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 …
Australian nuclear waste will now be shipped and processed in Argentina. Officials of both the countries recently signed an agreement to this effect, which has caused concern among the environmentalists. Australia presently sends its spent fuel to France for reprocessing. But following the treaty, Argentina will import the spent uranium …
the Patna Municipal Corporation (PMC) has recently acknowledged that it is supplying drinking water highly contaminated by Escherichia coli bacteria, and the pollution levels far surpass the limits set by the World Health Organisation. The admittance was made in a report recently submitted to the Patna high court. Experts opine …
people in West Bengal are highly susceptible to arsenic poisoning because of their food habits, states a report of the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (unido). According to it, the chemical gets concentrated in the roots of vegetables that form a big part of Bengalis' diet. "Liquid pulses and potato …
A US federal judge rejected a request to extend protection to beluga whales in Alaska's Cook Inlet. This ruling was given in response to a lawsuit filed by six environmental groups and an Alaska Native from the Cook Inlet region. They wanted the whale population listed as endangered because pollution …
World trade in organic products for 2000 were estimated at US $17.5 billion (see table: Growing organically). Trends indicate that the organic food market would grow substantially in most of the European countries, the US and Japan. Currently, the demand outpaces supply. In the uk, demand for organic food increased …
Organic agriculture costs. So does conventional agriculture. The difference lies in the former internalising its costs and the latter externalising it. Conventional agricultural products do not always carry their full costs and hence appear more cost-effective. The hidden subsidies and the impact on the environment is borne by the consumers …
A marooned humpback whale was exploded in the Port Elizabeth city of South Africa after attempts to put it back into the sea failed. "For easing the misery of the whale, an explosive device was placed very close to its head,' said Sandy Thackeray, spokesperson for Bayworld oceanarium. "We were …
the lakes of Vadodara city face extinction due to the imprudent attitude of the city's municipal corporation. A good example in this regard is the permission granted to the Vadodara dairy for filling up lake Masiyu with waste. In order to save the lake and many others like it, the …
- Cancer risk from dioxins among people eating large amounts of fatty meats and dairy products. - Dioxin exposure linked to a variety of health problems, including diabetes, developmental problems and irregularities in the immune system. - Children's intake of dioxins is greater than those of adults. - Dioxins are …
Indians are yet to realise the gravity of dioxin contamination and its related health effects. The government has not conducted any study to find out the level of dioxin exposure in the population. The laid back attitude of the government is reflected by the fact that nowhere in the country …
The Supreme Court of Nepal has issued a mandamus to the government for controlling the quality of the water resources and setting standards for curbing pollution. The court's decision comes a year after a writ petition was filed by Bhoj Raj Ayer of Pro-Public, a grassroots organisation, alleging that the …
the Karnataka government has failed to effectively implement the provisions of the Water Pollution Act, claims a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India ( cag ). The report reveals that the state government has failed to monitor the activities of the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board ( …
For all the people scripting the success stories, there is a warning: history has seen the death of millions of the country's water structures due to government's apathy. Now, for the first time in the last 50 years governments have really shifted their focus to drought proofing from the adhoc …
This is not the only hurdle in making water conservation a long sustained movement. To make it a sustainable social movement and to reap its dividend in the form of poverty eradication, the government needs to put in prolonged efforts. Most of India's poverty eradication programmes have failed because they …
magnetic fields in space can straighten out any bending of space-time caused by gravity, shows new research. Ever since Einstein formulated his general theory of relativity, almost a century ago, it has been known that gravity bends space-time. But now, a scientist has shown how magnetic fields in space can …
The Kenyan government will soon hand over the management of some forest areas to local communities, under the trusteeship of civic authorities. The move is aimed at curbing illegal logging that is encouraged by civic leaders, said Joseph Nyagah, the country's minister for lands and settlement. "We have realised that …
Concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), dibenzofurans (PCDFs), and non- and mono-ortho-substituted polychlorinated biphenyls (dioxin-like PCBs) were measured in tissues of humans, fishes, chicken, lamb, goat, predatory birds, and Ganges River dolphins collected from various locations in India. PCDDs/DFs were found in most of the samples analyzed with the liver of …
Fluoroquinolones (FQs) are among the most important antibacterial agents (synthetic antibiotics) used in human and veterinary medicine. An analytical method based on reversed-phase liquid chromatography with fluorescence detection was developed and validated for the simultaneous determination of nine FQs and the quinolone pipemidic acid in urban wastewater. Aqueous samples were …
l Most of the spcbs have chairpersons and member secretaries, the most important posts in the board, from the administrative or even forest service. These officers do not have requisite technical knowledge in pollution control. l Presence of members representing the polluting public sector units in the spcbs make enforcement …
