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Lab tests reveal fireworks contain high levels of hazardous chemicals AI generated image Mumbai: Firecrackers sold as ‘green’ may be anything but environment-friendly, with laboratory tests commissioned by the Awaaz Foundation reportedly detecting hazardous chemicals, including high quantities of barium, in several popular brands sold in Mumbai. In a warning ahead of the festive season, anti-noise pollution activist and Awaaz Foundation Founder Sumaira Abdulali has urged Chief Minister...

Court says it will intervene if specific illegalities are brought to its notice Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday refused to pass blanket orders against police detentions of people protesting against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, while assuring that it would take action if specific illegalities are brought before it. The court was hearing a petition filed by advocate Sagar Devre, who alleged that Mumbai police illegally detained hundreds of peaceful demonstrators,...

Part - 4 Name: Priya Salvi Where: Done, Thane district As Maharashtra’s villages face mounting pressure from chemical-intensive farming, water shortages, and rapid conversion of agricultural land to other uses, one woman farmer in Done (in Thane) is transforming her five-acre ancestral property into a working model of sustainable living. For Mumbai-based Priya Salvi, 56, the answer to the growing environmental crisis lies in returning to nature’s systems. On her farm, bananas, mangoes,...