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 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 …
Forest bureaucracy arms itself to halt the spread of CFM • In the guise of a finance bill, the Nepalese government has given district forest officers powers to punish forest users' groups (FUGs) members l In the terai , the government is interested to give the forest to foreign companies …
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 …
These systems were evolved keeping in mind the unique topography of the region. Earlier, kings used to give agricultural lands to those maintaining tanks as incentives. Today, most of these structures are in a dilapidated condition, and in some cases have simply vanished. bandh: A traditional pond that is usually …
Groundwater sources in Thailand are being contaminated due to poor selection of waste sites. "Studies point out that the dumpsites lack rock barriers that prevent contaminants from leaching,' said Cherdpong Siriwit, director of the country's mineral resources department. An old dumpsite at the Mae Hia area in Chiang Mai is …
Patients who had smoked just before the onset of a heart attack had bigger blood clots in their coronary arteries than those who hadn't smoked. These are the results of a study conducted by a team headed by Murray A Mittleman, director of cardiovascular epidemiology at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital …
it is easy to identify pollutants found in water. But it is difficult to find the source of pollution because most tests can detect the presence of pollution but not the source. To solve this problem, researchers at the University of Missouri-Columbia, usa , have used dna from a bacterium …
More than 40 pharmaceutical companies, including the world's largest and most powerful ones, will file a lawsuit against the South African government in a bid to stop it from passing a legislation aimed at reducing the price of medicines. The companies had tried to stop the South African parliament from …
the Central Pollution Control Board's (cpcb) effort to come out with a new water quality reviewing criteria after a gap of 20 years has proved futile. Most of the states' representatives felt it was not important. The cpcb had organised a workshop for this purpose on February 19-20, 2001, but …
The scientists from the University of California, Berkeley, US have found two new planetary systems. In one of the systems, 123 light-years from Earth, two planetary bodies are circling a star. One of the two may be the biggest planet known to us. The head of the planet-searching team, Geoffrey …
engineers at Lucent Laboratories, in the us, have found a way to increase data carrying capacity of radio signals by six fold. The unprecedented growth in the use of communication devices has meant that the demand for carrying capacity or bandwidth is almost insatiable. Television, radio and mobile phone networks …
a team of scientists, based in Germany, has developed a technique to make diamond films that could be used to produce microchips. From the very beginning most integrated circuit have been made using ultra pure silicon. Though cheap and versatile, silicon chips have certain disadvantages that make them unsuitable for …
