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 …
The Nepalese government has recently signed the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which is an international framework that has been set up to regulate the trade in genetically modified (GM) products. The protocol among other provisions stipulates that all GM food products must provide adequate information regarding its ingredients (see: Down …
the Madhya Pradesh government would like to forget it. The residents of Dewas district, however, will remember it for the rest of their lives. Four people were killed in a confrontation between the administration and the tribal people at Mehendikheda village, about 100 km from the district headquarters of Dewas, …
instead of people digging and dumping waste, an army of microorganisms could soon be cleaning up more than 200,000 hectares of contaminated industrial sites in the uk . The uk government has launched a us $21.4 million research program, which will use microorganisms and bacteria to reverse the damage done …
River Swat of Pakistan has been contaminated to such an extent that its waters are now unfit for drinking or for irrigation purposes. The North West Frontier Province government had formed a River Protection Cell in 1994 to protect Swat. But the cell has failed to achieve its objectives. Officials …
Despite the shortcomings of the Neeru Meeru (water and you) programme reflected during its first and second phase, the Andhra Pradesh chief minister, Chandrababu Naidu, has decided to launch the third phase of the programme from May 2001, with a new name
In an unprecedented judgement, a Canadian federal court has directed a farmer to pay US $85,000 to the biotech giant Monsanto for violating the company's patent over genetically modified (GM) canola seed. According to a Canadian patent law, it is illegal to reuse Monsanto's GM seed without signing a licensing …
Emissions from incinerators on the Thai resort islands of Phuket and Koh Samui are affecting human health, alleges Greenpeace, an international pressure group. The emission levels of toxic chemicals by these incinerators is about 15-40 times higher than the legal limits in Japan and Europe, the group said. The health …
China's premier protected reserve for the giant panda is degrading faster than the rest of its habitat. Attempts to protect the giant panda are proving counter-productive. A new study finds that destruction of the panda habitat inside the Wolong reserve in Sichuan is happening four times faster than before the …
leather that weathers,' is a catchline of a well-known shoe brand. What is not mentioned is that it also decays and contaminates the soil and water. In the process of making leather products
The deadlock in the construction of Syedabad water treatment plant in Dhaka, the capital city of Bangladesh, has led to large-scale river and environmental pollution in the suburbs of the city. The deadlock is a result of the non-availability of funds that were to be given by the World Bank, …
a move to solve one problem, is creating another one for the Andhra Pradesh government. The Supreme Court had ordered the state governments to dispose off effluents without contaminating any waterbody. To implement this order, the Andhra Pradesh government has recently decided to lay a pipeline that would connect Hyderabad's …
About half of Cameroon's rural population and some 42 per cent of urban residents have no access to potable water, according to the country's ministry of mines, water and power. "Waterborne diseases such as amoebic infections, typhoid fever and malaria are common as people are forced to drink the contaminated …
In Dihra, a small village 28 km southwest of Bihar 's capital Patna, was facing water shortage. The canal that brings water from Sone canal river failed to meet their irrigation demands. Led by four young people, the village decided to construct the ahar-pyne system of water harvesting. A pyne …
a new process, devised by researchers at the us department of energy has made it commercially viable to recover a valuable rare-earth element from tons of stockpiled magnetic scrap. They have refined high-energy neodymium-iron-boron magnets, which are used extensively in automotive, consumer electronics and biomedical applications. The superior performance of …
Scientists from Imperial Collegeukhave come out with the first observed evidence of increase in greenhouse effect on Earth between 1970 and 1997. Previous studies in this area have depended on theoretical simulations because of lack of data. Howeverthe researchers at the Imperial College reached their conclusions after analysing data collected …
Unlike sub-Saharan African countries, Brazil will not get discounts on two Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (aids) drugs that us-based Merck and Co Incorporation is planning to offer. "The discount on crixivan and stocrin is not applicable to Brazil,' said Marcos Levy, director of corporate affairs at Merck's Brazil unit. Responding …
The Assam Pollution Control Board (apcb) has served a closure notice to the Digboi authorities for releasing highly toxic effluents, including oil and grease, into waterbodies. According to an official of the apcb, untreated effluents from the refinery is causing extensive damage to agricultural fields and forests. In response, the …
