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 …
as we approach the new millennium, a glass of clean, uncontaminated water seems to be a luxury, that even money cannot buy. Newspapers are awash daily with reports of fluoride-contaminated water sources. Sadly, long-term constructive policies are yet to see the light of day. Occasional studies and certain discrete temporary …
france has tightened norms on the use of chemicals in toys after studies confirmed the dangers of chemicals present in them. The government has said that buying, selling, production, import and export of a number of plastic toys containing phthalates are to be prohibited. Besides, it also imposed a ban …
Holograms, or three-dimensional (3D) images of objects, are not only attractive to look at but also have remarkable properties. However, the process of making a holographic image is a lengthy one. Now, scientists at the Risoe National Laboratory in Denmark have developed a photo-sensitive polymer in which a blue-green laser …
in applications like satellite navigation, a fraction of a second here or there can send the satellite straying off its path. The best clocks in the world (including the international definition of the second) are based on a specific transition of electrons in caesium atoms. Now, a team of scientists …
according to a report compiled by the United Nations ( un), toxic waste emitted from industrial facilities hit by North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (nato ) air strikes on Yugoslavia have seriously contaminated the water and soil in surrounding areas and may threaten the health of local people. The report is …
about 20 tonnes of radioactive coolant water leaked from an eight-cm-long crack in a pipe at a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, on July 12, officials of the Japan Atomic Power Co said. No radiation leaked outside the No 2 reactor building where the accident occurred, they …
India is facing a serious double burden of disease. Most of the old infectious diseases like malaria, filariasis and kala-azar have not yet disappeared; indeed they are bouncing back. At the same time, other chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disorders are becoming more dominant.
health Care Without Harm, a us -based coalition of environmental groups accused the World Bank of "environmental racism' for backing projects that fund dioxin-producing medical waste incinerators in 20 countries around the world. The coalition published the report that claimed the bank funded projects in Africa, the Americas and Asia …
a government advisory panel has suggested that the Japanese government should drop the maximum tolerable daily intake of dioxin to four picograms per kilogram of body weight. For the first time, polychlorinated biphenyl's ( pcb s), toxic substances similar to dioxin, will also fall under the new standard. The recommendations …
the third European conference on environment and health recently organised in London resolved to set an agenda for improving health and environment standards in Europe for the next century. Representatives of 51 countries, international agencies and groups representing consumers and the corporate sector participated in the meet. The theme of …
The questionnaire sent by CSE's Right To Clean Air Campaign to senior executives of transnational carmakers selling diesel cars in India: - We presume that you know that suspended particulate matter levels are very high in a city like Delhi; that respirable particulate matter is extremely carcinogenic; and that diesel …
we travelled by jeep to Bamzar village in Khandwa district of Madhya Pradesh. I had to meet a woman named Laxmi Bhau Bhilala and assess her work on forest protection and plantation. The ride was bumpy and I was told by my fellow passengers
India is facing a serious double burden of disease. Most of the old infectious diseases like malaria, filariasis and kala-azar have not yet disappeared; indeed they are bouncing back. At the same time, other chronic non-communicable diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and respiratory disorders are becoming more dominant. It …
did the earliest flying birds evolve from fast runners that learnt to flap their wings and take off? Proponents of this theory have faced some nagging problems. How could a ground-dwelling animal run fast enough to reach takeoff speed, and why would it be flapping its wings? One calculation based …
The Red Planet Mars never ceases to surprise scientists. The Mars Global Surveyor spacecraft has found patterns of surface rock which are magnetised. These are stripes of magnetic material which point alternately in one or the other direction. These patterns resemble the patterns observed at mid-ocean rift zones on Earth. …
the air pollution campaign will have far reaching implications, say energy consultants Wood Mackenzie. Greener regulations for gasoline and diesel that come into effect from next year in Europe will cut output, while boosting regional oil products trade and use of lighter, crudes, say analysts. The Auto Oil rules aim …
Four freighters, one already loaded with 107 containers of cargo for Singapore, have been bottled up in Thailand since small-scale fisherfolk blockaded Songkhla Bay. The fisherfolk are demanding an end to nocturnal anchovy fishing by boats equipped with powerful lights to attract the fish. Port director Wattanachai Ruanglertpanyakul, of Chao …
astronomers re-examining data collected 12 years ago when supernova 1987 a exploded say the new understanding only serves to bring them one step closer to proving a link between the dramatic gamma-ray bursters and exploding stars. The giant dying star had jettisoned stellar debris in a narrow jet moving at …
the fixed salmon catch quotas that existed under the original Pacific Salmon Treaty between the United States and Canada are now history. A new agreement based on abundance of the valuable food fish was concluded on June 3, 1999, resolving a long-standing dispute between the neighbouring nations. The new agreement …
