Environmental sciences: Chance to serve Mother Nature
Nagpur: Environment assumes much importance in the fast developing world but studies on the topic are hardly taken seriously. Activists and environment officers are trained to protect Mother Nature
View ArticleClose down all brick kilns, orders CPCB
Nagpur: Bad days are ahead for brick kiln owners and workers as Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed closure of all kilns that do not have sanction of state pollution control boards...
View ArticleWater level remains low in most big dams of dist
Nagpur: Good rains in the last couple of days have brought cheer to the farming community in and around the city. But the data released by Nagpur division's water resources department remains alarming
View ArticleSwine flu cases on rise, experts advise strict precautions
Nagpur: The number of swine flu patients in the city is rising alarmingly with each passing day. The number of positive patients has increased to 98 this year, out of which 16 were recorded in the last
View ArticleH1N1 virus transmission peaked in summer & rains, says NIV report
Pune: The H1N1 virus activity attained two distinct peaks in the last nine months, indicating its severity in the state this year. The virus' transmission was at an all-time high first during summer
View ArticleChanda industrial area AQI worse than Delhi
Nagpur: On Monday when the apex court observed Delhi's situation to be emergency-like, the air quality recorded in the industrial area of Chandrapur was even worse than the Capital. The average air...
View ArticleNagpur Metro to get solar power at less than Rs4.50 a unit
Nagpur: Nagpur Metro has decided to go in for captive solar power generation and will get it at Rs4.50 a unit. It will use costly conventional power in evening. Mahametro managing director Brijesh Dixit
View ArticleHas city seen the worst of swine flu this year?
Nagpur: After creating havoc in the city for the whole year, swine flu seems to have finally disappeared from the city. In the last 22 days, no new positive cases have come up. However, two deaths of...
View ArticleSorry KTPS, buy your figures are polluted
Some government officers are so callous towards their duties that they do not realize that it is harming them as well as their families. I realized this fact while doing a story on air pollution caused
View ArticleMan-animal conflict on the decline in state, reveals RTI
Nagpur: If one believed that with recent tiger attacks on humans the man-animal conflict has been raging, then it is not completely true. As per official figures, 42 human deaths were reported in the...
View ArticleCPCB takes action against KTPS but doesn’t reveal what
Nagpur: Months have passed but it is not clear what concrete action has been taken by Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) against Koradi Thermal Power Station (KTPS). A recent reply to a Right to...
View ArticleIndustrialist moves HC to curb Chanda pollution
Nagpur: Peeved over pollution touching alarming levels in Chandrapur, an industrialist has moved Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, praying for action against respondents, including Mahagenco, for...
View ArticleRecord Great Indian Bustard sighting and get Rs 500 reward
Nagpur: Record a GIB sighting and get Rs 500! The state's principal chief conservator of forests (wildlife) AK Misra has started a novel scheme to save the critically endangered birds in Maharashtra.
View ArticleNo child should ever be given cough syrup: Expert
Nagpur: In the wake of the high-grade fever and cough affecting a very large number of children in the city, senior paediatrician Dr Satish Deopujari has given a call to every counterpart not to prescribe
View ArticleExperts urge for toxin-free environment
Nagpur: Ill-effects of using products that generate toxic waste and pollution of Nag River were the main topics taken up at the two-day workshop on 'Toxin-free lifestyle' organized by the Jeevit Nadi,
View ArticleOver Rs 237 crore farm loans waived in dist
NAGPUR: The state government has waived off farm loans to the tune of Rs 237.30 crore in the district and the process is still not over. Guardian minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule hopes to waive off loans
View ArticleSolar power for lift irrigation schemes
NAGPUR: Energy minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule has directed Mahagenco, Maharashtra Energy Development Agency (MEDA) and water resources department (WRD) to form a committee and draw up plans for...
View ArticleMorna river to get Neeri’s patented wastewater treatment technology
agpur: Taking the ‘Clean Morna River’ campaign a step further, the Akola district administration plans to use National Environmental Engineering Research Institute’s (Neeri) patented technology of...
View ArticleWhat has govt done to develop Lonar lake, asks HC
Nagpur: Flaying the Maharashtra government for its failure to develop Lonar lake, the Nagpur bench of Bombay high court on Tuesday tersely asked what steps it had taken to promote the world heritage site
View ArticleWater to blame for endemic kidney failures in a village?
The health department has finally acted upon and collected water samples from Asola village, where kidney failures are reported to be endemic. The water will be tested at the state government lab in Pune
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