Pondicherry

4,083 still missing in Uttarakhand

While U.P. accounts for the highest number, no headway in data on foreign nationals.

Publication Date:

18/09/2013

Tags:

Uttaranchal (Uttarakhand), Floods, Natural Disasters, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Uttar Pradesh, Nepal

Industry

Puducherry Industrial Policy 2013

This is text of the new industrial policy of Puducherry government aimed at promoting pollution free, less water intensive and employment oriented sustainable industrial growth in the Union Territory.

Publication Date:

23/08/2013

Source: Government of Puducherry

Tags:

Industry, Pondicherry, Environment, Industrial Pollution, Pollution Control, Sustainable Development, Economic Development

Economy

Pacts on SEZ cancelled, Puducherry Govt. tells court

The Puducherry government has submitted before the Madras High Court that it has cancelled the agreements with private partners to develop a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) at Sedarapet-Karasur in the

Publication Date:

23/08/2013

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Pondicherry, Chennai (T), High Court, Special Economic Zones (SEZ), Development

Mining

PIPDIC selection of partner for coal mining project irregular: CAG

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) said the Union Territory of Puducherry and the Pondicherry Industrial Promotion Development and Investment Corporation Limited (PIPDIC) had lost a

Publication Date:

30/07/2013

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Pondicherry, Orissa (Odisha), Coal, Mining, Supreme Court, Ministry of Coal

Solid Waste

State-level body to monitor plastic waste management

The government has constituted a State Level Advisory Body to monitor the implementation of the Plastic Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2011.

Publication Date:

22/07/2013

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Plastics, Waste Management, Pondicherry, Solid Waste, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

Air Pollution

Bicycle sharing system, an answer to pollution woes

Riding a bicycle seems to be a thrilling quest. When a boy learns it thoroughly he thinks that he is the “hero” of his street. He rides from one street to another and knows almost all the shortcuts of his area like the back of his hands.

Publication Date:

29/06/2013

Author(s): K. Bhuvaneswari

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry, Cycles, Chennai (T), Vehicular Pollution, Pollution Control, Public Transport, Air Pollution

Solid Waste

Plastic waste continues to choke Puducherry

Despite the ban and repeated raids, use of plastic still rampant.

Publication Date:

27/06/2013

Source: Hindu (Chennai)

Tags:

Pondicherry, Plastics, Waste Recycling

Health

Scrub typhus meningitis in south India — A retrospective study

Scrub typhus is prevalent in India although definite statistics are not available. There has been only one study on scrub typhus meningitis 20 years ago. Most reports of meningitis/meningoencephalitis in scrub typhus are case reports A retrospective study done in Pondicherry to extract cases of scrub typhus admitted to hospital between February 2011 and January 2012. Diagnosis was by a combination of any one of the following in a patient with an acute febrile illness- a positive scrub IgM ELISA, Weil-Felix test, and an eschar.

Publication Date:

14/06/2013

Author(s): Stalin Viswanathan, Vivekanandan Muthu, Nayyar Iqbal & et al

Source: PLoS ONE

Vol:

8

Issue:

6

pp:

1-8

Tags:

Meningitis, Infectious Diseases, Pondicherry, India, Diagnostic Methods

Health

Scrub Typhus Meningitis in South India — A retrospective study

Scrub typhus is prevalent in India although definite statistics are not available. There has been only one study on scrub typhus meningitis 20 years ago. Most reports of meningitis/meningoencephalitis in scrub typhus are case reports. A retrospective study done in Pondicherry to extract cases of scrub typhus admitted to hospital between February 2011 and January 2012. Diagnosis was by a combination of any one of the following in a patient with an acute febrile illness- a positive scrub IgM ELISA, Weil-Felix test, and an eschar.

Publication Date:

01/06/2013

Author(s): Stalin Viswanathan, Vivekanandan Muthu, Nayyar Iqbal & et al

Source: PLoS ONE

Vol:

8

Issue:

6

pp:

1-8

Tags:

Micro Organisms, Meningitis, Pondicherry, India, Health, Diagnostic Methods