BJP youth leader Ameet Satam aims to create awareness among masses, policy makers Ameet Satam(31), a youth leader and activist of the Mumbai unit of the BJP, is making a five-minute documentary to educate the masses about the effects of global warming. Satam conceptualized and produced the project after he came up with the idea in September last year.The documentary aims at creating mass awareness about the issue of global warming.

Two weeks after the death of three children in Mumbai following the administration different immunisation dosages, the committee formed by the state government and BMC health authorities has come out with a preliminary report on the cause of the deaths. According to the doctors in the committee, the deaths were not caused by defective vaccines. "It is not the fault of the vaccines, but again it is difficult to say unless we get the reports of the vaccine samples tests from the Kasauli laboratory,' said Dr Radha Aras, professor and head of preventive and social medicine department.

State's second polio case this year detected in powerloom town that has a huge migrant population, child had not been immunised in UP Fourteen-month-old Raj Gupta sleeps soundly on the hospital bed at the Indira Gandhi Memorial hospital, Bhiwandi, even as his mother eyes well up at mention of polio.

If cleared, it will study impact of climate conditions on crops, minerals Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar's hometown Baramati in Pune district would in all probability house the ambitious National Institute for Abiotic Stress proposed by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). This would be the first research institute of its kind to study the impact of climate conditions on crops and minerals in the country.

Bank team, state bodies try to identify financial resources for Rs 2.60 lakh-cr business plan In a boost to its much-touted plans to transform Mumbai into an international city and improve the quality of infrastructure in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), the State Government is tapping financial sources to help it implement its ambitious Rs 2.60 lakh-crore business plan.

Khed MP to take up issue of 474 acres acquired for Dehu Road missile project in 2002 with Antony The June 3 meeting that Khed MP Shivajirao Adhalrao Patil has sought with Union Defence Minister A K Antony is a big-ticket day for about 100 farmers of Pune district whose 474 acres were acquired by the Ministry of Defence Ministry in 2002 for the ambitious missile project in Shelarwadi, Dehu Road. At stake is Rs 220 crore

The need for a reduction in carbon emissions was debated at the United Nations Conference on Environment & Development (The Earth Summit) in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, resulting in the adoption of United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), an international treaty on environment. The Kyoto Protocol, 1998, was adopted by the parties to the UNFCCC with the objective of achieving quantified emission limitations through specific policies and measures to minimising the adverse effects of climate change.

In what may be a sign of the changing political environment ahead of general elections, the Centre has turned down the Maharashtra government's proposal to provide labour law flexibility in special economic zones. The Centre communicated its opinion on the Maharashtra Special Economic Zones (SEZ) and Designated Areas Bill after a two-year wait. The move is expected to impact investor sentiment in Maharashtra, which tops the state-wise charts for the maximum number of duty-free enclaves (see table).

Even as Pune is finding it difficult to meet increasing water demand of citizens and is spending crores of rupees in revamping its supply lines, a proposal to revive the Peshwa era supply line with a capacity of seven lakh gallons a day and last used in 1970, is gathering dust in the Pune Municipal Corporation. The said committee report was to preserve and use as per requirement the Peshwa era water supply line that once catered to the demand of the central part of the city. The said water supply was set-up in 1749-50 during the rule of Balaji Bajirao Peshwa.