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A narrow escape from the fate of a scapegoat also called an accidental director
A narrow escape from the fate of a scapegoat also called an accidental director
Participants at a recently held workshop stressed the need for proper treatment of hospital wastes
A mechanical snag at the Narora Atomic Power plant has put a question mark on the safety of India s nuclear establishment
to clean up Delhi's air, the Environment Pollution Authority (epa) for the National Capital Region (ncr) has recommended the Supreme Court to impose a complete ban on new
vultures along with some 50 other species of birds have migrated from Delhi in the last few years as their traditional habitats have made way for unplanned urban development, says Rupin Dang, a
There is growing concern over the pollution caused by festivals like Diwali
Prices increasesd by 35 per cent
The Delhi high court has allowed two associations of medical practitioners who do not follow allopathy to become party to a petition seeking a ban on quacks in the capital. The two associations
The Supreme Court has issued notices to over 1000
the municipal corporation of Delhi's satellite city Faridabad embarked on a project that may well be one of the first of its kind in the country. The corporation has privatised collection and
Due to decades of neglect and indifference, air quality in Indian cities has worsened rapidly, triggering a serious public health crisis. Central and state governments are still at a loss in dealing with the problem and except Delhi, no city is taking effective steps to control pollution. Even in Delhi, the drive to deal with pollution is not coming from the government but the Supreme Court. Recently, high courts in Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh have clamped down on the polluting three-wheelers by either banning them or pushing them to run on cleaner fuels. <br>
While some commend the Delhi government s proposal to ban the sale of new two wheelers fitted with two stroke engines from January 2000, others feel it might put a restraint on technology
after another disastrous year, the Delhi Vidyut Board (dvb) has prepared an action plan to meet the requirement of the city during the summer next year. According to a technical
The Supreme Court in its order of 4.10.1999 called for suggestions regarding emissions control from two-wheelers and three-wheelers. The EPCA, in its earlier report of August, 1999, had made a brief recommendation that on scooters, which are high emitters of particulate, suggesting that the norms be tightened further, and the next set of standards be announced early.
The Union government, the Geophysical Research Institute and the meteorological department along with six other departments have been issued notices by the Delhi high court on a petition seeking
It is clear that the state does not function in India. Politicians and bureaucrats can go hang themselves
the Delhi government has decided to set up north India's largest deer park at Jehangirpuri Bhalaswa in east Delhi. Around 162 hectres of land has been earmarked for the park. Local member of
Environmentally hazardous backyard smelting units swell as multinationals fail to recycle used batteries
Dumping and disposal of fly ash discharged from coal or lignite based thermal power plants on land
delhi is in the grip of a jaundice epidemic with over 300 cases of the disease reported so far. Of these, 140 had to be admitted to various hospitals for treatment. Delhi health minister A