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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Guj cities to get cheaper gas at Delhi, Mum rate
SC Upholds HC Order To Centre Gujarat’s cities will get cheaper gas. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Gujarat high court order passed last year directing the Centre to supply gas to Ahmedabad at the price it supplies to Delhi and Mumbai.
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New soldiers for war on waste
100 HL Students Join TOI’s Youth Brigade To Make Paper Bags The I Lead India campaign against litter and use of plastics got another fillip on Monday when TOI's Youth Brigade was joined by more than
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GPCB issues closure notices to eight textile dyeing units
Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has slapped closure notices on eight textile dyeing and printing units in Sachin, Pandesara, Kim and Palsana near here for violating air and water pollution norms on Friday. Official sources said around 37 textile dyeing and printing units have been issued closure notices for violating air pollution norms in the last one-and-a-halfmonth period. None of the mill owners has given an undertaking and explanation report to the GPCB.
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32% of young Amdavadis at heart disease risk: Assocham
Deskbound lifestyle, smoking, obesity, fast food consumption and high stress levels have led to a rise in incidence of heart disease in the younger generation. According to a recent survey conducted by
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Rains stoke fresh fears of dengue
Experts Say Improvement Likely Only In December Disease specialists in the city are a worried lot, with the fresh spell of rains and so is the municipal health department. They expect that the fresh rain spell will lead to more number of cases of dengue, malaria and chikungunya — if preventive measures are not intensified. Experts fear that the mosquito-related illnesses will continue till December if anti-mosquito drives are not intensified.
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Environment ban reimposed on polluted Vapi
AHMEDABAD: Vapi and the industrial estate in its vicinity have once again made it to the list of the most polluted place in the country. The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) on Tuesday
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Solar cycle that doubles up as electric bike!
Vadodara: A young engineer from the city has developed first of its kind cycle that runs on solar power and also works as electric bike. With small solar panels installed on a normal cycle, this solar
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Nationwide drive to find TB, malaria drugs
New Delhi: Giving crowd sourcing a whole new meaning, scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have initiated a countrywide venture to build a chemical library with diverse
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235 dengue cases detected in a fortnight
AHMEDABAD: The rise of mosquito-related illnesses has caused an alarm in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department. In the last fortnight, the department has detected 235 cases of dengue.
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Alarming rise in pediatric obesity
A 16-month old child weighing 16 kg was brought to endocrinologist Dr Vivek Arya . Parents were worried that the child might be suffering from some genetic disorder but the kid was diagnosed as a victim