HC finds lapses in mangrove protection, orders strict compliance and public disclosure

India, Dec. 2 -- The Bombay High Court has ordered the state forest department to tighten and reform how it monitors the cutting and replanting of mangroves for development projects. This comes after ... Read More

malaria cases at construction sites doubled this year: RTI

Mumbai, Dec. 2 -- Malaria detection at the city's construction sites has more than doubled this year, according to data shared by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) in response to an RTI fil... Read More

Tobacco chewers with high-risk genes get oral cancer a decade earlier: Study

Mumbai, Nov. 30 -- Tobacco chewers with multiple risky genetic variations develop oral cancer 10 to 20 years earlier than others who lack such genetic variations and chew similar amounts of tobacco, a... Read More

High risk genes trigger early onset of oral cancer: Study

Mumbai, Nov. 30 -- A major genetic study by the Centre for Cancer Epidemiology at the Tata Memorial Centre, has found that some tobacco chewers in India are born with genes that make them develop oral... Read More

Mumbai struggles through haze, experts split on volcanic-wind link

India, Nov. 26 -- Mumbai spent Tuesday wrapped in a persistent haze as air quality deteriorated across several parts of the city, even though temperatures stayed slightly above normal. The minimum te... Read More

Forest dept flags 'liberal' SGNP draft plan, seeks revisions

India, Nov. 26 -- The state forest department has raised a series of objections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Draft Zonal Master Plan for the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) surrounding S... Read More

Haze persists as experts split on volcanic ash link

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- Mumbai spent Tuesday wrapped in a persistent haze as air quality deteriorated across several parts of the city, even though temperatures stayed slightly above normal. The minimum te... Read More

'Liberal' SGNP draft plan to be revised

MUMBAI, Nov. 26 -- The state forest department has raised a series of objections to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) Draft Zonal Master Plan for the Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) surrounding ... Read More

Greens lambast debris-dumping and concreting of Chena river banks in Sena MLA's project

India, Nov. 23 -- Fresh dumping of debris, excavation and concreting along the banks of the Chena river near Ghodbunder Road over the past two days have triggered concerns among environmental activist... Read More

Greens lambast debris-dumping at Chena river bank

MUMBAI, Nov. 23 -- Fresh dumping of debris, excavation and concreting along the banks of the Chena river near Ghodbunder Road over the past two days have triggered concerns among environmental activis... Read More

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