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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Jaundice outbreak: BMC asks Worli builder to shift sewer
Mumbai: After jaundice claimed the lives of two young women in a month
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Are skywalks a waste of our money?
Mumbai: Has the urban planning authority scored a dud with the numerous skywalks dotting the cityscape? A report by a private organisation indicates so
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Maharashtra's Western Ghats losing forest cover: Study
New Delhi: The fragile ecosystem of Maharashtra's Western Ghats, a bio-diversity treasure trove,has come under severe pressure from unabated developmental activities leading to a loss of its forest cover over a period of 20 years since 1985, notes a recent study.
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Water scarcity forces Yavatmal Zilla Parishad to prepone school exams
Yavatmal: The Yavatmal Zilla Parishad has resolved to prepone all its school exams this year due to the prevailing drinking water scarcity in the district.
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Now, a kitchen from Bangalore for Mumbai's poor kids
Mumbai: While education for the city
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Polluted water sparks jaundice fear in Mumbai
Mumbai: After having braved the water crisis, the 400-odd families of Panchshil housing society in Worli now face another water woe. The society has been getting contaminated water supply for the last one month, which was become a major health hazard for the residents.
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Pollution board threatens to hit Wankhede for a six
Mumbai: The renovation of Wankhede stadium is polluting the environment. On inspecting the area, the Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has found a rise in the level of pollutants in the air and groundwater.
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Houses for rehabilation being sold, government tells high court
Mumbai: Confirming the allegations made in a public interest litigation (PIL), the director of Sanjay Gandhi National Park on Wednesday told the Bombay high court that over 800 flats allotted to those evicted from the park, have been illegally sold or leased out.
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Urban India Reform Facility set up at TISS in Mumbai
Mumbai: To research on and influence the processes of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), the School of Habitat Studies at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) has now set up an Urban India Reform Facility, or UIRF.
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Versova CRZ offender faces civic body's wrath
Sandeep Ashar / DNA Mumbai: Amidst heavy police bandobast, the demolition squad of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) pulled down a two-storey illegal structure at Versova on Thursday. The RCC structure, constructed along the coastline, was in violation of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, said assistant municipal commissioner Ramesh Pawar