Chandigarh : As political storm brews over the latest survey on the drug menace, Dr Ajit Avasthi, head of the psychiatry department at the PGIMER, has said more studies are required to check the prevalence of addiction in the state. “One study is not enough and cannot give the final verdict on the prevalence of […]
Chandigarh : The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has summoned the records on the controversial felling of 24,000 fully grown eucalyptus, ‘sheesham’ and ‘keekar’ trees under a project to widen the 800-km-long Bist-Doab canal during the SAD-BJP rule. Taking up the petition filed by Delhi resident Nishant Kumar Alag, a Double Bench of the NGT has […]
New Delhi, September 12 : If Delhi’s foul air is cleaned up and made to meet the World Health Organisation standards, city residents stand to gain nine years in average in their life span, a study has said. The Air Quality Life Index (AQLI) developed by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago […]
Chandigarh : The murder of a seven-year-old student of Ryan International School in Gurugram has set alarm bells ringing in the city. Taking a serious note of the incident, the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) has sought a detailed report on the safety measures being undertaken by private and government schools in […]