Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
On May 1 2004, ten new countries joined the European Union (eu). This is the biggest enlargement in the union's history and will undoubtedly affect its decision-making processes. Whether that will be for the better or worse remains to be seen. What is clear, however, is that eu's environmental legislation …
it is well established that air pollution leads to several adverse health affects like asthma. A new study now confirms that impacts of pollution is not limited to just one generation. Researchers from Canada's McMaster University have found that offspring of mice exposed to pollution have higher rates of genetic …
Proposals for greenhouse-gas reductions have been met with widespread skepticism in the developing world, in part because such countries find their conventional air-pollution problems more pressing. The goal of this article is to examine whether reductions in carbon emissions that are ancillary to conventional pollutant reductions from a policy to …
the first round of consultations, aimed at revising the International Health Regulations (ihr) of the World Health Organization (who), was held in Manila in the Philippines on April 28. Under the ihr, it is currently mandatory for member countries to report the occurrence of three infectious diseases
the European Parliament has voted in favour of cutting the use of some paint and varnish solvents, as these chemicals contribute significantly to the total emissions of volatile organic compounds (vocs). The latter lead to the formation of ground level ozone, also known as photochemical smog, which causes respiratory illnesses …
a record drop in the water level of Mekong river is likely to deprive millions of people in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam of their livelihoods. Environmentalists hold huge dams in China and last year's severe drought responsible for the crisis. Originating in the Tibetan plateau, the 4830-km-long Mekong flows …
a new study demonstrates the feasibility of pollution control programmes. As per the findings, published in Current Science (Vol 86, No 3, February 10, 2004), levels of the harmful pollutant black carbon decreased drastically in Hyderabad during a truck strike in 2003. Truck operators went on a nation-wide strike from …
a decade after air quality standards were set for respirable suspended particulate matter (pm10), the Union government is geared up to fix a maximum permissible limit for fine particulate matter (pm2.5) emissions. pm2.5 forms a major part of pm10 but is considered more hazardous than the latter. It is emitted …
Three months since the Cancun debacle, the collapsed world trade talks still hang in the balance. World Trade Organization (wto) members met on December 15-16 to follow-up on the failed negotiations but little substance emanated from behind closed doors except an agreement on procedural issues of restarting negotiations through the …
Even as Japan submitted to the World Trade Organization (wto) a proposal to impose tariffs of about 30 per cent on us steel in retaliation for duties on steel imports the us introduced (it has now taken this proposal back) the Geneva-based trade body ruled on November 25, 2003 that …
