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 …
the European Commission's (ec) consumer protection department has rejected the explanation given by Coca-Cola for the contamination scare that broke out in France and Belgium in May and June. The department also found fault with the French authorities' handling of the problem. A recently released report by the department said …
sakariyapura , a sleepy little village some distance from the chemical township of Nandesari, about 23 kilometres from Vadodara in Gujarat, is experiencing a revolution of sorts. At the outset it looks no different from any other village, but the local women are intensely involved in earning their livelihood in …
Mumbai authorities will soon put an end to the registration of diesel-run taxis. According to V M Lal, the Maharashtra transport commissioner, diesel-run taxis are the biggest polluters among commercial vehicles. Air pollution levels have reached alarming levels in the metropolis, said Lal. He said this during a discussion on …
T ourist attractions in China will now be classified according to hygiene, communications, safety and protection of the environment. Declaring this, a senior tourism official of the China National Tourism Administration ( cnta ) said the project will begin from October and would be classified into four grades. Zhong Haisheng, …
AIR quality in Malaysia has been made an "official secret'. The Malaysian government has also launched a new Internet site to counter "negative publicity'. The two developments reflect the Malaysian authorities' obsessive concern with presenting a positive image of Malaysia that overlooks shortcomings and plays down contentious issues. Government officials …
Over 10 million residents of Dhaka are now having to contend with an ever increasing amount of lead in the air, a recent survey by the Shishu Hospital confirmed. This increase in lead content may be attributed to polluting vehicles. According to a World Bank report, 15,000 people die every …
in india, around 60,000 metric tonnes of lead from batteries are recycled illegally. Needless to say, they are done in smelting units situated in the backyards of residential areas. In 1994, the Central Pollution Control Board (cpcb) closed 110 such polluting backyard smelters in Delhi. Studies have revealed that their …
that electoral politics and the environment do not mix well in India is a foregone conclusion. Lost in the maze of religion, casteism and regionalism, our politicians have no incentive to draw up plans to improve the natural environment, make promises based on these plans, fulfil those promises, and make …
in a recent report, the Medical Council of Portugal said genetic manipulation of plants and animals could alter the environment and trigger health risks. "Rearing of genetically modified (gm) plants and animals may lead to environmental changes. These changes can theoretically have an indirect impact on our species and consequently …
AFTER air quality levels reached its "unhealthiest' level in 14 months , the Chilean government imposed anti-pollution measures in the capital, Santiago, in the last week of July. The government ordered 3,200 factories to halve their productive capacities and banned nearly all cars without catalytic converters from the city's streets. …
public concern over air pollution levels in Delhi is growing. On July 13, over 125,000 doctors of the Indian Medical Association ( ima ) voiced their concern over the increasing incidence of air pollution-related diseases in India, and specifically in Delhi, at a public event organised by the Centre for …
from Virginia to Massachusetts, extending even as far west as Ohio, exceptionally dry weather conditions threaten eastern United States with drought. The National Weather Service has blamed the stagnant high-pressure system over the south-eastern part of the country for the lack of rain this summer. Conditions were no better last …
the "healthy worker' effect has been a mystery to scientists. This effect is a paradoxical situation in which people working with hazardous chemicals, or those exposed to radiation at their job, often appear more healthy that the general population. Epidemiologists have suspected that among people employed in jobs involving hazardous …
There is reason to believe that Dolly, the cloned sheep, inherited some of the wear and tear suffered by her six-year-old mother's cells. The ends of Dolly's chromosomes are shorter than those of normal sheep of the same age, point out researchers at the Roslin Institute near Edinburgh, Scotland. When …
An artist's rendition of the Lunar Prospector shows the spacecraft in lunar orbit. The Lunar Prospector hit the moon on July 31, 1999. The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration, using the Hubble Space Telescope, failed to detect water in the plume created by Prospector 's impact
after a three-year battle , the ban on British beef exports has finally been lifted. On July 14, the European Commission ( eu ) ruled that sales would resume from August 1. The ban was imposed on March 1996, after scientists identified a potential link between bse ( popularly known …
The estuary at the mouth of Ashtamudi lake in Kollam district of Kerala was once famous for its mangroves. Today, after more than three decades of wilful destruction, all that remains of the luxuriant vegetation is confined to the Ashramam mangroves on the western side of the government guest house. …
