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B-town backs PM Modi's initiative to ban single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 28 (ANI): After Aamir Khan voiced support for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of banning single-use plastic across the country, several Bollywood celebrities have also backed the cause.
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PM Modi thanks Aamir Khan for supporting move to ban single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), Aug 28 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday thanked Bollywood actor Aamir Khan for extending "valuable support" to the movement to eliminate the usage of single-use plastic in the country.
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PM Modi highlights India's efforts for sustainable future at G-7 summit
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Biarritz [France], Aug 26 (ANI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday addressed a session on 'Biodiversity, Oceans, Climate' at G-7 summit here and highlighted India's efforts at eliminating the single-use of plastic, conserving water and harnessing solar energy.
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Aamir Khan backs PM Modi's move to ban single-use plastic
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): Superstar Aamir Khan on Monday expended support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's initiative of banning single-use plastic in the country.
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'Mann Ki Baat': PM Modi urges people to make India plastic free
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 25 (ANI): While addressing the nation in his monthly radio broadcast 'Mann Ki Baat', Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for launching a "new mass movement" against single-use plastic from October 2, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi.
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Greater Chennai Corporation initiates environmental awareness campaign
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Aug 25 (ANI): The Greater Chennai Corporation on Sunday initiated the awareness campaign through a Marathon for 'zero waste and no use of plastic.'
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Humanity shamed: Man chopped into pieces by wife, children over pension
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana), [India], Aug 23 (ANI): In a gruesome incident, a man was brutally killed by his wife and children over a financial dispute and his body was later chopped into pieces and stored in plastic buckets at his residence here in Malkajgiri.
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Indian Railways to enforce ban on single-use plastic from Oct 2
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 21 (ANI): In a bid to eliminate single-use plastic in the country, Indian Railways on Wednesday directed all units to enforce a ban on single-use plastic, with less than 50-micron thickness, from October 2 onwards in its premises and trains.
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Lok Sabha Secretariat bans use of plastics in Parliament complex
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 20 (ANI): The Lok Sabha Secretariat has banned the use of non-reusable plastic water bottles and other plastic items within the Parliament House Complex from Tuesday.
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Non-reusable plastic bottles banned in Parliament complex
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi, Aug 20 (ANI) The Lok Sabha Secretariat has banned use of "non-reusable plastic water bottles and other plastic items" within the Parliament House Complex from Tuesday.
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Green chemists find a way to produce eco-friendly items
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Aug 18 (ANI): A team of green chemists are working on techniques to produce useful compounds from wood and other fast-growing non-edible plant waste, through a chemical process named xylochemistry.
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Hyderabad couple uses recycled plastic waste for constructing houses
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Aug 17 (ANI): A Hyderabad-based couple has taken up the initiative of constructing houses and other structures using sheets made of processed plastic waste.
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