Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
THE Paris-based International Council for Science, a federation of more than 100 national science academies, has come out with the biggest review of scientific literature on genetically modified (GM) crops. The review provides guarantee: GM foods presently in circulation are safe for consumption. It also avoides judgement: the future safety …
In the Chaibasa region of the West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, India, an abandoned chrysotile asbestos mine is a health scourge for villagers and former mine workers. A massive pile of asbestos waste mixed with chromite has lain atop the hilltops of Roro village for two decades, gradually seeping into …
Every year Indian thermal power plants (TPPs) spew out 100 million tonnes of flyash, a grey outpour soon expected to reach 175 million tonnes. According to current estimates nearly one lakh hectares (ha) of land in India is taken up by ash ponds. Bad news for the environment. For, most …
toxic taint: Green Indian seedless grapes have been taken off supermarket shelves in Belgium following the detection of high levels of pesticide residues in the product in the Netherlands recently. The Belgian Food Safety Authority took this decision over fears of high chemical residue levels, leading to stomach cramps in …
israel may soon become a place where there is not a drop of freshwater to drink. It is well established that seawater seeps into coastal aquifers and contaminates them with salts. Now Brian Berkowitz and his colleagues from Israel-based Weizmann Institute of Science claim that their country's aquifers are even …
the Chernobyl nuclear disaster has not only affected human beings, but has even drastically changed the lives of worms. Scientists have recently discovered that worms exposed to excess radiation have started copulating instead of reproducing asexually. This find is the first clear evidence of how wildlife is affected by radioactive …
The water woes of Patti Pachgai village in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh (up) are being compounded by the incompetent responses of the state government and local non-governmental organisations (ngos). Even rainwater harvesting, touted as the panacea to many ills, has failed to provide succour to the village because of …
Cigarettes and other tobacco products (prohibition of advertisement and regulation of trade and commerce, production, supply and distribution) Act 2003.
If the battle over failed farm trade talks in the World Trade Organisation (wto) wasn't enough, Brussels and Canberra look likely to clash again as eu members begin discussions on whether to allow imports of Australian wine treated with oak chips. Oak chips accelerate the process of flavouring the wine, …
Last November, a trader in Foshan, a small industrial town in Guangdong province in China, fell seriously ill with an incurable high fever and cough. He was suspected to be suffering from pneumonia, a non-infectious disease common in the area. But then four health workers who had been treating him …
Several strains of influenza or flu have been named after Guangdong province, where the first sars cases surfaced. This dubious distinction stems from the agricultural practices prevalent in the region. Rice fields support ducks and chickens, which feed on pig waste. The waste of one becomes the food of the …
Between March 25 and 27, 2003, two different groups of researchers in the cdc and Hong Kong University announced that a previously unrecognised coronavirus could have caused the sars epidemic. This family of viruses is the second leading cause of colds in children and premature infants but has never been …
A recent survey on the psychological health of Kathmandu residents highlights the deleterious impact of rapid urbanisation on the human mind. The study reveals that 30 per cent of the residents of Nepal's capital face psychological problems of some sort, which makes them resort to harmful activities such as alcohol …
sars is a stark reminder that there is no universal safeguard against infectious diseases. The syndrome has actually exposed the lack of preparedness with regard to infectious diseases
Scientists reveal that the us military bombarded Vietnam with greater quantities of Agent Orange and other defoliants than previously estimated. The findings were unearthed by a study spanning five years, conducted by us -based Columbia University's environmental health specialists. It also discloses that the defoliant sprays contained higher amounts of …
New York's state attorney, Eliot Spitzer, plans to initiate legal action against a unit of Dow Chemical Company of the US for alleged violation of a 1994 pact banning false advertising of a pesticide. The planned lawsuit against Dow AgroSciences LLC involves Dursban, a pesticide used in homes to kill …
a common industrial chemical used by us -based DuPont to produce Teflon may be hazardous for the health of young girls and women of childbearing age, according to a us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) report obtained and released by an advocacy group. The Washington dc -based Environmental Working Group (ewg) …
• Maruti Udyog Limited is unable to keep pace with the demand for Zen-D, the diesel variant of one of its best-selling models. • There is a huge order backlog and a six-week waiting period for the Accent crd i, the diesel version of Hyundai Motors' mid-sized car. • The …
