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 government of Assam seems to have finally woken up to growing vehicular pollution in the state. In a major policy decision, the government has decided to issue licenses to private parties to open auto-emission testing centres all over the state. According to the transport department, the number of checking …
Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose of the Calcutta high court has vacated the interim order of status quo with regard to the National Thermal Power Corporation's (ntpc) Talcher Project. National Vickers Babock Employees' Union, through a writ petition, challenged the issue of the tender for the project by ntpc in favour …
about 12 villages around the Unnao district of Uttar Pradesh have been affected by fluoride contamination in the water. Consumption of the contaminated water has resulted in bone deformities among villagers; at least one member of every family in these villages is afflicted. A water survey conducted by the Uttar …
A research team based at Technion-Israel Institute of Technology has reported the development of a new class of batteries that have greater capacity, a faster discharge rate and are rechargeable. The difference is in the cathode, which is made from unusual iron-based molecules known as iron (VI) or "super-iron' compounds …
The Delhi high court has allowed two associations of medical practitioners who do not follow allopathy to become party to a petition seeking a ban on quacks in the capital. The two associations mainly represent doctors practising Ayurved, Unani, and other traditional Indian systems of medicine. The associations claimed that …
aids is on the increase among students living in Mumbai, especially in Navi Mumbai area. Experts and doctors say the incidence of aids has risen to alarming levels in recent times. At the Mahatma Gandhi Mission (mgm) Hospital, the city's only aids centre, 761 new cases of hiv were reported …
lapodia is a small village of some 189 families in the Dudu block of Jaipur district in Rajasthan. Located in a semi-arid area, the residents of Lapodia are primarily agro-pastoralists, and their livestock subsists on the pastures in the neighbouring areas. In the past four-five years, the people of this …
four villages in the Khurda tehsil in Orissa , are facing a severe drinking water crisis. The water, according to reports, contains toxins. The residents of Singpur, Balasing, Balasinghpatna and Pallibalasingh are struggling against the onslaught of a number of diseases but the state government is yet to take corrective …
It is now down to the summit. Marine scientists are planning to build an observatory at the tip of a massive underwater volcano. Recently, scientists from the University of Washington boarded a research vessel bound for the Axial volcano, 400 km off the Oregon coast. Once there, they hope to …
Politicians do more to deplete water than provide people a sustained supply At the recent meeting of the World Water Commission in Stockholm - set up last year with the support of several governments and United Nations' agencies - to develop a vision for water management in the next century, …
in three months, lighting up a cigarette in Spain's domestic flights and inter-city buses will be regarded as a serious offence. The government has announced a decision to ban smoking on all domestic flights and buses, and impose tighter restrictions on trains and ferries. Earlier, smoking was allowed on domestic …
The UK has banned the import and sale of a Chinese herbal medicine after it was linked to kidney failure. Aristolochia, used to treat fluid retention and rheumatic symptoms, was banned until October 27 on the advice of the Independent Committee on Safety of Medicines. The government said Aristolochia had …
much water has flown under the bridge in an attempt to develop a technology that will determine levels of pollution in rivers. Now, a new laser-based technology has been introduced in the uk to perform this task in English rivers and monitor discharges from chemical works and sewage into the …
A three-day review and evaluation meeting of the National Tuberculosis Programme was held in Bhaktapur, Nepal, recently. The review meeting was held in connection with conducting the quarterly review of activities of governmental and non-governmental organisations working in the National Tuberculosis Prevention and Control Programme in all the five developmental …
consignments of mineral water bottled for the Coca-Cola company in Poland were found to contain small amounts of mold. As a precautionary measure, the company is withdrawing the contaminated 0.33 litre Bonqa brand bottles. However, it said that tests showed that there was no threat of food poisoning. Officials from …
