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Chennai Air Customs recovers gold worth Rs 2.17 cr swallowed by flyers fro
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], January 31 (ANI): The Chennai Air Customs has seized 4.15 kg gold worth over Rs 2.17 crore at the airport here and arrested seven people after busting a smuggling racket, in which the passengers were found to have swallowed capsules of gold paste wrapped with po
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Agencies examining half-burnt cloth, polythene bag recovered from explosio
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 30 (ANI): A half-burnt cloth and a polythene bag have been recovered from the site of the blast near the Israel Embassy, and is being examined by the authorized agencies, sources in Delhi Police told ANI on Saturday.
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Single-use plastic to be banned in Ambala from Nov 1
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Ambala (Haryana) [India], October 30 (ANI): Single-use plastic and polythene bags will remain prohibited in Ambala, with effect from November 1, the Secretary of Municipal Corporation, Ambala City said on Thursday.
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K'taka govt orders NGOs to avoid distributing food in plastic bags
Updated : 6 years ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], April 28 (ANI): Karnataka government on Tuesday ordered organisations and NGOs in the state to distribute food to people in plastic boxes and not in polythene bags.
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Women caught on CCTV throwing plastic bags into houses in Kota after spitt
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
Kota (Rajasthan) [India], April 13 (ANI): Some women were seen spitting on polythene bags and throwing them inside the houses in Kota district of Rajasthan on Sunday, allegedly in a bid to spread coronavirus.
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MP High Court orders Kamal Nath govt to ban single-use plastic, polythene
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], Feb 27 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday ordered Chief Minister Kamal Nath government to impose an immediate ban on single-use plastic and polythene in the state.
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Ensure no plastic bags less than 50 microns is manufactured, sold: NGT to
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec 9 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure that no plastic carry bags less than 50 microns thickness be manufactured, stocked, sold and used within the country.
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Kolkata: Durga Puja pandal spreads message on pollution
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Oct 3 (ANI): The Santoshpur Lake Pally committee has got designed the Durga Puja pandal in a manner to create awareness about the problem of pollution, which is fast assuming a critical proportion.
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EC asks parties not to use plastic, polythene in poll material
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Sep 21 (ANI) In line with the 'banish single-use plastic' drive in the country, The Election Commission on Saturday asked political parties, candidates and their agents in Haryana and Maharashtra to desist from using plastic, polythene and other environmentally hazardous
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SDMC intensifies efforts against use of polythene bags, issues 350 challan
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 14 (ANI): In a bid to intensify efforts to ban single-use plastics, South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Saturday announced that it had issued challans worth more than eight lakh in the last 10 days.
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Haryana: Stray dogs pull out baby girl dumped in drain; baby in hospital
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
(Kaithal) Haryana [India], July 20 (ANI): In a heartwrenching incident in Haryana's Kaithal district, a newborn baby girl wrapped in polythene was rescued from a drain by stray dogs who pulled the infant out this morning. Efforts are on to save the life of the baby who was rushed to the Civi
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This school in Assam accepts plastic waste as fee from students
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Guwahati (Assam) [India], June 20 (ANI): A school in the pristine woods of Pamohi accepts polythene bags and plastic wastes as the only form of fee. The school makes students pledge that they will not burn plastic. Instead, they will hand over any plastic waste to the school.
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