Registration of healthcare facilities mandatory
These rules aim to make available a database of clinical establishments which are authorised to function and thereby improve public health quality by eliminating quacks The Union Ministry of public
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Pollution board pulls up Mumbai cricket association
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has once again pulled up the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) for not following norms and causing environmental degradation. The MBCP had found that the renovation of Wankhede Stadium was polluting the air and groundwater.
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Bhopal gas disaster victims used to getting rough deal
New Delhi: Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have, it seems, become used to injustice. On Monday, seven influential officers of Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) were convicted by a court with a mere two-year sentence for causing the world
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People from Nashik come together to save trees
Nashik: MLAs, entrepreneurs, spiritual leaders and individuals here have joined hands to launch a movement against cutting of trees. A large number of trees on the Mumbai-Agra highway were cut or felled by the contractors over the last couple of years and many more or likely to be cut in near future for works like road widening, the activists said.
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Even farmers adulterate milk
Mumbai: Of all the perishable products in the Mumbai market, milk is perhaps one of the most adulterated. The proof: In the past year, the Brihanmumbai division of the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) has carried out raids on 25 establishments in the city, which were involved in selling adulterated milk.
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166 monkeys drop dead. Is it the heat?
NAGPUR: An unusually high incidence of monkey deaths over the last three days near a dried up reservoir in the Sindewahi forests, 150km from here in Chandrapur, has driven wildlife officials to panic.
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New rule will give respite to Mithi river
Mumbai: Soon, the Mithi river will no longer have to take the city
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Industrial units will pay for damaging the environment
Mumbai: On the eve of World Environment Day, environment minister Suresh Shetty spoke to DNA on the need for effective implementation of the existing rules and norms. Excerpts from the interview: Industrial units continue to flout pollution norms...
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Mumbai women commuters more prone to UTI, says study
Mumbai: Women commuters in the metropolis are more prone to get Urinary Tract Infections (UTI) due to unhygienic condition of toilets at Mumbai's suburban railway stations, the study by a city-based NGO said here. The study was conducted by Observer Research Foundation (ORF), a city-based think-tank, on sanitation facilities at Mumbai's at 106 suburban railway stations.
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Heritage panel view on zoo overlooked
Mumbai: The BMC has decided to go ahead with its Byculla zoo modernisation plan despite a few objections raised by the Mumbai Heritage Conservation Committee (MHCC).
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Metro One clears a major hurdle
Mumbai: A major hurdle to the 11-km Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar (VAG) Metro One was removed on Wednesday. The 180-metre railway over bridge (RoB) connecting Andheri West and East finally got the nod of the Western Railway officials.