghanistan and the United Nations have launched an emergency appeal to combat drought in the region. According to the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, US $71.3 million is required to combat the drought. Despite emergency assistance, more than six million people continue to go without food. …
