Hazardous Waste

MUMBAI: Be it pomfret, prawn, rawas, ghol, surmai, Bombay duck, lobster or carb, soon seafood lovers can tuck in their marine platter without any hesitation.

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The US says it will look to India to see what “changes” can be made to the nuclear liability law just passed by Parliament, in the wake of concerns over making suppliers of equipment also liable in the event of a nuclear accident. “We continue our discussions with the Indian government on this issue and we note that Indian business leaders are concerned about some specific aspects of the law th

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The Bombay High Court at Goa on Wednesday directed the State government to start process of removing River Princess vessel from Candolim shore within two months. The Division Bench comprising of Justice D G Karnik and F M Reis also asked the government to make sure that the vessel is removed before onset of next monsoon. Pointing out to the report submitted by the Ministry of Earth Science, the

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Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: With a view to ensuring that the guidelines of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) and the Hazardous Wastes (Management and Handling) Rules are strictly implemented, a UGC expert committee has suggested the setting up of university committees to review safety in handling radioactive and other hazardous materials used by the institutions. The University Safety Comm

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ASIT JOLLY CHANDIGARH Environment minis ter Jairam Ramesh has ordered a comprehensive study to assess the impact of radioactive uranium traces in drinking water on human health across southwestern Punjab. “The Indian Council for Medical Research has been asked to initiate a special study and their report should be available within the next three to four months,” the minister said responding

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South Goa District Collector, G P Naik has sought a detailed report from the Tourism Department on the plan of action to lift away tar balls collected at various locations along Salcete’s coastal belt. The report has been asked for after Deputy Collector, Margao Johnson Fernandes toured the entire coastal belt – right from Cavelossim to Velsao – to find out the ground situation vis-à-vis the tar

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Used PCs Being Smuggled In From US, Canada & Oz Prompts Crackdown Pradeep Thakur | TNN New Delhi: The government is considering banning the import of used computers and other electronic waste — coming primarily from developed nations such as US, Australia, Canada and parts of Europe — after several cases of e-waste smuggling came to light recently. A decision is likely to be taken at th

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Interview with Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. While the Lok Sabha passed the Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, on August 25, the Rajya Sabha passed it five days later. In this context, Srikumar Banerjee, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), spoke to T.S. Subramanian on September 2 in Chennai. Dr.

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While the Goa Government repeatedly assures that environmental concerns from the large quantities of tar balls washed ashore on several beaches in the State will be dealt with quickly, it remains clueless on combating another crisis: the ongoing disintegration of a cargo vessel that has remained grounded off the shore for a decade now. Caught in a maze of red tape, the vessel River Princess con

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Goa tourism ministry will hand over the tar balls collected from various beaches to an oil refinery. Talking on the sidelines of NCP’s press conference, tourism minister Nilkanth Halarnkar told Herald that truckloads of tar balls will make their way to refineries very soon adding that no decision has been taken regarding the refinery. It may be recalled that tar balls which had surfaced on many

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