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- Health ministry sets timeframe for keeping animals treated with antibiotics out of food chain
- Poison in disguise 1
- Chaos in the iron age 2
- It’s a demographic disaster
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- Mirage of a river 1
- Activist lands in jail for protesting lack of health facilities in tribal district five years ago
- Tulsi Fights Fluorosis 2
- 18 tribal villages in Maharashtra get tendu rights, finally
- 'Will fight POSCO till last breath'
- Environment ministry wants to restore night traffic through Bandipur tiger reserve 52
- A green facade 44
- Diesel: when bad policy makes for toxic hell 38
- Gujarat pollution board gets a makeover in efficiency 33
- What’s good insulation? 30
- How vulnerable are India's nuclear power plants to disaster 28
- Grand distraction called river interlinking 28
- Eat at your own risk 27
- Green energy takes toll on green cover 26
- Temporary solution, permanent jam 25
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Issue Date: Feb 15, 1998
The Supreme Court recently cleared the constitution of a five-member environmental protection authority (EPA) by the central government. A three-judge bench observed that the authority for the national capital region is "not only appropriate but also timely". The EPA would include Anil Agarwal, director of the Centre for Science and Environment; Bhure Lal, central vigilance commission secretary; D K Biswas, chairperson of Central Pollution Control Board; Kiran Dhingra, Delhi transport commissioner and Jagdish Khattar, executive director of the Maruti Udyog Limited.
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