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 …
even small increases in the levels of air pollutant ozone may have an adverse effect on the health of children, causing them to miss school, a new report suggests. "We detected ill health effects in school children because of levels well below the current air quality standard for allowable levels …
A local company in Dhaka, Bangladesh, will launch electric vehicles, the first of its kind in the country by March 2001. "We have already imported some vehicles for trial and are going to launch these vehicles in the city,' said Niaz Rahim, director of Rahimafrooz (Bangladesh) Limited. They will travel …
The IPCC report came in for criticism from none other than China, the host of the Shanghai conference. Chinese representatives blamed the forum of ignoring views of scientists who believe global warming is a part of normal climatic fluctuations instead of a consequence of rising carbon dioxide emissions. "The organisation …
the Pakistani government has declared compressed natural gas (cng) as the "fuel of the future' and is moving on a fast track to promote the fuel as the environmentally friendly alternative to petrol and diesel. The promotion of cng in the transport sector has a two-way advantage for the government: …
the Orissa Pollution Control Board has said that it will file a case in the court if the National Aluminium Company (nalco) fails to restore an ash pond breach by April 2001. One of the ash ponds of nalco's alumina smelter plant and captive power plant situated at Angul, 160 …
as soon as hiv is confirmed, aggressive medication is probably the best way of fighting aids, suggests research at the Massachusetts General Hospital and the Harvard Medical School in the us . This strategy allows the immune system to develop specialised immune cells that attack the virus. Researchers studied treatment …
Scientists have observed a new spindle structure, formed during cell division, says a report on a science news site on the web. Researchers at the Iowa State University in the US say the discovery could lead to better insight into how abnormal cells divide, for example in different forms of …
at least 30 carcasses of the Olive Ridley sea turtles were recently found over a two-kilometre stretch between Point Calimere and Vedaranyam in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. "The deaths were very recent as dogs, crows and even a wild bear were still feeding on the carcasses,' said R Vijayakumar …
Ever since an increasing number of vehicles running on compressed natural gas (cng) started plying on Delhi roads, a strange whisper campaign has been blowing in the air
The rashes and burns on his scaly skin are not due to his advancing years. With red patches on his limbs and torso, this aged man is literally suffering from a two-year itch. His frail body stoops, overburdened not just with age but also the agony caused by his recalcitrant …
if one finds air pollution on normal days choking, then January 2, 2001 must have been a nightmare. As the northern electricity grid broke down, seven states of north India plunged into darkness. With water supplies cut, telephone lines down and disrupted railway services, generators in all shapes and sizes, …
Air pollution causes a decrease in tropical rainfall. The US National Aeronautical and Space Administration (nasa) has discovered an important link between air pollution and rainfall, reports the United Press International. "The concentration of pollution particles redistribute the water inside the clouds into numerous small droplets that are too small …
participants at a recently concluded international conference on environment and health, severely criticised the state government for its poor performance in improving Bangalore's air quality. Organised by the Bangalore-based Karnataka Environment Research Foundation (kerf) and the Lakeside Education Trust, the conference concluded with suggestions to alleviate the city's respiratory health …
people who use mobile phones experience headaches more often than those who do not. Moreover, the headaches last longer if the call duration is high. These are the findings of a study conducted in Singapore to study the prevalence of the symptoms of specific central nervous system (cns) ailment among …
a recent set of experiments has proved that exposure to excessive airborne ozone, one of the more noxious constituents of smog, can cause asthma. The experiments were carried out on young rhesus monkeys. One group of monkeys had ozone added to their air supply, while a second group breathed air …
An edible vaccine for hepatitis B is in the final stages of development. Once ready, it will work just as the existing vaccine that is injected and used widely around the world does. The current hepatitis B vaccine is based on an antigen (a protein) that stimulates the body to …
chronic bronchitis caused by air pollution affects 24,000 adults and 2.2 lakh children each year, reveals a study by the Nagpur-based National Environment Engineering Research Institute (neeri). The neeri study states that Mumbai suffers from an annual loss of 20 million workdays because of pollution, which is equivalent to nine …
a carcinogenic gas called cokeoven leaked from the gas supply lines of the Durgapur Steel Plant (dsp), West Bengal, in the last week of December, 2000. The leak took place when a fire gutted the benzol scrubber unit of the plant. The Steel Authority of India Limited (sail) owns the …
