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Microplastics turning to be major environmental challenge: study
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Sept 9 (ANI): Microplastics are the tiny bits and pieces of plastic that have worked their way into our water systems causing potentially catastrophic conditions for humans and marine life, discovered researchers.
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Time has come for the world to say good-bye to single-use plastic: PM Modi
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Greater Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Sept 9 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that the time has come for the world to say 'good-bye' to single-use plastic.
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Tripura: Vegetable vendors in Agartala join hands against use of plastic b
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Agartala (Tripura) [India], Sept 8 (ANI): As the country gears up to impose a nationwide ban on single-use plastic bags on the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the vegetable sellers in Agartala have joined hands to eliminate the use of plastic bags.
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PM Modi initiates projects of Rs 20,000 crore in Mumbai
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday initiated projects of about Rs 20,000 crore for Mumbai and urged the people to avoid throwing plastic and other waste materials into the seawater while immersing the idols of Lord Ganesha.
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PM Modi urges people not to immerse plastic in sea during Ganpati immersio
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to avoid throwing plastic and other waste materials into the seawater while immersing the idols of the Lord Ganesha.
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PM Modi urges people not to immerse plastic in sea during Ganpati Visarjan
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 7 (ANI): On the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday urged people to avoid throwing plastic and other waste materials into the seawater while immersing the idols of the elephant-headed God.
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Raipur family distributes free cloth bags to discourage use of plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Raipur (Chhattisgarh) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Independence day speech in which he urged citizens to eliminate the use of single-use plastic, Bairagi family here is distributing home-made cloth bags, free of cost, to everyone they encounter in the mar
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Rohtak: 4000 earthen pots arranged for water ahead of PM's visit
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Rohtak (Haryana) [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Ahead of the Prime Minister's visit on September 8 to address a mega rally here, the district administration has bought around 4,000 earthen pots to store drinking water so as to reduce the use of plastic containers during the rally.
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Madhuri Dixit, Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif urge fans to shun single-use plas
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 6 (ANI): Actors Salman Khan, Katrina Kaif and Madhuri Dixit hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of banning single-use plastic in the country and urged fans to support the mission.
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Delhi: Inquiry ordered after post mortem reveals plastic like material in
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 5 (ANI): National Zoological Park Authority on Thursday ordered an inquiry into the death of the last Cape buffalo that died allegedly after consuming plastic.
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PM Modi seeks participation of teaching community in curbing single-use pl
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 5 (ANI): On the occasion of Teachers' Day on Thursday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought 'active support and participation' of the teaching community in curbing single-use plastic.
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Paswan bans single-use plastic products in ministriy, PSUs
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), September 4 (ANI): Consumer Affairs Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on Wednesday announced a complete ban on the use of single-use plastic in his ministry and all its PSUs including Food Corporation of India (FCI) from September 15.
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