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 …
IL-15 receptor α (IL-15Rα)is a component ofthe heterotrimeric plasma membrane receptor for the pleiotropic cytokine IL-15. However, IL-15Rα is not merely an IL-15 receptor subunit, as mice lacking either IL-15 or IL-15Rα have unique phenotypes.IL-15 and IL-15Rα have been implicated in muscle phenotypes, but a role in muscle physiology has …
The Government will not engage in any development projects without the Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) report, Agrarian and Wildlife Minister S. M. Chandrasena said. He scotched rumours that the government is to amend the Fauna and Flora Protection Ordinance and Forest Ordinance to facilitate the massive development plans particularly in …
Wildlife Conservation Department Director General Dr Chandrawansa Pathiraja stressed that no elephants in the South will be relocated either for the construction of the Mattala airport or for the proposed Games City in Hambantota hosting Commonwealth Games in 2018. He said that the media reports that the Government was planning …
Sri Lankan authorities plan to relocate 200 wild elephants from their habitat in Hambanthota to build an international airport and a game city in anticipation of a successful bid to host the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Quoting a government minister, Xinhua news agency reported that if selected to host the games …
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games provided a unique case study to investigate the effect of source control measures on the reduction in air pollution, and associated inhalation cancer risk, in a Chinese megacity. The authors measured 17 carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and estimated the lifetime excess inhalation cancer risk …
Manufacturers fail to match their expectation of 9-10% growth in FY11, end with less than 5% The Indian cement industry has hit its lowest growth in over a decade. Manufacturers have failed to match their expectation of 9-10 per cent growth in financial year 2010-2011, ending with less than five …
New Delhi: Just before the Commonwealth Games the government had decided that the city needed new, modern steel bus queue shelters (BQS). In this too, the Shunglu committee has unearthed a rigged bidding process, irregular payments to contractors running into lakhs and a huge loss to the exchequer. The project …
Sponsorship Agreement Provided For Mineral Water Supply At All Venues New Delhi: In yet another instance of Commonwealth Games contractors jacking up prices to astronomical levels in collusion with Organizing Committee officials, CAG has found that 20-litre mineral water dispensers were provided at rates between Rs 1,700 and Rs 33,000. …
The day chief minister Sheila Dikshit completed 12 years of uninterrupted governance of Delhi, she also had to contend with a piece of news that was not really music to her ears. On Monday, a report on eviction of slum-dwellers and those residing on project sites during the Games revealed …
Arestless crowd outside an auditorium seems quite out of place at Wai. The lush green temple town at the foothills of Panchgani in Maharashtra is used to prayer-chanting pilgrim throngs. But at Chitra Talkies it is a cacophony of wolf whistles. The crowds get more raucous when the amplifiers inside …
India hosted the XIX Common Wealth Games (CWG) 2010, in New Delhi, for the first time. It is only the second time that these games have been organized in Asia. A distinctive feature of the CWG 2010 was the emphasis of the organizers on environment; they wanted these games to …
THE Kerala Cricket Association’s plan to build a stadium designed to international specifications at Edakochi has run afoul of environmental laws. The state forest department has filed a first information report in a magistrate’s court saying the cricket association (KCA) has destroyed mangrove trees in preparation for the construction work. …
Tiny colourful dots are seen floating in the sky as one approaches Old Delhi around Independence Day. It is the season of kite-flying and kite-fighting. August, this year, was also the month of Ramzan. Distracted by kites, people could forget their hunger pangs in this fasting month. Chawri Bazaar, with …
Amid reports that the ambient air quality at the Commonwealth Games village and other venues was not up to the mark, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has maintained that the situation was under control and polluting units were being sealed to reduce air pollution. As per ongoing study by …
New Delhi: Delhi witnessed a light haze all through Wednesday and a slight nip in the air towards evening. Chances are that the haze will also engulf the city on Thursday. Met officials called it an indicator of approaching winter as the air was getting cooler and becoming heavier and, …
The Commonwealth Games is facing a new crisis - reports that up to 15 swimmers on the England and Australian teams have a stomach virus potentially caused by the quality of water at the aquatics center in New Delhi. England's swim team doctor was quoted as saying Thursday that about …
An advanced notification system on daily air quality is developed for the National Capital Region (NCR) of Delhi, under the "Clean Air for Delhi 2010 and Beyond" program. The program is being developed with technical collaboration between two French firms - Aria Technologies SA and Leosphere SA, and the Central …
More than 82 million children are underweight in commonwealth countries, according to Save the Children in a new report, which says that if these children are ever to stand a fair chance of survival
New Delhi: After a gap of over a year, Delhi government finally got two ambient air quality monitoring stations set up in the city on Monday. These would be giving the environment department real time data on several gases and pollutants at each of the sites. The environment department has …
Maruti Suzuki India Limited Managing Director and CEO Shinzo Nakanishi and Delhi Transport Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely (in the driver's seat) at the handing over of Maruti Suzuki hybrid cars in New Delhi on Tuesday. NEW DELHI: Maruti Suzuki on Tuesday handed over the first lot of hybrid cars -- …
