"Everybody in the country - be it Hindus, Muslims or Dalits - all are living in constant fear. People are so apprehensive about their security. Ten years ago the situation in the country was not so," said Ravi Shankar. ...
09:42 PM, Mar 05, 2013
China seems to be losing its battle with air pollution as experts warn against the high level of toxins in the air in its capital city, Beijing. Gauging the threat, schools have been advised to keep children indoors and a smog alert has been sounded. ...
08:53 AM, Jan 15, 2013
A second inquest into Amy Winehouse's death has confirmed that the singer died of drinking too much alcohol. The 27-year-old 'Rehab' singer was found dead at her home in Camden, north London, in 2011. ...
03:08 PM, Jan 09, 2013
Bhopal: Solid toxic waste has been lying at the site of the gas tragedy in Bhopal, the union carbide factory, for over 30 years. A new study of groundwater in and around Bhopal reveals a high level of contamination. Activists are demanding that the state government takes action. A solar evaporation pond in the deserted union carbide factory is aptly called 'Zehreela talaab' (poisonous pond) by the locals. Toxic waste...
10:59 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Bhopal: In a major setback for Bhopal, a German company has pulled out of the project to clean 350 tonnes of toxic waste from the Union Carbide Plant, saying it is too hazardous. The plant was the site of the world's worst disaster in which 15,000 people were killed in 1984. India was going to pay the German government firm GIZ $ 4.5 million for the job. The company has...
09:16 AM, Sep 18, 2012
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has banned the Exxon Valdez from entering India, saying the ship involved in one of the worst US oil spills will not be allowed in for dismantling until it has been decontaminated. The ship, now known as the "Oriental Nicety," entered Indian waters last week and was headed for Gujarat, when the Supreme Court gave its order, environmental activist Gopal Krishna said on Wednesday. The...
05:23 PM, May 09, 2012
New Delhi: Are we drinking poisoned water? According to data submitted in Parliament, groundwater across 25 states is contaminated with chemicals beyond permissible limits, and this may cause severe health complications. Dangerous levels of fluorides, nitrates and heavy metals like lead have been found in pockets of 158 districts across 25 states. The information is according to the latest data with the Ministry of Water Resources, tabled in Parliament. "It...
07:46 AM, May 04, 2012
Mumbai: Holi celebrations took a tragic turn in Mumbai as a 13-year-old boy died from colour poisoning after Holi celebrations. More than 220 people, mostly children, from Dharavi were hospitalized after they played with spurious colours. A majority of 210 patients were admitted to Mumbai's Sion Hospital and 12 others to Rajawadi Hospital with symptoms of giddiness and vomiting. Most of those admitted were children between three and 15 years...
11:07 PM, Mar 09, 2012
Mumbai: A 13-year-old boy died due to Holi colour poisoning while undergoing treatment at a hospital in suburban Ghatkopar in Mumbai, civic officials said on Friday. Viky Walmiki, who suffered from colour poisoning during Holi celebrations in Dharavi area, succumbed at the Rajawadi Hospital on Thursday night, they said. Nine other persons were also hospitalised at the same medical facility, after Holi took a toxic hue in parts of Mumbai...
11:49 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Mumbai: Holi celebrations took a tragic turn in Mumbai on Thursday. For more than 150 families in Mumbai's Dharavi it was certainly not a happy Holi after their children were admitted to Sion Hospital for colour poisoning. The hospital saw a steady stream of children and young adults who complained of allergic reactions. The patients were administered anti-toxicity medicines and most of them are out of danger but 10 patients...
07:49 AM, Mar 09, 2012
Mumbai: About 165 people, of which at least 150 are children, have been admitted to Mumbai's Sion hospital after they used spurious colours while playing Holi. It was certainly not a happy Holi for more than 150 families in Mumbai's Dharavi as their children were admitted to Sion hospital after they showed symptoms of 'colour poisoning'. The hospital saw a steady stream of children and young adults who complained of...
07:20 PM, Mar 08, 2012
CJ Vinaya from Kasargod, Kerala reports on the fall out of toxic pesticide Endosulfans use. ...
12:19 PM, Oct 22, 2011
Jaipur: The fluoride found in drinking water is beyond permissible limits in Barmer and is causing the men to age faster, and now many affected bachelors find it difficult to find brides. No young man has got married in the Balu Village for the past four years because the fluoride content in the government water tank which is higher than WHO's permissible limits makes bones deteriorate rapidly, causing the men...
07:24 AM, Jul 26, 2011
Bhopal: Opposing the Jabalpur High Court's directive to the state government to shift the Union Carbide toxic waste to Nagpur, Bhopal gas victims have now pledged that they will not allow a repeat of Bhopal anywhere else in the country. The Bhopal victims are in touch with concerned citizens from Nagpur, who are planning to approach the Maharashtra high Court against this order. The 346 tones of toxic waste lying...
06:41 PM, Jul 16, 2011
New Delhi: After the controversial Blue Lady, Clemenceau and Platinum II, another infamous toxic ship is making its way to the Indian waters. Gulf Jash, which was earlier named Probo Koala, may reach Alang ship breaking yard in Gujarat for dismantling. The ship turned towards the Indian waters after it was banned from entering Bangladesh on environment grounds. The 31,0000 tonne oil carrier allegedly contains many tonnes of hazardous asbestos,...
01:31 PM, Jun 01, 2011
New Delhi: After the controversial Blue Lady, Clemenceau and Platinum II, another infamous toxic ship is making its way to the Indian waters. Gulf Jash, which was earlier named Probo Koala, may reach Alang ship breaking yard in Gujarat for dismantling. The ship turned towards the Indian waters after it was banned from entering Bangladesh on environment grounds. The 31,0000 tonne oil carrier allegedly contains many tonnes of hazardous asbestos,...
01:31 PM, Jun 01, 2011
Eating fresh vegetables and fruits may not always lead to good health as our food is being contaminated with rat poison and insecticides. ...
06:23 PM, Mar 15, 2011
New Delhi: Some 400,000 Indians die each year due to the toxic fumes from kitchen stoves that use firewood or biomass like cow-dung. A British NGO has now joined forces to stop this hazard by introducing improved stoves or "chulhas" in India. These stoves also use firewood, cow-dung and other biomass like the traditional chulhas, but they emit less fumes and use lesser fuel, ideal for people who cannot afford...
02:59 PM, Dec 17, 2010
Gujarat: CNN-IBN brings a special report from Gujarat: The moving story of two teenagers who work with toxic metal scrap at the Alang Ship-breaking Yard. 13-year old Nasir Baloch of Bhavnagar does not go to school. Instead he works to sort and transport toxic scrap metal from ships at the controversial Alang Ship-breaking Yard. His friend Mohsin works there too. Nasir Baloch, who is a child labourer says,"I do this...
11:55 AM, Dec 12, 2010
