Dust raises pollution level in Ahmedabad
AHMEDABAD: The Tuesday dust storm raised the pollution level in the city. The city's PM10 reading of 517 on Tuesday was the highest in the country among the Safar-monitored cities. In Delhi and Mumbai,
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Green nod to HPCL Shapoorji's LNG terminal
AHMEDABAD: Setting the stage for building the fourth liquified natural gas (LNG) terminal in Gujarat, the ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEF) has accorded environmental and CRZ (coastal
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Over 5L people in city fall prey to kidney diseases
Ahmedabad: A shocking revelation that came from city-based nephrologists says that rougly 5 lakh people in Ahmedabad are estimated to suffer from a kidney disorder. Further to this, roughly 8.9% of the
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Gujarat: After NGT crackdown, 450 ceramic units prepare to switch to gas
AHMEDABAD: After the National Green Tribunal (NGT) ordered closure of ceramic units that run on coal gasifiers, as many as 450 such units in Morbi, India’s largest ceramic cluster, have closed down to
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Pollution panel proposes compensation formula
AHMEDABAD: Giving more credence to the ‘Polluter Pays’ principle, the special committee for monitoring pollution, formed on the direction of National Green Tribunal (NGT), has now proposed a formula to
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NGT orders shutdown of coal gasifiers at Morbi ceramic cluster
AHMEDABAD: India’s largest ceramic cluster at Morbi and Wankaner has received a major blow as the National Green Tribunal, Delhi bench (NGT), on Wednesday ordered a shutdown of all ceramic units that run
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Ahmedabad, Rajkot in top 10 cleanest cities in India
AHMEDABAD: The Union ministry of urban development on Wednesday released the latest round of `Swachhta Sarvekshan' where two Gujarat cities — Ahmedabad and Rajkot — were ranked in top 10 slots. Ahmedabad
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H1N1 onslaught unabated: Viral strain identified
AHMEDABAD: February has proved to be sickening for Ahmedabad, with the number of swine flu cases doubling in a fortnight — from 213 in January to 405 in February till Monday. Health officials have warned
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NIV warning: Zika virus in Ahmedabad is of pre-outbreak strain
AHMEDABAD: A new research led by National Institute of Virology (NIV), Pune, on Zika virus (ZIKV) that was isolated from Ahmedabad and the recent Jaipur outbreak, spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito has
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It's official: Tiger has entered lions' kingdom
AHMEDABAD: It's officially confirmed now. A tiger has indeed entered the lions' den in Gujarat - which is home to the Asiatic lion's last abode. Six days after a school teacher clicked a tiger on his