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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MNS survey finds 400 wells in Andheri filled with debris
Mumbai: At a time when the city is facing a scarcity of water, more than 400 wells with potable drinking water have been found to be filled with debris in the Andheri area alone.
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South Mumbai will get underground parking
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will set up seven underground multi-level parking facilities in South Mumbai doubling vehicle capacity. Two each will be near Crawford Market (one outside the police headquarters and one near Manish Market) and Hutatma Chowk, and one each near Eros Cinema, Regal Cinema and Jehangir Art Gallery.
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Serum Institute to speed up vaccine production
In April, the company had announced that it had got the World Health Organisation contract to develop and manufacture the vaccine. The company is in talks with both the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) and the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) to bring down the administrative time lag.
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BNHS succeeds in breeding vultures
Mumbai: The efforts of Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) has borne fruit, with vultures being successfully bred in captivity, for the first time in the world. The Vulture Conservation Breeding Programme of the BNHS was started in 2004 at three places in the country at Pinjor in Haryana, Rajabhatkhawa near Baxa Tiger Reserve in West Bengal and Rani Forest near Guwahati in Assam.
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Radio collars can't kill tigers: BNHS
Mumbai: The Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS) stands firmly behind the method of radio-collaring as an efficient tool in preservation of big cats.
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Residents up the ante against elevated Metro
Mumbai: Linking Road residents are not in a mood to soften their stand on the protection of 500 structures which will be affected due to the construction of an elevated Metro. The line will proceed from Juhu towards Santa Cruz Linking Road and end at Bandra junction near Amarsons.
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No mining in Tiger reserve
Mumbai: In a major boost to the efforts of conservationists opposing mining near Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR) in Chandrapur district, union minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh has said mining will not be allowed near the reserve.
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Panic in Pune as swine flu spreads to six schools
Twelve more persons tested positive for swine flu on Tuesday. Two more schools reported one case each, taking the number of affected institutions to six. The count of confirmed cases in the city stands at 72.
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Plan to make a world-class slumbai
Mumbai: The state cabinet's decision to extend the cut-off date of the slums to January 1, 2000 from the earlier date of January 1, 1995 will benefit more than 20 lakh people in nearly five lakh slums across the city.
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Who is guarding the tigers?
Mumbai: While the entire nation is worried about grave threat to wildlife, especially tigers, and adopting measures to protect the big cat, the state forest minister has virtually thrown open three tiger reserves in the state for poachers. The recent transfers in forest department have once again highlighted the callous attitude of the government towards protecting the wildlife in the state.