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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Singapore is civic body's water mark
Mumbai: The city may have endorsed the Shanghai model for development but its water will be receiving the Singapore treatment. Grappling with water shortage and complaints, city's water department has sought help from experts in Singapore.
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Nallah wall will destroy mangroves
Mumbai: Construction of a retaining wall along the Vakola nallah by Mumbai Metropolitan Regional Development Authority (MMRDA) has enraged activists. Activists opine that the wall will destroy the mangroves next to the nallah, which is in direct violation of the Bombay High Court order of 2005, ensuring protection of mangroves in Maharashtra.
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Wider highway will snuff out Karnala's bird sanctuary
Mumbai: Karnala bird sanctuary, some 60 km south-west of Mumbai, is on verge of being destroyed after the state wildlife board approved widening of national highway 17. The board, which met after one and a half years on Friday, passed a resolution despite strong objection from some members.
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700 BEST buses to steer new paths
Mumbai: Unlike its counterparts in Thane and Navi Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Electric Supply and Transport (BEST) Undertaking is all prepared to extend its bus services beyond the city and suburban limits, and this time with brand new buses.
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Watching the birds fly by
Mumbai: Bird races have become popular in several Indian metros. This is a dawn-to-dusk event where teams of bird-watching enthusiasts, from amateurs to experts and from eight-year-olds to 80-years-young and from all walks of life, spend the day spotting birds in and around the metro-politan region. The Mumbai Bird Race in 2005 was the first such event, which is now held in several cities.
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More in queue to mine at Tadoba
Mumbai: The Adani Mining Private Limited's isn't the only company awaiting clearance to mine coal in the dense forest cover around the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve (TATR). Five companies have been allotted coal blocks in the area. Environmentalists say, this will be the death-knell for the tiger reserve.
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State set to get better JNNURM package
Mumbai: With the Union budget allocating larger funds for the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM), Maharashtra is set to get a major boost for its plans to improve infrastructure across the state.
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Vidarbha farmers feel let down
Nagpur: The interim budget has failed to cheer up farmers in Vidarbha. There has been a dip in farm income, but the interim budget has failed to acknowledge this, farm leaders said. Recession has hit agriculture spending too, they said.
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Midday meal allocation gives food for thought
Mumbai: The national allocation for the midday meal scheme in the interim budget announced on Monday remains the same as last year. The programme, which is one of the world's biggest school-feeding schemes, has been given Rs8,000 crore for 2009-10.
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Greens see red over mining project near tiger reserve
Mumbai: State forest minister Babanrao Pachpute is drawing flak from environmentalists again. Earlier, he was criticised for threatening non-governmental organisations (NGOs) for opposing a proposed coal mining project in the Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve in Chandrapur district, east Maharashtra.