The Indian healthcare industry may grow by 50 per cent between 2006 and 2013. Infrastructure spending on healthcare is expected to touch $4.2 billion by end of this period from the current level of $6.7 billion. However, its geographical spread is still going to be biased, according to a recent KPMG report, Global Infrastructure
From Mexico to Pune, swine flu is spreading more fear than disease. DIVYA GUPTA maps the hysteria Cautious? A Mumbai school teacher helps kids with masks given by the Shiv Sena
MUMBAI: A few days after cloud seeding experiments at Tansa and Modak Sagar brought some rainfall in the catchment areas, the BMC conducted a similar exercise at the same spots on Thursday. The two experiments carried out at Modak Sagar, however, did not bear fruit and resulted in only 5 mm to 10 mm of rainfall.
Mumbai Motorists who line up their vehicles below flyovers can no longer do so. The state urban development department on Thursday issued orders to all planning authorities in the state to ban parking below flyovers with immediate effect. The government orders stated that one of the main reasons for banning parking underneath flyovers is to prevent any potential security risk.
Pune Over a span of one-and-a-half hours, the city received 75.5 mm rainfall, which was interspersed with lightning and thundershowers.
Chennai, Aug 20 The Ministry of Environment and Forests has identified 24
MUMBAI: Even as the Union urban development minister, Jaipal Reddy, on Tuesday stressed the importance of the Bus Rapid Transit System (BRTS) for Mumbai, officials in charge of the project say it is still in the planning stage and needs seven to eight months before work on the ground begins.
MUMBAI: Screening and isolation of swine flu patients began on Wednesday at some private hospitals that have been allowed by the state government to do so. Private hospitals were also distributing Tamiflu to those who showed symptoms of H1N1, officials said.
Mumbai: The Maharashtra government has allowed 21 private hospitals in the state to treat swine flu cases, a senior government official said here today. So far, the death toll due to swine flu in Maharashtra has reached 19.
The swine flu pandemic Swine flu, till now, has claimed three lives in Mumbai. Experts think malaria is a bigger threat because more than 3,000 people have been admitted to hospitals this month. Of the 40 deaths, at least 15 have died because of malaria.
MUMBAI: Tamper-proof electronic water meters, and along with it round-the-clock water supply, may take quite a while to become a reality in the city.
Pune It will be a year in September since a blast at the bio-medical waste treatment facility at Kailash crematorium near Naidu Hospital killed seven of its employees. The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) closed down the facility and till date the authorities have been unable to find an alternative treatment facility for city
Mumbai With the Assembly polls approaching, both Shiv Sena and local Congress leaders tried to cash in on Mumbai
Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will soon install electronic water meters for five lakh water consumers across the city to prevent wastage of water.
Mumbai Union Urban Development Minister Jaipal Reddy has asked the state government to expedite the bus rapid transit system (BRTS) project.
The World Health Organisation has given $2 million to a Pune-based vaccine-making firm to develop and manufacture swine flu vaccine.
Aug. 17: The Telugu Desam and the Telangana Rashtra Samiti on Monday rapped the state government for failing to stop Maharashtra from illegally constructing irrigation projects on Babli.
Mumbai: At a time when the city is facing a scarcity of water, more than 400 wells with potable drinking water have been found to be filled with debris in the Andheri area alone.
Mumbai: The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will set up seven underground multi-level parking facilities in South Mumbai doubling vehicle capacity. Two each will be near Crawford Market (one outside the police headquarters and one near Manish Market) and Hutatma Chowk, and one each near Eros Cinema, Regal Cinema and Jehangir Art Gallery.
Farmers shifted from tiger reserve two years ago denied irrigation In 2007, 140 families were relocated from Botezari and Kolsa villages inside the Tadoba-Andhari tiger reserve in Maharashtra. The families, mostly subsistence farmers, were given a new address 70 km away
