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
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Activists worry about straying tigers in non-protected areas
Concerned over the increasing number of tigers in non-protected areas, wildlife conservationists have said that it was high time the forest department shifted its focus to these areas as tigers were most
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No pandal on roads and footpaths at the expense of public convenience: HC
Court tells govt to educate students on noise rules to effectively deal with pollution The Bombay High Court on Thursday directed the civic body to not allow pandals and mandaps on roads and footpaths
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Avoid Plastic Bag: An initiative by women group to recycle sarees and reduce plastic pollution
An all women group from Kharghar has started making bags from old sarees and selling it to local hawkers and distributors. An all women group from Kharghar — Yuvashakti — has started making bags from
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Environment ministry to install five pollution sucking devices across Mumbai
Ramdas Kadam said the urban air quality is a matter of concern all over the world (dna - Vibhav Birwatkar) Mumbai will become the first to get pollution-sucking devices. The Maharashtra environment
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Local railway network powers city's clean air
Mumbai might take the creaking, bursting-at-the-seams suburban local system for granted but it is possibly the biggest reason why Mumbai, despite being among India's biggest and busiest cities, isn't as
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Chilla Matt, students tell noise polluters
The students with their Chilla Matt posters Sound of silence: Four advertising students initiate campaign in Bandra with a little help from NGO Awaaz Foundation Even as several citizens across Mumbai
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Collector told to give report on Powai lake pollution
A division bench of justice Abhay Oka and justice Amjad Sayed has directed the collector while hearing a public interest litigation filed by social activist Shiv Shankar Joshi. The Bombay high court
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BMC told to prepare proposal to resolve Dahisar river's problems
The minister has asked the authorities to solve the issues related to the revival of the river or face suspension. In what can be a shot in the arm for activists fighting for the revival of Dahisar
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Officials turn blind eye to destruction of mangroves in Dahisar
Following land encroachment and destruction of mangrove vegetation, complaints were filed but no actions were taken by the responsible authorities. Activists complaining against blatant destruction
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Maharashtra government fails to comply with green terms for Navi Mumbai airport
The Centre had laid down 33 conditions while granting the approval and documents show that the Maharashtra government is yet to fulfill some of the crucial ones, even as a proposal for the final recommendations