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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Oil spill in Mahul creek grounds kills flamingo
Mumbai: The oil spill in Mahul creek a couple of weeks ago has taken its toll. The city has lost a winged visitor. While the flamingo died on Tuesday, another bird is battling for life at the SPCA hospital, Parel.
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Maharashtra Pollution Control Board cracks down on chemical units
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) has its guns set on the chemical factories at the Lote Parshuram industrial area in Chiplun. These factories, which are blatantly violating environment protection norms, have been issued show cause notice for allegedly polluting water at the Borje dam near Khed.
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MMRDA 'pays back' IIT-Bombay by bridging its campus
Mumbai: It could be termed as a payback gesture by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) towards the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B). The authority will construct a motorable bridge connecting the southern and northern sides of the IIT-B campus.
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Plastic ban: State holds up changes proposed by BMC
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) had plans to curb the plastic bags menace that date back to 2008. The civic body had asked the state government to make a provision for stringent action to discourage the manufacturing and circulation of plastic bags.
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Forest department notice to Amte's camps
Mumbai: Although the forest department served the notices to Maharogi Seva Samiti for illegally keeping wild animals at Somnath and Anandvan, the department itself has been using the facility currently.
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Maharashtra still owes Rs195 crore for railway projects
Mumbai: The state government may end up derailing suburban railway expansion if it doesn
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Total ban on plastic bag in Mumbai is on the cards
Mumbai: A proposal for total ban on the use of polythene will be discussed during a Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) meeting on Saturday.
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Municipal corporation suggests fire brigade to source water from bore wells
Mumbai: Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has suggested the Fire Brigade to make use of water from bore wells and dug wells as part of its fire fighting operations.
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Barc investigating if dead scientists were careless
Mumbai: A day after two young research scientists died in a massive fire at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, the organisation is investigating if there were any lapses or carelessness on their part.
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BMC wants Sachin Tendulkar to pad up for its 'save water' campaign
Mumbai: The city is facing one of its worst water crises and the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is making all possible efforts to save the taps from running dry. The civic body, which has launched the