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 …
A Supreme Court division bench has reverted one of its order passed in 1996, which stipulated that brick kilns causing air pollution due to the use of fly ash technology should be relocated and the land on which these kilns were located should be surrendered. "It is still a dispute …
the Supreme Court has, in a significant judgement, ruled that no religion prescribes or preaches that prayers are required to be performed through voice amplifiers or beating of drums and "in any case, if there is such a practice, it should not adversely affect the rights of others.' The court, …
albeit accidentally, a government department has prepared a review on the performance of electrostatic precipitators ( esp s) installed in thermal power stations to control air pollution, which accidentally became an environmental audit as well. It shows that the suspen ded particulate matter ( spm ) levels in emissions from …
Bhutan opened its doors to tourists in 1974. But the protective Bhutanese psyche kept the kingdom jealously guarded and this is visible in the controlled tourism policy. To avoid unwanted side effects the government has adopted a policy of "high value low volume' tourism, restricting the number of tourists by …
the Kandamanur Reserve Forest area, in south Tamil Nadu, earmarked as degraded forest, is fast regenerating. Implementation of joint forest management programme in the region has transformed the forest area as well as the life of residents of nearby villages of Kanavaipatti and Pudu Ramachandrapuram. The two villages have been …
Though a visitor from places such as Delhi may not find anything amiss in Thimpu's air, for most people in Bhutan the problem of air pollution in gaining immense proportions. For them, there is no time for complacency. The air pollution scenario is particularly severe in the winter months. According …
EACH year, millions of tonnes of toxic aerosols from Asia travel across to the Pacific Ocean, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of California at Davis (UCD), usa. According to them, these previously undetected toxic pollutants, which are a result of increased industrialisation in the region, …
Global warming literally threatens to swallow the small archipelago in the Indian Ocean and the worries are begin to show upon the people. In his recent state visit to India, Maldives president Maumoon Abdul Gayoom expressed deep concern over the threat to Indian prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee. India has …
if you have prostate cancer, could puffing a cigarette or breathing diesel fumes behind a bus make your cancer spread faster? That's a question researchers Paul F Lindholm and Andre Balla of the Medical College of Wisconsin, usa, are trying to answer. Their preliminary research suggests that aggressive prostate cancer …
The Allahabad High Court has directed inspector-general of police (criminal investigation department) to inquire into the alleged involvement of some police officials in illegal trading of forest woods in collaboration with wood smugglers in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur area. The order was passed by a division bench in response to a …
the Russian government has decided to recover the sunk Kursk submarine. The decision has ben taken due to the possibility of a nuclear leak from the wreck's reactor. The Kursk, an attack submarine was shattered by an explosion while taking part in naval exercises in the Barrents Sea off Russia's …
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) analysed the emission data available on a sample of in-use vehicles tested by the Automotive Research Association of India (ARAI), Pune, before and after service. The analysis shows that about one-fifth of the four-wheelers (1986-1992 models) tested contribute 40 per cent of the …
GENERAL MOTORS (GM): In 1998, the US Environment Protection Agency (USEPA) announced that GM will recall about 400,000 cars of 1993 models because they exceed federal standards for carbon monoxide (CO). The recall includes Chevrolet Luminas, Oldsmobile Cutlass Supremes, Pontiac Grand Prix and Buick Regals. These models were found to …
The concept of emission warranty in India is still not well understood. To most, it means nothing more than the normal short-term performance warranty programme. It, therefore, came as a surprise in January this year when the Indian two-wheeler industry came forward to announce that it was prepared to accept …
the west Nile virus has been making headlines in the us for quite some time now. Till now, three people, 213 birds and 114 mosquito pools have been reported infected with the virus in different parts of the country. It is believed that the virus, which killed seven people last …
the Delhi government's Prevention of Food Adulteration (pfa) Department has recently seized 20 samples of substandard milk. The 20 samples were a part of 63 samples taken from milk tankers entering Delhi from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh, as well as, from milk dairies and polypack milk supplied by different companies. …
australian government will use a fungus to fight a weed, which has destroyed vast areas of the country's natural bushland. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation and the Weeds Cooperative Research Centre have released the rust fungus, Puccinia myrsiphylli , in order to stop the uncontrollable spread of the …
while Methyl Tertiary Butyl Ether ( mtbe) - a harmful blending stock used as a mix with unleaded petrol to increase oxygen content in petrol for cleaner burning - has been dumped in the us where it has caused serious problems of groundwater contamination, the Union ministry of environment and …
There is now a growing recognition that cities can become sustainable only if auto dependence can be reduced. Says Newman, "Rapidly developing cities that have not put in place any physical or economic restraints on traffic, have not built high quality transit system, and have not protected their traditional forms …
