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 …
More than 200 brick fields in Savar Upazila in Bangladesh are threatening the environment and ecosystem. It is mandatory to install an at least 45-metre-high chimney with filter in every kiln for emission of smoke. But most kilns have 12 to 15-metre-high chimneys. The use of such chimneys leads to …
When the Supreme Court had ordered the Delhi government to run its buses on cng (compressed natural gas), the directive was sought to be circumvented on the pretext that natural gas technology was not proven and options available were too few. The wide variety of new generation alternative fuel vehicles …
To assess the impact of indoor and ambient air exposure on women and children, a unique project has been launched by the Indian Institute of Technology (iit) Kanpur, and the Norwegian Institute of Air Research (nilu), Kjeller, Norway. The study will be particularly directed at women and children belonging to …
The dc circuit court of appeals of the us upheld the Environmental Protection Agency's (epa) rule to make heavy-duty trucks and buses run cleaner. The regulation, which comes into force in 2007, requires reduction of emissions from diesel trucks and buses by 95 per cent. It also stipulates a cut …
Waterborne diseases, caused by the intake of chemicals and contaminated water, affects around 3.4 million people globally. In India, around 563,000 people are affected annually, one fourth of which are children, according to the Union ministry of health and family welfare. Water gets contaminated due to sewage from households, industrial …
Paediatricians are worried about rising cancer rates among children. Like Anupam Sachdeva and A K Dutta, head of department of paediatrics at Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. They have been witness to a rise in the incidences of brain cancer and acute lymphocytic leukaemia, commonly found among children. In …
Indians are at great risk of lifestyle diseases. Inactivity alone claims two million lives globally every year, warns a recently-published who report. Indians, particularly the younger generation, are increasingly facing problems due to overweight, blood pressure, stress, high cholesterol and diabetes, all of which are a fallout of physical inactivity. …
Some chemicals can affect brain development and function. They also have serious effect on children's learning and behavioural abilities. Compared to other organs, the human brain develops over a long period of time
Open the recent National Human Development Report (nhdr), or any glossy document of the World Bank and its ilk, and it will reveal how the world is a much better place. Death rates have declined, people live longer, fewer children are dying and incomes are increasing. Of course, forget the …
safe inside the warm womb of the mother, a child kicks and turns. This is the third time that Sarah Connell is pregnant, but she has never reached her second trimester of pregnancy. She aborted twice earlier. This time she has moved houses, cleaned up her home, and taken every …
There seems to be no light at either end of this tunnel, what with a chain of protests being sparked off recently. First Italy filed a complaint against France with the European Commission for its refusal to open the Mont Blanc tunnel to heavy vehicles. Consequently, France allowed trucks with …
a severe heat wave swept across the southern, central and northern parts of India in May. More than 1,100 people are said to have succumbed to the scorcher. In Andhra Pradesh, the unusually intense and prolonged heat claimed more than 1,000 lives. This prompted state chief minister Chandrababu Naidu to …
SYED ISHAQ GAILANI Head of the National Solidarity Movement of Afghanistan and one of the four groups, which signed the Bonn agreement in December "Afghanistan has its own democratic systems. If it can re-establish these systems, democracy will prevail. The selection of people and systems by Loya Jirga is an …
To protect the health of its citizens, Singapore may tighten its automobile emission standards to the Euro III level immediately. These tougher standards will help limit fine particulate matter. Though a steep registration fee helped restrict the number of automobiles and motorbikes in Singapore to 708,370 last year, land transportation …
aerosols are mitigating the effects of global warming over the South Asian region, including India. This was the finding of a new study conducted by researchers from the Pune-based Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (iitm) and San Diego-based Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The study proves that though India's summer temperatures …
April 16, 1917. Chandrahian village, east Champaran. Moved by exploitation of indigo farmers by the planters of the British Raj, Mahatma Gandhi gives his call for satyagraha. This was arguably the first call for Independence. Gandhi also envisioned the concept of gram swaraj (village republics) from this village in east …
in a landmark decision the Washington dc circuit court has upheld the us Environmental Protection Agency's (usepa) ambient air quality standard for fine particulate matter (pm 2.5) at 15 microgramme per cubic metre (
community concern for animals and clean waterways have helped to make Sydney a haven for native animals like koalas and sharks. Koalas have made their home in a forest in suburban Sydney. Other colonies of koalas have also been found on the outskirts of this sprawling city of late. Recently, …
