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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New beautification projects for Mumbai get back-door entry
Mumbai: When municipal commissioner Swadhin Kshatriya spelt out his budgetary plans for this fiscal, he left out new beautification and road works blaming the recession. Claiming the municipal economy was not robust enough at this stage, he stressed on completion of major projects in core areas instead.
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Farmer loans decline by 20% in Maharashtra
Mumbai: At a time when the Congress-Nationalist Congress Party combine has been boasting about the highest-ever financial aid provided to the farmers in state through loan waiver packages in 2008-09, comes the startling revelation of how financial help to farmers at the grass roots had dwindled by 20% in 2008-09 compared to 2007-08
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Curtain call for plastic in Borivli colony
Mumbai: Willie Shirsat, from Borivli
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BMC may pull down terrace cell towers
Mumbai: Soon, you may face trouble finding mobile connectivity inside your home, but at the same time it might just prove beneficial for your health. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), after repeated demands from citizens, has plans to pull down all mobile phone towers from terraces of residential buildings in the city.
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Mumbai requires 800-lakh litres of petrol, diesel per month
Mumbai: With the new Bharat Stage IV emission norms coming into effect from yesterday, oil companies are gearing up to meet the requirements of Mumbai, an official said today. The metropolis requires more than 800-lakh litres of fuel every month and three oil companies will supply both petrol and diesel through their existing 243 outlets.
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Maharashtra govt signs MoU with TERI on climate change study
Mumbai: Maharashtra government today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) to study dangers of climate change in the state. TERI would carry out research work at six places in the state and study impact of climate change on factors like foodgrain production, public health and status of water resources, an official said.
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Euro-IV fuel at Mumbai petrol pumps from today
Mumbai: The city is set to shed a good measure of its air pollution after the Euro-IV compliance, known as Bharat Stage-IV in India, comes into effect in the city from Thursday.
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Over 1,000 gastro patients in March have docs worried
Mumbai: After jaundice, it is now gastroenteritis. The problem is worse, doctors say, because new cases are being reported every day. At least 1,175 patients were treated for the disease in March, according to BMC records. A health department official said 39 people were admitted to hospitals on Tuesday and 43 on Wednesday.
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Maharashtra ignoring Vidarbha farmers
Mumbai: In a short span of 12 days, 25 farmers have committed suicide in the cotton-growing region of Vidarbha, thus exposing the failure of the state government in tackling the agrarian crisis effectively.
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Water cut never reached 30%, but more pipe bursts in store
Mumbai: Were you surprised at receiving adequate water at home despite the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) imposing a steep water cut last week? The reason that happened was because the water cut was not steep at all. The civic body had doubled the water cut from 15% to 30% on