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
Daily News Analysis (Mumbai)
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Blast in Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, kills 2 scientists
Mumbai: A high intensity explosion at a chemical laboratory inside the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) on Tuesday noon claimed the lives of two junior scientists. BARC, however, confirmed that no reactor, radioactivity or radiation was involved in the incident, which took place about a kilometre away from the nuclear reactor.
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11-level car park at new Aurora in Mumbai
Mumbai: The multiplex monster has gobbled up yet another landmark single screen theatre in the city. The Aurora cinema in Matunga (East), considered to be a shrine by Rajinikanth fans, will soon make way for a 34-storey high-rise. The movie magic will continue on its first two floors, where there will be a four-screen multiplex. And above that, will be an 11-level automated car parking facility.
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Illegal wells pose health hazards for slum dwellers in Mumbai
Mumbai: Following the civic body's drive to snap all illegal tap water connections and booster pipes due to water shortage in the city, desperate slum families in Northeast Mumbai are now digging wells to tap the ground water, which is allegedly contaminated with sewage residues.
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Go the whole hog, ban polythene bags: Mayor
Mumbai: No haggling over thickness now. Mumbai is preparing to pack off polythene bags, lock, stock and barrel. Into a frustrating battle against the polythene bag menace for long, environmentalists now have an endorsement for their cause from the mayor's office. If everything follows the script and good intention manifests in action, the city may well be carrying the good old cotton bags soon.
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Desalination may not come to Mumbai's rescue
Even sea water, which is in abundance around the city, may not be able help overcome the crisis. Most of the civic engineers are not betting on the realisation of sea water desalination plants.
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Two kids of a family die of malaria within an hour
Mumbai: Unhealthy living conditions claimed the lives of two kids of a family who died of malaria in Bhayander on Sunday morning. Their mother too is in the hospital with malaria symptoms.
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Railways must reduce consumption of water: Chavan
Mumbai: Chief minister Ashok Chavan has asked the railways to look for other sources of water to meet their daily requirements. The Central and Western Railway require about 38.52 lakh litres of water of which the former consumes nearly 23.40 lakh litres to wash local train coaches.
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Green buildings face the heat
Mumbai: In a move to make green buildings more energy efficient, the Centre has decided to lower the connected load of such buildings to 100KW (kilowatts) from the existing 500KW. The Union ministry of power has already tabled the Energy Conservation Amendment Bill 2009 in the parliament to change the norms of green buildings, Ajay Mathur, director general, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, said.
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Reliance may pull out of Raigad SEZ project
Mumbai: Kiran TareMukesh Ambani's Reliance has sacked 1,200 of the 1,600 employees from its proposed Special Economic Zones (SEZ) in Raigad district. It, anti-SEZ activists say, signals that Reliance is winding up the project.
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Land acquisition in city is MMRDA's latest mission
Mumbai: Taking a cue from the enormous number of hurdles it had to face acquiring land for the car depot of its first ever metro corridor from Versova to Ghatkopar, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has identified about 1,045 acres of land across the city, which it proposes to acquire. This land will be utilised for the upcoming six lines of metro in the city.