Month: August 2019

Modi govt mulling options to enforce ban on e-cigarettes & e-nicotine flavoured hookah

Source: theprint.in New Delhi: The government is mulling various options including bringing an ordinance to enforce a ban on manufacture, sale and import of ENDS devices including e-cigarettes if it fails to get a reprieve from the Delhi High Court, which had earlier stayed its order to ban such products, sources said. Banning such alternative smoking

Ahead of Ganesh Chaturti, Bengaluru civic body seizes 179 idols made of plaster of Paris

Source: bhatkallys.com With the festival of Ganesh Chaturthi fast approaching, authorities in Bengaluru have tightened their noose on the use of Plaster of Paris (PoP) to make idols. The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has been on a war footing in seizing such idols that enter the city and those made in traditional hubs like

Vasai-Dahanu area: A cradle for Mumbai’s environment movement

Source: hindustantimes.com The Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has filed an application in the Supreme Court (SC) to abolish the Dahanu Taluka Environment Protection Authority (DTEPA), a group created in 1996 to preserve the ecology of a stretch of coast between Mumbai’s northern suburbs and the industrial centres of south Gujarat. The

Punjab and Haryana civil secretariat to undergo Rs 25-crore restoration

Source: hindustantimes.com The UT administration has initiated the process for restoration and conservation of the Punjab and Haryana civil secretariat buildings at the Capitol Complex in Sector 1. “Under the project, flooring, which has worn over the years, will be restored. Chips will be used, as in the original construction undertaken in the 1950s. The surface

86 village volunteers knock on Andhra Pradesh High Court doors

Source: newindianexpress.com ONGOLE: As many as 86 village volunteers filed petitions in the High Court, alleging that the authorities did not allow them to attend training classes despite them having been selected for the job. Majority of these petitioners belong to the villages in the Chirala and Vetapalem mandals.  Meanwhile, around 17,964 village volunteers were ready