240 chemical units flouting norms
Ahmedabad: The state government has admitted that 240 complaints of irregularities have been reported about chemical units in Ahmedabad city and district. The state government was replying to the question
Times Of India (Ahmedabad)
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Dengue sting gets sharper: 20 new cases reported in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: With the city registering 20 dengue cases on Wednesday, experts sounded an alarm and warned against unnecessary platelet transfusion. Unless a patient's platelet count is below 10,000 and there
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Dengue, H1N1 give health authorities sleepless nights
In just seven days of September, the city has registered 41 new dengue cases while swine flu cases have gone up to 15. This happens to be the only year when both dengue and H1N1, since their outbreak,
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Eight held in Ahmedabad for dumping waste in manholes
Special Operation Group (SOG) of Ahmedabad district police on Sunday evening arrested eight persons for dumping suspected industrial waste into open manholes near Moraiya village of Ahmedabad district
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Toxic waste dumped in Danilimda manhole, one dead, three affected
AHMEDABAD: In yet another incident of illegal dumping of toxic waste in manholes, a woman died while three others were affected on Saturday in Danilimda. Earlier a similar incident in February at Ramol
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Commercial cultivation of GM mustard is harmful
Agriculture and food security sector experts on Thursday expressed their concerns over the adverse impact on farm sector due to the possibility of GM mustard being cultivated commercially in India.
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Five MLAs move high court against eco-tourism norms
Five legislators from the constituencies around the Gir sanctuary have approached the Gujarat high court raising objections to the newly formed eco-tourism policy for the last abode of the Asiatic lions.
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7 tigers moved to Kuno after 2010: Study
AHMEDABAD: The news that the tiger, T-71, from Ranthambore National Park (a tiger reserve) in Rajasthan, was sighted on the periphery of Kuno Wildlife Sanctuary in Madhya Pradesh (MP) has again proved
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Roof water harvesting ends salinity woes
AHMEDABAD: Sundarji Nandori, 70, of Chatroda in Maliya Hatina in Junagadh is a happy man these days as his daughter-in-law, Priyanka, does not have to go out to collect drinking water. All she has to do
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7km eco-sensitive zone around Shoolpaneshwar notified
AHMEDABAD: The Union Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has earmarked areas within a 7-km radius of the boundary of Shoolpaneshwar wildlife sanctuary in Narmada district as an
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H1N1 rears up again in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: After the first bout in January which continued till early April, swine flu is back to haunt Ahmedabad. The city has reported three H1N1 cases from different hospitals over the past two days.