-PTI GUWAHATI: One person was killed and nearly 33,000 affected as six districts of Assam have been hit by flood. The deceased belonged to Bongaigaon district, Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) deputy secretary Nandita Hazarika said in a statement on Sunday. Nearly 33,000 people in 108 villages of Barpeta, Sonitpur, Dhemaji, Kokrajhar, Bongaigaon and Lakhimpur districts were affected, she added. Barpeta district was the worst affected with 12,200 people being affected due to...
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76 percent of e-waste workers in India suffer from respiratory ailments -Varun Bidhuri
-Tehelka The report also says that the reason behind these ailments is mostly centred around the conditions in which these workers do their jobs. According to report published by ASSOCHAM, an alarming 76% of e-waste workers suffer from respiratory ailments like breathing problems, irritation, coughing, chocking and tremors. The report also says that the reason behind these ailments is mostly centred around the conditions in which these workers do their jobs. All recyclers...
More »Callous habits catch up with noodles and more -GS Mudur
-The Telegraph New Delhi: Biochemist Thuppil Venkatesh says he is not surprised by claims of food safety regulators in Uttar Pradesh and Delhi that they have detected lead, a potential toxin to humans, in Maggi noodles. For over a decade, Venkatesh, professor emeritus at St John's Medical College, Bangalore, has been trying to warn the country about what he says are Dangerous levels of lead in the environment that may slip into...
More »High ultraviolet radiation responsible for steep rise in heat deaths in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh -Preeti Biswas
-The Times of India HYDERABAD: The steep rise in sunstroke deaths in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh is the result of the ultraviolet (UV) radiation index in the two states that stands at a critically high figure of 12. This has now come to the fore, courtesy data released by the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). The ultraviolet index or UV index is the standard measurement across the world used to understand the strength...
More »Environment: Ecological suicide -Ashish Kothari
-The Hindu The growth-at-all-cost mantra has left a vast majority of people impoverished. If the first year of the BJP government is any indication, its five-year stint may turn out to be the worst period for India’s environment and ecosystem-dependent people since the 1980s. This is saying a lot, given that none of the previous governments has been particularly sensitive to issues of fresh air and water, productive soil, healthy forests and grasslands....
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