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25% of NHS trusts failing on hygiene
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17.3.2010 |
The Guardian -- Front Page |
| Exclusive: NHS watchdog Care Quality Commission finds blood spattered walls and filthy ambulances
A quarter of health trusts failed to meet standards over hospital infections while five were warned over blood-spattered walls and mouldy instruments under a toughened regulatory regime, the Guardian has learned.
Of particular concern was the state of ambulances, which were inspected for the first time. Investigators found dirty forceps stored in some vehicles as well as bloodstains.
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) used its sweeping powers last year to assess how well NHS trusts were coping with hospital infections – which affect 300,000 patients a year.
Of the 167 trusts inspected, 42 were found by the commission to be in "breach" of ... |
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Dad bares pact for suicide with children
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17.3.2010 |
Telegraph: Bengal |
| Rishra, March 16: Forsaken by life as well as death, Kaushal Chowdhury today told the tale of how he steeled his four children before poisoning them and how two of his daughters died before his eyes but the other two siblings cheated death for so long that he tried strangling them. |
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[pwdc :: All]
[arghyam :: DrinkingWater]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[kolcarto :: Kolkata]
[TOM :: General]
[TOM :: All-States]
[TOM :: All]
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IPL: Mayor keen on keeping Barabati environment-friendly
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17.3.2010 |
Hindu: Other States |
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[fredericknoronha :: water]
[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[governance :: Urban Governance]
[rgooba07 :: Cricket]
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Metrowater told to deal with water contamination
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17.3.2010 |
Hindu: Tamil Nadu |
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[sailendram :: Tanker]
[sailendram :: Pollution]
[sailendram :: All-News]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[rose_skyzen :: water pollution]
[arghyam :: All-News]
[arghyam :: Tanker]
[arghyam :: Pollution]
[arghyam :: All-News]
[arghyam :: UrbanWater]
[arghyam :: WaterGeneral]
[ssurekha :: news]
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Environment authority to take over licensing function from Ministry
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17.3.2010 |
HBL: Corporate |
| The proposed National Environment Protection Authority (NEPA) would ensure monitoring and compliance of environmental laws, besides taking over the licensing functions from the Ministry of Environment and |
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[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[nilaymedh :: law]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[arghyam :: WaterQuality]
[prs :: Acts]
[prs :: Acts-Central]
[sunder :: Forest water]
[esg :: Environmental Clearance]
[rose_skyzen :: water pollution]
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No to plastics, polythene during IPL matches in Cuttack
(Cached)
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16.3.2010 |
DNA: India |
| Deccan Chargers would play Kings XI Punjab on March 19 and Delhi Daredevils on March 21 at the picturesque Barabati stadium. |
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[fredericknoronha :: water]
[arghyam :: All-News]
[rgooba07 :: Cricket]
[governance :: Urban Governance]
[sailendram :: All-News]
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Water scarcity: Kendrapara feels the pangs
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16.3.2010 |
New Indian Express |
| Water scarcity: Kendrapara feels the pangs |
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[sailendram :: All-News]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[Genecampaign :: water]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[arghyam :: All-News]
[arghyam :: Water-Borne-Diseases]
[arghyam :: DrinkingWater]
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Ramesh proposes independent agency to police the environment
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16.3.2010 |
DNA: Top News |
| The Union minister wants to set up an agency on the lines of the US EPA, reducing his own ministry to a policy-making body, so that laws are enforced in their true spirit. |
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[sailendram :: Conservation]
[sunder :: Forest water]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[indiatogether :: Environment]
[nilaymedh :: law]
[rose_skyzen :: water pollution]
[arghyam :: Conservation]
[arghyam :: WaterGeneral]
[esg :: Environmental Clearance]
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CAG plans audit of water pollution
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16.3.2010 |
HBL: Industry & Economy |
| The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India is planning a comprehensive audit of water pollution in India that would cover the extent and causes of pollution of lakes, rivers and ground |
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[arghyam :: Groundwater Manangement]
[arghyam :: WaterBodies]
[arghyam :: Climate]
[arghyam :: Rivers]
[rose_skyzen :: water pollution]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
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‘Many risks involved in BOO-based desalination plants'
(Cached)
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16.3.2010 |
HBL: Corporate |
| A quarter century ago, he put up the country's first reverse-osmosis-based desalination plant spending Rs 70 lakh out of his own pocket, just to demonstrate the |
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[arghyam :: DrinkingWater]
[arghyam :: WaterQuality]
[TahirAmin :: everywhere]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[prashantiyengar :: everywhere]
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Time to talk dirty
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16.3.2010 |
Guardian: Environment |
| At last a piece of good news in the slow, uphill struggle for a better world - I mean, of course, our painful progress towards the Millennium Development Goals . On water, we are almost there! A report from the joint monitoring programme set up by the World Health Organisation and Unicef says "the world is on track to meet or even exceed the drinking-water target". Or even exceed . You don't see anything like that in reports on maternal mortality or HIV.
