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 …
membrane technology is today considered the best option for treating effluent. Yet it has its own problems. The membranes used as filters have limited life and frequently get clogged with the residue and have to be
The petition filed by Dr. W K Parab of Teleigao, complaining about the nuisance caused by the discharge of sewage into the St Inez nullah will come up before the Panjim bench of the Bombay High Court next week. The petitioner claims that due to the sewage being discharged into …
Did you think that chocolates are safe for your child? Think again. Chocolate firms are under scrutiny in California. Recently, the American Environmental Safety Institute, an environmental group, sued chocolate companies including Hershey and Mars for not disclosing the amount of toxic metals such as lead in their products, as …
Big No To Chips Greens are protesting against the use of native tree species to make wood chips. Recently, Greenpeace activists chained themselves to a Japanese ship docked in Chile to express their resentment. The protesters aimed to prevent the ship from loading 42,000 cubic metres of wood chips made …
new Zealand's four unique frog species are under threat. A notorious toxic fungus called chytrid, blamed for decimating amphibian populations around the world has been found in the country. The four native frog species are living fossil frogs, believed to be more than 200 million years old, morphologically older than …
Scientists from the US-based Princeton University have developed biosensors that can provide electrical measurements for individual living cells. The cells pass through a small fluid chamber in between two electrodes and in the process change the capacitance of the biosensors. The development could provide researchers with valuable aid in identifying …
Houses and roads near a coal mine can collapse without warning. A landmark decision of the US district court in Columbia has therefore prohibited coal mining companies from collapsing the surface of land over their mines. The SC noted that underground mines can cause the land surface to sink which …
The farmers of the Bheema basin near Bijapur in Karnataka are in a jubilant mood. They have reasons to be happy. The Supreme Court recently admitted a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking to ensure supply of drinking water around the year. The court issued notices to the state government, Union …
Safe Shrimps Antibiotics are good in medicines but not in shrimps. The government insists "there is no trace of the antibiotic nitrofuran in its shrimp exports to the European Union (eu).' This announcement came after the eu decided to test shrimp from Vietnam, Myanmar and Thailand for illegal chemicals. The …
The Poor Will Decide: Future business growth depends on the poor. Successful companies tomorrow will be those that will bring these people, currently on the sidelines of the global economy into the mainstream. Such corporates must focus on social and environmental values today. "These values will create major new opportunities …
a springy plastic wire that changes shape at the flick of a switch can become an answer to the woes of stroke patients. Cerebral arteries clogged by blood clots cause most strokes. At present, surgeons remove these clots by using drugs that dissolve the clots. But the risk of these …
it is a proud moment for India. In a landmark decision by World Health Organisation (who), an Indian company, Cipla, has been added to the list of multinational companies as an approved supplier of aids drugs. Reacting to the decision, Y K Mamied of Cipla said, "This is the first …
california is caught between a rock and a hard place. On the one hand, its water association is demanding that the plan to phase out the use of the oxygenate mtbe (methyl tertiary butyl ether) in gasoline be enforced as per the schedule (by the end of 2002). On the …
Oil tankers or production companies responsible for oil spills in Nigeria's territorial waters could face a fine of up to us $176 million. This was announced by transport minister Ojo Maduekwe at a news conference recently. "This action is taken in our vital national interest to safeguard the nation from …
The Nepal government is set to launch a new drug policy. This was revealed by minister of health Sarad Singh Bhandari. The policy would make the use of indigenous pharmaceutical products compulsory in the country. Bhandari said that the community drug scheme (CDS) would be started to promote the use …
Up in arms against a proposal of the US department of energy to abandon radioactive waste buried in storage tanks, environmentalists have filed a lawsuit against the department in the US district court in Boise. They have alleged that the toxic waste would contaminate water resources. The tanks, buried at …
The Kanazawa district court in Japan ordered the government to pay about US $6.1 million in compensation to local residents seeking damages over noise from the Air Self-Defence Force (ASDF) Komatsu base in Ishikawa Prefecture. Even though the court rejected the plaintiffs' request for restriction of flights at the base …
More than 50 melon-headed whales were found washed ashore and dead on a beach to the northeast of Tokyo, even as rescuers were striving to save 32 more by releasing them into the sea in a nearby port. The carcasses of the whales are being examined. "They may have got …
To harness its vast herbal wealth, Brazil has embarked upon mapping the huge untapped potential of its medicinal plants. An environmental agency of Brazil said it had created the country's first ever database and research centre for medicinal plants. The agency revealed that Brazil has catalogued 300 medicinal plant species, …
