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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India's food processing industry seen at $260 billion in 6-years
Mumbai: With the global economy beginning to perk-up, India's food processing industry is expected to benefit from this and grow to around $260-billion from the present USD 200-billion in the next 6-years, an industry expert said.
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Society pulled up for selling water
While the city faces 30% water cut after Diwali, a society in Prabhadevi is selling water from a ring well dug in its premises. Manoj Co-operative Housing Society in G (North) ward makes Rs10,000 a month by selling non-potable water to tankers.
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State under fire for violations in tiger sanctuary
The Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has come down heavily on the state government for allowing illegal construction and widening of a road inside Tungareshwar Wildlife Sanctuary by the Balyogi Shree Sadanand Maharaj Ashram Sanstha.
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Land acquiring process for nuclear power plants to begin
Mumbai: The process to build the first nuclear power plants at a cost of Rs33,000 crore after India's re-entry into global nuclear trade will be set into motion with the beginning of land acquisition tomorrow at Jaitapur in coastal Maharashtra.
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Two-day Indo-French nuclear business meet in Mumbai from Oct 14
Mumbai: The second two-day Indo-French Nuclear Business Meet will begin in the city on October 14. Nearly 500 Indian and French nuclear industry players and decision-makerswill get the opportunity to exchange ideas on nuclear cooperation with respect to various aspects including technical, business and economics.
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It will be more light, less noise this Diwali
If the sale of firecrackers is anything to go by the efforts to bring down the noise pollution, especially due to bursting of fire crackers during Diwali, has borne fruit.
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Kalina lab faces Peta wrath
Mumbai: The People for Ethical Treatment to Animals (Peta) filed a complaint against the directorate of forensic science (DFS) laboratory in Mumbai for violating the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960 by carrying out experiments on animals. click here
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Maharashtra gears up for second wave of swine flu; plans workshops
Mumbai: Preparing for a second wave of swine flu in winter as predicted by WHO, Maharashtra Government has decided to organise a series of workshops to train family doctors and paramedicals statewide to battle the H1N1 virus. You may also want to see
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We cannot stop climate change
"If someone thinks that different groups could come together and stop climate change, it would be the biggest myth," said Mike Hulme, professor of climate change, School of Environmental Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. "At the most we can mitigate the effects," he said. Hulme was talking to DNA before a talk on climate at the British Council Library in the city.
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MMRDA puts Mithi in peril
This could be yet another Mithi controversy brewing. The Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) has constructed a temporary road right at the mouth of the river near the Mahim Causeway.