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 …
it is commonly known that land use changes have negative effects on public health. But till now no scientific verification was available for it. Recently Sprawl Watch, an environmental group, researched and proved the same. In a comprehensive report Creating A Healthy Environment: The Impact of the Built Environment on …
Human activities are releasing tiny particles (aerosols) into the atmosphere. These human-made aerosols enhance scattering and absorption of solar radiation. They also produce brighter clouds that are less efficient at releasing precipitation. These in turn lead to large reductions in the amount of solar irradiance reaching Earth's surface, a corresponding …
a letter of intent has been signed between the British energy group British Petroleum (bp) and the Economic Development Board (edb) to build hydrogen refueling stations for future Singapore motorists driving hydrogen-powered vehicles. Earlier, the edb signed a similar letter of intent with Daimler Chrysler to develop hydrogen-power cars for …
Shimoga, a small city in Karnataka celebrated car free day on October 6, 2001. This is the first instance that any Indian city has celebrated car free day, which has been taken up as an initiative in several European cities to reduce car use and thus reduce vehicular air pollution …
The 4th wto ministerial conference in Doha has granted that governments are free to take all necessary measures to protect public health. Simply put, governments can override patents without the threat of a backlash of large pharma multinationals. It is now upto governments to use these powers to bring down …
Already here! Chikungunya virus Mosquito borne fever, first seen along the shores of the great lakes of Africa. Was first reported along with a febrile illness in Kolkata in 1963. Resembles dengue. Has struck regularly in Vellore, Pondicherry and Chennai. West Nile virus First observed in Uganda in 1937. Seen …
The Javan rhinoceros, one of the world's most endangered large mammals, is showing signs of recovery. Conservationists have recently found evidence that four calves were born over the last two years in Indonesia's Ujung Kulon national park. An 18-month-long survey by World Wide Fund for Nature (wwf) and the park …
The world's biggest elephant relocation programme recently began with 40 animals transferred from South Africa's Kruger National Park to an area in Mozambique known as Coutada 16. The area is slated to be part of a 35,000 sq km trans-frontier park opening over the next year or so. During the …
To what do you attribute the smooth transition of the Manila Water Supply and Sewerage Board (MWSSB) into a private company? The key to the success of this much-needed project was that it addressed all the stakeholders involved
Global sea level has risen between 10-25 centimetres (cm) during the 20th century due to thermal expansion of the oceans, and melting of Antarctic and Arctic glaciers. The rate of sea-level rise during the 20th century was about 10 times higher than the average rate during the last 3,000 years. …
An outbreak of a mysterious flu-like illness recently affected hundreds of students in Manila, forcing three private schools to close down. On October 1, 2001, dozens of students were sent home from the La Salle school in Mandaluyong province of metropolitan Manila. The students were suffering from respiratory problems, fever …
The UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has urged farmers to take steps for preventing soil erosion by stopping conventional ploughing and using more sustainable practices instead. "Intensive land cultivation methods using tractors and ploughs are a major cause of severe soil loss and land degradation in many developing countries,' …
Hope was the most precious commodity for drought-rava-ged Orissa a few months ago. So when the monsoon of 2001 reached the state on time, there was jubilation. But incessant rains for 40 days starting from the first week of July ebbed this jubila-tion. In its worst ever flood recorded in …
Paris has recently introduced an ecofriendly plan to promote the use of buses and bicycles and discourage the use of private cars. For this purpose the city's mayor, Bertrand Delanoe, has reduced the road space for private vehicles. Under the plan, the right lane has been officially reserved for buses, …
The Brazilian government is planning to declare aids a national emergency. The country's health minister, Jose Serra, said the decision was made after negotiations to lower the price of nelfinavir, an aids drug manufactured by Hoffman-La Roche Incorporation, recently failed. The action is being taken under a legislation that permits …
A collision between a cargo ship and an oil tanker has caused a major diesel oilspill in the Vung Tau Sea, about 120 kilometres southeast of Ho Chi Minh city. According to the Vung Tau port authorities, the Liberian-registered ship hit the Vietnamese tanker while trying to approach its anchorage …
union petroleum and natural gas minister, Ram Naik, stands accused again for mocking at the environment at the expense of public health. As his attempts to derail the Supreme Court's orders on cleaning Delhi's air continue, in Maharashtra's Dahanu he made a statement to disband the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection …
Poor management of Nigeria's environment is costing the country around us $5 billion a year in ruined land and lost forests, an ecology expert claims. Muhtari Aminu-Kano, executive director of the Nigerian Conservation Foundation (ncf) said that much of the damage resulted from oil and gas extraction in the Niger …
