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 …
kerala-based Mavoor Gwalior Rayons, the Grasim Industries' pulp and fibre factory owned by the house of Birlas, was pulled up for causing pollution in the area at a public hearing in Kozhikode, Kerala, on October 28. The Kerala state assembly committee for environment and the residents of Mavoor village, district …
The Madras High Court has issued notice to the Union and the state government on a petition for stopping construction of a multi-storeyed building in the Santhome area near Adyar creek in Chennai. Environment groups say that one of the main reasons for the accelerated rate of deterioration of the …
Monkeypox is an enzootic disease (prevalent in animals of a particular area) that circulates in monkeys in the rainforests of central and western Africa. It was previously believed that the virus is not easily transmitted to humans. However, 71 cases of monkeypox were recorded from February to August 1996, including …
The Delhi High Court is planning to restrict the making of noisy crackers. It has sought suggestions from the Delhi Fire Cracker Manufacturers Association in this regard. A division bench comprising of Chief Justice A P Mishra and Justice N G Nandi has asked the Association to submit before the …
Just put these simple facts together and you will see what a deadly cocktail we are heading towards. Population is growing. Even more so, urban population is growing which consumes several times more water than the rural population. At the same time, industry is growing which also needs water. Add …
can icebergs from the Arctic solve the uk's water crisis? A British water company is examining whether it can tow giant icebergs from the Arctic circle to bring water to Britain's drought-stricken south. Essex and Suffolk Water, which provides water to about 1.4 million consumers in eastern uk , is …
chlorination of water may lead to thyroid and liver cancers, according to a study conducted by H Komulainen and colleagues at the National Public Health Institute, Kuopio and Institute of Bio-medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland. When a by-product of chlorine called mx was given to rats for two years in …
The Karnataka High Court has dismissed a writ petition contending that the Harihar Polyfibre company near Bangalore was discharging untreated effluents into the Tungabharda river and that the villagers in the vicinity using the polluted water should be compensated. Samaja Parivartana Samudaya Sanghatane, a non-profit organisation based in Dharwad had …
legislations against smoking will hit tobacco companies in Goa. A legislation that bars the sale of cigarettes to persons under 21 has already been passed in the state assembly. Smoking in public places and advertising of tobacco products has also been banned. Vendors selling tobacco products to those below 21 …
More than 11 million children die every year before reaching the age of five, out of which nearly eight million deaths are caused by pneumonia, diarrhoea, measles, malaria and malnutrition. Many of these deaths can be prevented, with the help of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI), an approach developed …
international smuggling of chlorofluorocarbons (cfcs) - gases used as a coolants in refrigerators and air-conditioners that lead to global warming - are generating a lot of heat in political circles. September 16, 1997 marked the 10th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol, a path-breaking global agreement to phase out cfcs after …
Grasim Industries started the plant at Mavoor following an agreement in 1958 between Kerala government and the Birlas. The factory became operational in 1963. Following the expansion of factory with the setting up of the fibre division in 1968, pollution became acute, rendering Chaliyar water into "foul smelling black soupy …
the brightly lit skyscrapers of North American cities attract migrating birds. But these skyscrapers are also the cause of their death, as every year hundreds die after crashing into them. But in Toronto their prospects are being made worse by local seagulls, which have learnt to guide the birds towards …
Researchers are developing smart shock absorbers that would smooth out bumps experienced by moving vehicles. Bayer, a chemicals company in Leverkusen, Germany, has developed an electro-rheological fluid for the shock absorbers. The fluid allows shocks to adjust when a car passes over bumps. The product developed by Schenck, a Darmstadt …
the uk government has agreed to phase out the dumping of toxic waste at sea. Michael Meacher, the environment minister said that the uk would give up an "opt-out clause' from an international treaty drawn up by Ospar
A medical survey conducted by doctors from Kozhikode Medical College in 1981 in Vazhakkad panchayat found that 23 per cent of the men and 21 per cent of the women were suffering from respiratory diseases. The figures for chronic bronchitis were 14 per cent and 8.7 per cent in the …
according to a study by the Environmental Working Group in the us, drinking water of about 4.3 million Americans during the last year had concentrations of pesticides exceeding the new federal standards. The study revealed that the people in the rural areas, particularly the midwestern corn belt, were being served …
