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SC Upholds HC Order To Centre

Gujarat’s cities will get cheaper gas. The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a Gujarat high court order passed last year directing the Centre to supply gas to Ahmedabad at the price it supplies to Delhi and Mumbai.

Gujarat Pollution Control Board (GPCB) has slapped closure notices on eight textile dyeing and printing units in Sachin, Pandesara, Kim and Palsana near here for violating air and water pollution norms on Friday.

Official sources said around 37 textile dyeing and printing units have been issued closure notices for violating air pollution norms in the last one-and-a-halfmonth period. None of the mill owners has given an undertaking and explanation report to the GPCB.

Deskbound lifestyle, smoking, obesity, fast food consumption and high stress levels have led to a rise in incidence of heart disease in the younger generation.

Experts Say Improvement Likely Only In December

Disease specialists in the city are a worried lot, with the fresh spell of rains and so is the municipal health department. They expect that the fresh rain spell will lead to more number of cases of dengue, malaria and chikungunya — if preventive measures are not intensified. Experts fear that the mosquito-related illnesses will continue till December if anti-mosquito drives are not intensified.

AHMEDABAD: Vapi and the industrial estate in its vicinity have once again made it to the list of the most polluted place in the country.

Vadodara: A young engineer from the city has developed first of its kind cycle that runs on solar power and also works as electric bike.

AHMEDABAD: The rise of mosquito-related illnesses has caused an alarm in the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's (AMC) health department.

New Delhi: Giving crowd sourcing a whole new meaning, scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have initiated a countrywide venture to build a chemical library with d

After taking a year to decide which department will parent the Mission Balam Sukham (Gujarat Nutrition Mission) and finally giving the task to a reluctant women and child development department, th