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 …
How are the poor more susceptible to diseases? The poor are more susceptible to diseases because they live in poor environmental conditions. Due to poor sanitation, incidence of gastrointestinal diseases and diarrhoea are very high. The rate of infant mortality is also high because they consume dirty water and fall …
ban the plastic polybag and get rid of the plastic waste problem. Across the nation, there has been a public outcry for action. The media has dwelt on the issue ad nauseam . But the Union ministry of environment and forests ( mef ), instead of using this as an …
ignorance is bliss. This seems to be the state of mind of the Indian government for several environment-related issues, including that of hazardous waste like phosphogypsum (pg). A byproduct of the fertiliser industry, pg is used liberally by the construction industry and its use is promoted by the government What …
tourists in Hong Kong are usually enthralled by the view of the territory from the top of the island. But often they are dismayed and disappointed by the thick blanket of smog that envelopes the cityscape. "Is it always this hazy?" wonders Margaret Martin, an Australian teacher visiting Hong Kong's …
in a bid to improve its public image, us tobacco giant Lorillard Tobacco Company has launched a nationwide smoking prevention programme for the youth. Under the national tobacco settlement that was reached last November by 46 us states and territories and the major players of the tobacco industry, the latter …
in the last 18 years, hiv or the human immunodeficiency virus has evolved into a major health concern. As many as 11 drugs and drug combinations have been pursued to suppress the development of hiv- related disease, only to help those infected with the virus live longer, more productive lives. …
a significant step towards halting the ageing process has just been achieved at least for women. Jonathan L Tilly of Vincent Center for Reproductive Biology at Massachusetts General Hospital (mgh), Boston, usa , and his team report that they have engineered mice whose ovaries grow viable eggs and secrete oestrogen …
the only cure for severe dioxin poisoning could be eating food meant for dieters. Eating snacks containing a fat substitute called Olestra can speed up the removal of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls ( pcb s ) from the body. Michael MacLachlan of the Baltic Sea Research Institute near Rostock, Germany, …
Young girls with close relationships with their fathers may enter puberty later than girls with distant or non-existent relationships with their father. According to Bruce Ellis of the University of Canterbury in New Zealand, good mother-daughter relationships were also found to delay puberty somewhat, but "in total, the quality of …
How does pollution affect the poor? In the developed countries, it is not the poor who are responsible for environmental problems. It is the richer class which owns more than one car per family, who dump their waste in the neighbourhood. Therefore, the rich are enjoying themselves at the expense …
the Union ministry of environment and forests ( mef ) has recently circulated draft rules on industry siting, a decade - and-a-half after the guidelines were first formulated. Choice of industrial sites has caused more conflict, between project proponents and the local people who will be potentially affected, than any …
The shrimp and turtle case brought up by the US against some developing nations highlights the tremendous influence civil society can wield to monitor environmental governance in other countries. It all started in 1989 when the US Congress passed a law to prohibit the import of shrimp harvested in ways …
It was yet another trade fight and just another instance of the US bulldozing its way to achieve its own purpose. But this time the fight ensued across the border with its neighbour, Canada. Utilising the conflict resolution norms stated in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the US …
Some of the chaos outside seemed to permeate into the Convention Center. It was just another day before attention shifted from the protests outside to the proceedings of the meet, and differences between political groups within the wto began to emerge. There were three main groupings: the us, the European …
The issue that surfaced first at the protest meetings outside the Seattle Convention Center and was touted by many as being the reason for the collapse of the talks was transparency within the World Trade Organization (WTO). The seriousness of the issue became apparent when even delegates at the Seattle …
Anyone familiar with the seemingly endless trade wars between the US and the European Union (EU) would not be surprised about their 1998 battle over the beef trade. It started in the 1980s, when the EU first placed a domestic ban on the use of hormones in cattle breeding. The …
Sound And Fury Every cause found a supporter at Seattle. Trade was never this politicised It was a victory for every rebel with a cause who had flocked to the us city of Seattle. The World Trade Organization's ( wto ) third ministerial trade talks, held between November 30 and …
Researchers have found that healthy people eating up to seven eggs a week did not have an increased risk of heart attack or stroke. "Our study does not mean that people should go back to the typical Western diet. But, eggs per se , do not deserve such a bad …
green vegetables are good for the health. How many times did our parents tell us this? But in days to come, the fresh leafy green vegetables may lose their place on the table, if we believe the latest findings. Recent studies have showed that at many places in India, vegetables …
all those lazy bones who till now found walking or an early morning jog a difficult proposition, now have something to get them going. A recent study by Arthur F Kramer of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, usa, showed that aerobic fitness can improve executive control functions of the …
