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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Cutting through the green
The Pench Tiger Reserve, which stretches across Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, is contiguous with the Nagzira Sanctuary, the Navegaon National Park, and the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra, which, combined, create a large green corridor running from southern Madhya Pradesh to eastern Maharashtra.
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Bird habitat gone to the dumps
Mumbai: A home to winged visitors to the city is on the verge of destruction. Around 60-hectare wetland near Phunde village in Uran, just 60 km away from Mumbai, has almost vanished posing a grave threat to the very existence of the migratory birds. Uran is known for rich avifauna like flamingos, painted storks, oriental white ibis, grey heron and others.
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20 tigers feared poached at Tadoba in past 5 months
Mumbai: Environmentalists are worried about the turn of things in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR), considered the best tiger reserve in Maharashtra. The man-tiger conflict in this Chandrapur forest area, which had grown alarmingly in the last three years, has suddenly come to an end in the past five months.
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Residents protest killing of seven Gulmohar trees
Mumbai: A group of 30 residents of Appasaheb Marathe Marg in Prabhadevi on Monday protested against the killing of trees in the area with acid.
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Animal rights groups seek closure of Mumbai zoo
Mumbai: Describing the condition of the civic body-run zoo in the city as pathetic, several animal rights groups have suggested that it be shut down. People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has appealed to the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) to close down the zoo in Byculla area, a tourist attraction, as the authorities have failed to maintain it properly.
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No trials for clinical research aspirants
Mumbai: The Indian clinical research industry has grown from Rs20crore to Rs1,500crore in the last three years.
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State stares at water crisis
Mumbai: The water level in the state has recorded lowest in the past five years. With the available consumable water percentage falling down to 25%, the state government has issued guidelines to district headquarters with measures to be taken for adequate water supply. More than 2,000 villages are facing acute shortage of water and 3,000 more are expected to join them in the next few weeks.
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Peta for inspection of Byculla zoo
Mumbai: Following the death of Shakti, the five-year-old male hippopotamus, at Veermata Jijabai Udyan on April 24, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (Peta) has demanded that the Central Zoo Authority (CZA) conduct an immediate inspection of the zoo and an inquiry into the death.
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Heat wave cripples Marathwada
Aurangabad: The entire Marathwada region is in the grip of a blistering heat wave. The average summer temperature of the eight districts in the region is normally in the range of 34 to 38 degree Celsius. However, this year, mercury has soared between 40 to 45 degrees Celcius--six to eight degrees above normal.
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Ratnagiri gives new cradle for Olive Ridleys
Mumbai: So you thought that Orissa was the only state that the rare and elusive Olive Ridley Turtle graced with its presence? Think again. The highly endangered species unfailingly come to a quaint coastal village of Velas, Ratnagiri, about 260 kilometres away from amchi Mumbai, year after year, to lay eggs. About 50 days later, the hatchlings make their way to the sea.