Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Bengaluru stadium to get treated water supply for IPL matches amid crisis" appearing in India Today dated 21.03.2024. In the Original Application, registered suo-moto on the basis of the news item, the issue involved relates to the …
With a limited budget, the consequence of a biting recession that roiled preparations for South America's first Olympics, Brazil laced its high-energy opening party for the games of the 31st Olympiad with a sobering message of the dangers of global warming. Graphic projections of world cities being swamped by rising …
A weightlifter who lost his family's house in a cyclone danced off stage at the Rio Olympics on Tuesday to raise awareness of the threat climate change poses to his remote Pacific nation David Katoatau got more cheers than any other lifter, including a Brazilian, throughout the men’s 105kg B …
Rising sea levels, extreme temperatures and soaring humidity could make it impossible for athletes to compete in many major cities around the world, study warns Rising temperatures will radically limit the number of cities able to host the summer Olympics by 2084, according to a study by the University of …
Rio Olympics 2016 athletes and spectators face a deadly antibiotic-resistant super bacteria threat as algae takes over the waters. Algae itself is generally harmless, but the deficient levels of chlorine that allow it to grow might expose athletes to the dangers of the super bacteria. The study found that 90 …
Athletes at the Olympic Games may struggle to break world records as they compete with Brazil's rising temperatures caused by climate change. Marathon runners, swimmers, volleyball players and even soccer referees will succumb to extreme heat and lose concentration during the games, in some cases risking their lives to heatstroke, …
Athletes at the Olympic Games may struggle to break world records as they compete with Brazil’s rising temperatures caused by climate change. Marathon runners, swimmers, volleyball players and even soccer referees will succumb to extreme heat and lose concentration during the games, in some cases risking their lives to heatstroke, …
Just days before the start of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press. Not only are some 1,400 athletes at risk of …
The Zika virus poses a negligible health threat to the international community during the summer Olympic Games that begin next month in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, according to researchers at Yale School of Public Health (YSPH). In a worst-case scenario, an estimated 3 to 37 of the thousands of athletes, …
Trash-free water at the Rio Olympics is not guaranteed but sailing competitors can at least expect a “fair” tournament, a top official said Wednesday. Barely two weeks from the start of the Games, the Brazilian hosts are scrambling to reassure competitors that the bay staging the sailing and windsurfing contests …
One of the main areas of concern for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in choosing an Olympic host city is urban mobility, which will help visitors get around and become a legacy for residents. Rio de Janeiro is thus undergoing a complete "revolution" with an overhaul of existing transportation options, …
As if Brazil wasn't already plagued with enough problems, the country has just been hit with a dangerous new blow ahead of the 2016 Olympic Games. A group of Brazilian scientists has just discovered a drug-resistant super-bacteria growing off some of Rio de Janeiro's beaches, with less than a month …
RIO DE JANEIRO—A new pollution problem has surfaced in Guanabara Bay, the venue for sailing in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Sailors complained Monday about an oil slick that turned white boats brown while they practiced for the Olympics, which open in a month. “We’ve never seen anything like this. …
The UT Engineering Department in collaboration with the Chandigarh Renewal Energy Science and Technology Promotion Society (CREST) is planning to come up with 100Kwp rooftop grid tied solar photovoltic power plants at the three local stadiums. The rooftop grid is likely to be installed at the Sports Complex, Sector 42, …
Pollution Control Board of Telangana, in coordination with Famous Premier League and Vajra Events, will host a Go Green Cricket Cup T-20 match between FPL XI and PCB XI on June 26 at Lal Bahadur Stadium here in aid of environment and tree protection in the State. Raghu, member of …
NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Video-game developers are competing this week in a contest that will reward games that combat neither mortal enemies nor monsters but climate change. Four finalists have made it to the last round of the Games for Change Climate Challenge, the winner of which will …
The World Health Organization (WHO) says there is a "very low risk" of Zika virus spreading globally as a result of holding the Olympics in Brazil. There is no need to move the Olympics from Rio de Janeiro, or to postpone or cancel them, WHO experts said. The WHO reaffirmed …
Jaipur: Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday directed the state government to file a detailed report on management of potable water supply for the next two summer months (May-June) considering the serious water crisis that the state is facing. The division bench of acting Chief Justice Ajay Rastogi and D C …
BENGALURU: Taking a cue from Mumbai, a city-based priest filed a public interest litigation in the high court seeking directions to BWSSB to check injudicious use of water for Indian Premier League matches by the Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) at Chinnaswamy Stadium in the city. Petitioner Srinivasa Sharma, a …
Senior counsel Rafiq Dada, appearing for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), told the Bombay High Court on Thursday that cricket pitches were not watered a day before the match and on the day of the match. Various cricket associations harvested rainwater and used groundwater for the …
Association studies have identifed dozens of genetic variants linked to training responses and sport-related traits. However, no intervention studies utilizing the idea of personalised training based on athlete’s genetic profle have been conducted. Here we propose an algorithm that allows achieving greater results in response to high- or low-intensity resistance …