So celebrations are in order. The "Progress on Sanitation and Drinking-Water – 2010 Update Report," says that 87% of the world's population, which is around 5.9 billion people, have safe drinking water. But - oh why does there always have to be a but - alongside water goes sanitation. And ... |
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[sailendram :: All-News]
[arghyam :: All-News]
[arghyam :: DrinkingWater]
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Chickenpox cases on the rise
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15.3.2010 |
New Indian Express |
| Chickenpox cases on the rise |
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[fredericknoronha :: water]
[aseem :: Water_Brone_Diseases]
[sailendram :: Water-Borne-Diseases]
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The truth about Shekar Dattatri
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15.3.2010 |
New Indian Express |
| The truth about Shekar Dattatri |
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[nilaymedh :: animals]
[sunder :: Forest water]
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[arghyam :: Climate]
[subbu :: Climate change]
[subbu :: Forest]
[subbu :: Agriculture]
[subbu :: Strategies]
[subbu :: India Specific]
[neitham :: assam]
[kjrajesh :: Media]
[Genecampaign :: Climate change]
[Genecampaign :: Forest]
[Genecampaign :: Agriculture]
[Genecampaign :: Strategies]
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Summer musings
(Cached)
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15.3.2010 |
DNA: India |
| Get ready to battle the heat minus the sweat. |
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[nilaymedh :: ahmedabad]
[phemk23 :: North Gujarat Agriculture]
[phemk23 :: Gujarat Agriculture]
[kjrajesh :: Media]
[arghyam :: Water-Borne-Diseases]
[arghyam :: Agriculture]
[arghyam :: DrinkingWater]
[aseem :: Water_Brone_Diseases]
[phemk23 :: Western India Agriculture]
[sailendram :: Water-Borne-Diseases]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
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Planting love
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15.3.2010 |
Hindu:Metro Plus: Bangalore |
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[meerak :: Bengaluru environment]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[nilaymedh :: gardening]
[ajnyani :: AGECON]
[meerak :: bengaluru environment]
[meerak :: bengaluru infrastructure]
[chvartak :: Otherfelling]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
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BJP plans to come down hard on Sheila Govt.
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14.3.2010 |
Hindu: New Delhi |
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[fredericknoronha :: water]
[sandman1965 :: Realty]
[sanjaybhangar :: ArtProtest]
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On Red trail, jawans told not to drink from wells
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14.3.2010 |
TOI: India |
| CRPF and Jharkhand police, engaged in a major offensive against the Maoists in rocky terrains, forests amid rising temperature, have been asked not to drink water from local wells and ponds. |
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[arghyam :: WaterBodies]
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Farmers and activists oppose new dyeing units
(Cached)
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14.3.2010 |
Hindu: Tamil Nadu |
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[arghyam :: Rivers]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
[shrimali :: Indian Agriculture]
[sunder :: Panchayat water]
[fredericknoronha :: panchayat]
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Farmers oppose new dyeing units
(Cached)
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14.3.2010 |
Hindu: Tamil Nadu |
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[fredericknoronha :: water]
[shrimali :: Indian Agriculture]
[fredericknoronha :: panchayat]
[arghyam :: Rivers]
[ssurekha :: news]
[indiatogether :: Solid Waste]
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World Water Day fete from March 19
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13.3.2010 |
New Indian Express |
| World Water Day fete from March 19 |
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[fredericknoronha :: Kerala]
[sunder :: Forest water]
[rose_skyzen :: water pollution]
[nilaymedh :: photography]
[fredericknoronha :: water]
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