The following draft of the notification, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) is
<p>Many studies have reported associations between ozone pollution and morbidity and 18 mortality, but few studies focus on the health and economic effects at China's regional level. This 19 study
The Safe Cities Index 2017 is a report from The Economist Intelligence Unit sponsored by NEC. The report is based on the second iteration of the index, which ranks 60 cities across 49 indicators covering
<p>This past two years has witnessed farmers across India demonstrating for their livelihoods: a hike in milk procurement prices has featured as a key demand. Their demand reflects a grave crisis underway
The occasion as a license to explode ear jarring crackers thus contributing to the noise pollution The noise pollution in the city has reached to such an alarming proportion that even so called silent
NGT seeks FCI, Delhi govt reply before October 16 A plea seeking directions to stop plying of 10-year-old “overloaded” trucks registered outside Delhi from supplying food grains to the PDS shops here,
Pune: In one of the biggest independent studies of its kind, city-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) and researchers from the UK concluded that there had been little growth in India's
India’s energy needs are going to double in the next 6-7 years at the present rate of growth of the economy, according to the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Power and Renewable Energy, R K
Firecrackers are undoubtedly a threat to environment and our health, but it may not be possible to accurately measure how effective this ban will be The Supreme Court of India recently banned the sale
NOIDA: In a hearing on an ongoing case in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) based on prevention and abolition of crop burning, a principal bench of the Tribunal headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar has asked
The National Green Tribunal today directed inspection of industries in northwest Delhi and closure of illegal units that were causing air pollution. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter
West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) appeals to public to avoid bursting firecrackers on Diwali. Chairman of West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB), Dr Kalyan Rudra referred to the Supreme
HYDERABAD: The Environment Protection and Training Research Institute (EPTRI) took on the CSIR Scientists Service Forum accusing it of being `antidevelopment' in its stance on the Hyderabad Pharma City
Apart from the sale, the government has also prohibited use of all noise-emitting crackers from 10 pm to 6 am. Even as Madhya Pradesh home minister Bhupendra Singh has invited Delhiites to celebrate
45% of the financing target under RE-Invest met till yet: MNRE The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is also in the final stages of drafting separate bidding guidelines for future projects The
The World Health Organisation (WHO) in its recent guidelines to tackle the global epidemic obesity categorically recommended "not to provide formulated supplementary foods on a routine basis to children
CHENNAI: Even as the Chennai Corporation and state health department organised a massive awareness camp aimed at dengue prevention and control in Pudupet on Thursday, residents complained that the efforts
In another five years, the number of obese children in the world will outnumber the malnourished ones. A report by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and Imperial College London, published in medical
After a bout of swine flu in August, where it was confirmed by a Union health report that the cases had increased 14 folds in 2017, as compared to 2016, a new report confirmed that Delhi has reported 2,798
The only official document on the ‘known health impact’ of fireworks is a compilation of findings of surveys, put together by Central Pollution Control Board. Citing toxins in the air, Supreme Court
