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MADURAI,
Friday, May 17, 2013
The Madurai Corporation is planning a complete ban on plastic cups and carry bags in the city. This issue is likely to be taken up for discussion at the Council meeting to be held on Friday.
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CHENNAI,
Sunday, August 12, 2012
‘Samudra Paharadar’ to be stationed at Visakhapatnam
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BHOPAL,
Friday, August 10, 2012
Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have welcomed the Supreme Court’s directive to the Union and Madhya Pradesh governments on providing access to better healthcare to them.
“The court’s di...
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Bangalore,
July 2, 2012
Ratnamma and her three daughters are constantly worried these days. After Muniraju, Ratnamma’s husband, died of renal failure last week, the family is left with a loan of over Rs. 10 lakh that had...
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BHOPAL,
May 12, 2012
With the Supreme Court pulling up the Centre and the Madhya Pradesh government for their failure to dispose of tonnes of toxic Union Carbide waste lying in the heart of Bhopal, the problem has tak...
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Hyderabad,
April 19, 2012
Dignity through sports is the motto that drives Suheim Sheikh, founder and president of the Yacht Club of Hyderabad, discovers SOHINI CHAKRAVORTY
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MUMBAI,
July 28, 2011
Transporting the material over 357 km to Butibori will pose its own problems
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 10, 2011
Public sector Hindustan Insecticides charged with polluting environment
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
April 20, 2011
The Kerala Cabinet on Wednesday decided to send an all-party delegation to the Centre to press for India’s support to the proposal for global ban on endosulfan at the conference of par...
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CHENNAI,
March 6, 2011
A study on the toxic nature of the sediments in the Cooum river is being conducted by the Chennai River Restoration Trust. The study is to take preventive measures on any possible impact on...
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VISAKHAPATNAM,
September 7, 2010
This is an initiative to preserve cultural heritage
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August 2, 2010
The Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules 2000 clearly define "segregation." Six years after they came into force, in 2004, hardly any city in India has been able to implement them. On the other hand, Municipal Corporations staggering under the weight of mountains of trash violate the law everyday. Decentralised composting, both traditional and mechanical, could be a way forward. But will politics and policy keep pace with science and technology?
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Nagapattinam,
July 13, 2010
Hundreds of fishermen of 12 hamlets staged a demonstration at nearby Tarangambadi, opposing a private company’s proposal to set up thermal power plant in the coastal area in three villages in...
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BHOPAL,
May 12, 2012
Amid all the controversy surrounding disposal of the hazardous Union Carbide waste, an organisation of victims and survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy has said 350 tonnes of waste lying inside the...
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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,
May 2, 2012
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy reiterated here on Wednesday that the government would pay the compensation recommended by the National Human Rights Commission to the endosulfan victims in Kasaragod...
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Madrid,
February 26, 2012
Particles of toxic metals, generated by cars, may not only contaminate the air but also seep under the asphalt and harm the adjacent soil and plants, a study reveals.Josntonio Carrero, chem...
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NEW DELHI,
July 2, 2011
Study finds higher levels of lead in Nepal, Bangladesh
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May 4, 2011
The decision of the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants to include the pesticide endosulfan in the list of chemicals scheduled for elimination at the global level is a posi...
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SINGAPORE,
April 7, 2011
Mixed fortunes marked the Japanese efforts at controlling the radiation crisis in and around the quake-and-tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power station on Wednesday.The plant operator...
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KOLONTAR, Hungary,
October 7, 2010
The toxic red sludge that inundated three Hungarian villages reached Europe’s mighty Danube River on Thursday but no immediate damage was evident, Hungary’s rescue operations agency sai...
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KANNUR,
August 10, 2010
The clean-up of Rayarom River at Alakkode by Navy and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) personnel to remove the large quantities of discarded pesticides dumped into it was co...
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Bhopal,
July 27, 2010
The defunct Union Carbide factory has 347 metric tonnes of toxic waste which will be disposed off in the Pithampur-based Treatment Storage Disposal Facility (TSDF) in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh...
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Chandigarh,
July 11, 2010
Haryana has taken a leap forward in the field of alternate energy by setting up a 1-MW power plant utilising bio-gas generated from distillery waste. Power Minister Mahender Partap Singh sa...
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