Groundwater level has increased by 0.6 metres
Rs. 20 crore has been allocated for supplying water across the State, says TWAD Board managing director The groundwater level has increased from 18.10 metres below ground level (pre-monsoon) to 17.5
Hindu (Chennai)
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International meet on Ayurveda
Scholars and researcehrs of the Ayurvedic system of medicine will assemble in the city for a three-day international congress - Ayurveda 2000 - from January 28 next year to deliberate on research
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Jailed for smoking in public place
The Hosdurg judicial magistrate court (Kasargod district) near Kanhangad has sentenced two persons for 15 days simple imprisonment for smoking in public
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Armed personnel sought to protect forest land
The Tamil Nadu Green Movement(TNGM), has urged the Government to deploy armed personnel, in the forests of Gudalur, to keep at bay the encroachers, whose illegal occupation of the forest covered
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TNPCB keeping vigil on industries
The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is closely monitoring the functioning of the industrial units in the State to ensure that they comply with pollution control norms: At present out of the total
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Proposal to discharge tannery effluents into sea criticised
The Vellore Citizens Welfare Forum (VCWF) has urged the Centre and State to disallow the proposal mooted by the Council for Leather Exports (CLE), for taking all the treated tannery effuents from
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Tahr population at Mukurthi park up
There is an increase in Nilgiris tahr population at the Mukurthi National Park according to a census conducted recently.The census was conducted by the Wildlife Wing of the Forest Department with the
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New milestone in drug research
In a historic event in the country's academic world, the University of Madras today signed commercial agreements allowing two pharmaceutical companies to manufacture drugs based on discovery patented
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AIDS campaign improved knowledge level
survey: The third phase of a behaviour sentinel surveillance survey(BSS) has concluded that the intensive AIDS prevention campaigns and intervention efforts by various Non-Governmental Organisations
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Stagnation in infant mortality rate causes concern
The stagnation of birth and infant mortality rates in Chennai has prodded the Government to intensify efforts in areas such as maternal and child health and birth-contrl measures. Though the State's
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Environment Department to map sensitive zones
Environmentally sensitive zones and industrial areas in Chennai are to be thematically mapped by the Environment Department to facilitate evaluation of the spatial suitability of industries and other