This Communist student leader turned down Novartis, worked on Covid, joined Bengal’s poll skirmishShuvam Banerjee, the CPI’s young candidate in the Sonarpur assembly constituency, sticks to the basics in his campaign. He believes the tid...
25 Apr, 2021, 07.07 AM IST
IIT Kharagpur's AI study finds 20 per cent of India has toxic levels of arsenic in groundwaterAccording to the researchers, the findings suggest a much greater extent of the high arsenic zones and total population exposed than alread...
11 Feb, 2021, 05.45 PM IST
Poison attack on me maybe due to my RISAT work: ISRO scientistOn Tuesday, Misra had claimed that he was poisoned with deadly arsenic trioxide on May 23, 2017, during a promotion interview at ISRO headq...
06 Jan, 2021, 06.51 PM IST
What is a ‘green cracker’? This institute just made oneOne of the formulations can even produce water molecules, which suppress dust and significantly reduce hazardous particulate matter.
24 Oct, 2018, 03.07 PM IST
- A cost-effective way of arsenic sensing and removal
Kolkata, May 16 (IANS) A Kolkata-based company in partnership with the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research has come up with ...
16 May, 2018, 10.32 PM IST
There’s a big fight brewing over what pregnant women should eatEvery month that passes brings new studies saying this food is good for you and that food is bad.
11 Jan, 2018, 06.19 PM IST
50 million people at risk of arsenic poisoning in Pakistan: Study'Extensive arsenic contamination in high-pH unconfined aquifers in the Indus Valley' was published yesterday in the journal of Science Adva...
24 Aug, 2017, 03.13 PM IST
With 9 tonnes of e-waste daily, Moradabad turning into a dumpCSE's Anupam Srivastava told TOI on Friday that the report will soon be presented to the Union and state governments.
26 Sep, 2015, 11.51 AM IST
Metal pollution behind world's largest extinction events: StudyHeavy metal pollution might have contributed to some of the world's largest extinction events, according to a study of 415-million-year old...
26 Aug, 2015, 03.53 PM IST
Why just air pollution? Even the Delhi food might be hazardous to your healthThe need of the hour, she points out, is strict enforcement of rules and even stricter penalties for flouting norms.
07 Jun, 2015, 07.02 AM IST
How arsenic contamination is affecting the Ganga basin in states like West Bengal, BiharIn Jharkhand, contamination has been reported in areas close to the Ganga and areas where the river has shifted recently and in eight distr...
23 May, 2015, 04.55 AM IST
Britain bans drivers from smoking in carsThe regulations were passed in the Commons after 342 MPs voted in favour of legislation while just 74 voted against.
12 Feb, 2015, 03.43 PM IST
IT sector largest generator of e-waste; underutilised recycling capacityOnly about 10 per cent of Bengaluru's e-waste recycling capacity of 37,000 tonne is utilised; Pollution Control Board pleads helplessness
09 Feb, 2015, 12.28 PM IST
Arsenic poisoning water in North Karnataka: CAGVillagers in North Karnataka are drinking water with high arsenic content, said a Comptroller and Auditor General report released on Thursd...
08 Jun, 2013, 02.17 AM IST
- Solution to arsenic poisoning in India found
British scientists claim to have found a solution to the world's worst case of poisoning through exposure to arsenic in rice and water in e...
08 Sep, 2008, 07.19 AM IST