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 …
After we released our study on pesticide residues on bottled water, an experienced science journalist called me to verify something I had said in the press conference. He wanted to know if it was really true that the government had not laid down quantified standards for pesticide residues in drinking …
Take some sand in a glass container; fill it with water. Shake the container. The water and sand become a single fluid mass. Now imagine a highly populated town standing on this material. You can't even imagine what will happen when an earthquake strikes . Once you know this, how …
Accumulation of sulfur-containing compounds and their bacterial mediated reductions have led to the emission of pungent odors from stagnant water bodies. This study is focused on the contribution of inorganic sulfur compounds in the emission of hydrogen sulfide. The measured dissolved oxygen levels have demonstrated good negative correlations with the …
A person's skin or hair colour is a very poor indicator of genetic ancestry, says a study conducted by scientists at the University of Minas Gerais in Brazil and the University of Porto in Portugal. Persons who appear to be white could genetically be of African descent, while people who …
Developing countries will receive us $573 million from 2003 to 2005 to stick to their timetable of phasing out consumption and production of ozone depleting substances (ods). The funding package, agreed upon under the Montreal Protocol at a November meeting in Rome, however, falls short of developing countries' expectations. The …
this is mind-blowing: smog not only chokes your lungs, but also teems up with bacteria that adversely affect human health. This was found by us meteorologist Forrest Mims, who works independently. He measured levels of airborne bacteria in Alta Floresta, Brazil, by taking air samples at different times of the …
why is it that the world's greatest democracy also has the world's meanest state apparatus? The state apparatus in India works on a self-decocted modern variation of feudal over-lordship. Vassalage is what makes it tick. To that extent it functions beyond checks, and banishes balances. It can override accountability and …
here, children are resigned to walking with a limp. And women, weighed down by sheer pain, have stopped looking skywards. In fact, age and sex appear to be no bar as infirmity pervades the entire area. Welcome to the Kachnarwa panchayat in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, where disability has …
On November 19, the Allahabad High Court (HC) ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to file an affidavit within three weeks indicating steps taken to prevent, treat and control fluorosis in Chopan block of Sonbhadra district. It also demanded details of the measures taken to rehabilitate the affected villagers. The court …
Wanton exploitation by Malaysia's indigenous Semelai farmers has driven several species of animals to extinction in the Tasek Bera wetlands. Now, conservationists are helping members of the community to establish a tourism enterprise. Not only would this generate income for the local people, it would ensure that they protect the …
warmer or colder sea surface temperatures (sst) drastically affect atmospheric circulations that regulate intensity and breaking of South Asian monsoons. This was revealed during a research conducted by Washington dc-based National Aeronautical and Space Administration (nasa). Monsoon winds result from changing patterns of atmospheric circulation that are caused by alterations …
A pilot study was undertaken to assess the potential fertility of lentic waters and to ellucidate the ecology of aquatic flora. In addition, studies were performed at microcosmal level and the results, so obtained, were applied at field level, to forsee the impact of nutrients on natural waters. Three major …
Frequent oil spills are wreaking havoc on the delta town of Okpella in Nigeria's Edo state. In the most recent incident, a pipeline of Nigerian National Petroleum Company
The owners of Panipat's dyeing units are in a defiant mood. Complying with the directions of the Supreme Court (sc), the district administration has ordered around 500 units to shift from residential areas to the industrial zone. However, the dye house owners have said an emphatic "no' to such relocation. …
The world's most northerly town will soon be the first to get electricity from an underwater power station run on tidal currents. Starting from December 2002, the current will start turning the blades of a windmill-like turbine standing on the seabed near Kvalsund at the Arctic tip of Norway. "We …
A new, innovative traffic light that lasts much longer than traditional ones and has better energy efficiency and almost no operation and maintenance cost has been developed by a Danish firm, Technical Traffic Solution A/AS. The traffic light has even picked up one of the European Union's product awards for …
As war clouds hover over Iraq, it has been alleged that territorial waters of the Gulf country are being polluted with fuel by the us navy. This charge was recently levelled by an Iraqi satellite tv channel. It stated that the us frigates were deliberately causing contamination and such dumping …
