Counter affidavit on behalf of Chief Municipal Engineer, Patna Nagar Nigam in the matter of Saurav Narayan Vs Bihar Pollution Control Board & Others dated May 20, 2025. The report said that the corporation has been diligently performing its statutory duties within the limitations of the available resources and infrastructure. …
the structure of the brain is ultimately governed by natural selection. Samuel Wang, neuroscientist at Princeton University, usa, has worked out what percentage of the total brain volume is taken up by different brain regions in different species and how species evolution in the primates is related with change in …
Electricity generated in space using light from the sun can now be converted into microwaves and transmitted to the Earth using technology developed by National Space Development Agency of Japan and Kyoto University, Japan. It requires a satellite equipped with a huge solar panel developed by the two institutions. The …
scientists at the us -based Scripps Research Institute have developed a screening method, similar to a home pregnancy test, that can detect mercury contamination in fish. Inventors of the device say that the method is fast and inexpensive. Mercury contamination in fish is a serious health concern, especially for children …
Environmental experts have criticised the US navy for its plant to use low frequency active (LFA) sonar widely used around the world. The navy's application is under the review of the US National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). Experts say the sonar, emits low frequency sounds at high decibel levels to …
Why have we been witnessing so many different communicable diseases recently? Increase in population has given rise to densely inhabited areas leading to poor sanitation. This gives perfect opportunities to microbes to spread. Along with this is the problem of malnutrition, which sometimes goes hand in hand with the increase …
women now account for 39 per cent of all smoking-related deaths each year in the us . The figure has more than doubled since 1965, according to a report on smoking among women, released by the us surgeon general David Satcher on March 27. Vigorous marketing by tobacco companies has …
Climate change will have a negative impact on food production in tropical developing countries, reports a document of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). It states that the losses of production associated with climate change will be higher than those linked with weather-related disasters like cyclones. The FAO said that …
Goat milk may become the source of malaria vaccines in coming times. Researchers have made genetic modifications in mice to alter the character of the milk they produce. This milk has been successfully used to vaccinate monkeys from the attack of the Plasmodium falciparum malaria. The scietist beileive the same …
There would be no timber left for industrial use in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province (NWFP) after 2025 if unabated over exploitation of timber continues, reveals the Provincial Forest Resource Inventory (PFRI), which was conducted by a German consortium. The PFRI findings reflect that a seven-year ban on forest harvesting …
Oil major BP AMOCO has launched the world's largest solar power project in the Mindanao region of Phillipines. Estimated to cost US $48million it is expected to electrify 150 villages says a Reuters report dated April 2, 2001. According to the BP Solar president and chief executive, Harry Shimp, the …
the infrastructure for coordinating research about various worldwide environmental changes must be restructured for taking correct decisions on issues such as greenhouse gas emission policies. This was stated in a report by the National Research Council (nrc), which aims to influence president George Bush's administration. The report
The Maheshwar hydroelectric project on Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh has suffered another setback. The Portuguese government has refused to become a guarantor for a loan of Rs 200 crore being given to the project. The refusal means that Asia Brown Boveri (abb), a multinational company, will not be able …
biodegradable plastic is now a reality. Environmental Polymers Group (epg), a us-based private company, has created a biodegradable plastic wrapper that is soluble in water under the right conditions. In coming up with its product, the company claims, it has beaten some of the big plastic manufacturers, such as Du …
people for Ethical Treatment of Animals (peta), a us -based non-governmental organisation (ngo), has intensified its campaign against the Indian leather industry. It organised a press conference on February 28, 2001 to collect signatures on a petition that urges prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee to enforce strict laws related to …
Asian countries seem to compete with each other to spew out waste. Rising populations, increasing urbanisation and better incomes mean the volume of waste generated is bound to go up in the future. How much of the municipal solid waste is organic and what other substances present depends, to a …
The melting of Arctic permafrost could accelerate global warming. Scientists from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned that carbon stored in the permafrost of Arctic lands, which accounts for an estimated 14 per cent of the world's total carbon, is getting released as rising temperatures cause the permafrost to …
antibacterial agents in liquid and solid soaps may create stronger bacteria instead and cause harm in the long run. This was revealed during a research survey done by Eli N Perencevich, a research fellow for infectious diseases at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, usa , and his …
