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"Swachh Neer & Aahaar" campaign conducted in South Central Railway
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Vijayawada (Andhra Pradesh) [India], September 27 (ANI): South Central Railway, Vijayawada Division, conducted Swachh Neer and Aahaar (CleanFood & Water) programmes across Vijayawada Division as part of Swachhata Pakwara-2022, fortnight cleanliness campaign.
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Ashwini Choubey inaugurates conference on eco-alternatives for banned sing
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 27 (ANI): Minister of State Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Tuesday, inaugurated a conference of startups and innovators working on eco-alternatives for banned single-use plastics and air quality management in Chennai.
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Environment minister Yadav inaugurates national expo on eco-alternatives
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 26 (ANI): With a focus to move from single-use plastics to natural fibres, such as coir, bagasse, rice and wheat bran, and to promote startup ecosystem in the country, Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav virtually inaugurated Natio
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India sets global example with ban on single-use plastic items
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): With the ban on select single-use plastic items from this month, India has set a global example in the fight against plastic pollution.
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Delhi minister Gopal Rai writes to Bhupender Yadav to open more testing la
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 13 (ANI): Delhi Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Wednesday wrote to Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and appealed to open more testing laboratories for alternatives to single-use plastics.
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Paper stocks in focus as India bans single-use plastic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 12 (ANI): Indian stocks in the paper and paper products manufacturing business have outperformed the overall broader market indices in 2022 in line with the country's move to phase out several single-use plastics to reduce plastic pollution.
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Brown Living makes plastic-free living possible
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], July 4 (ANI/PRNewswire): In a resolute effort to curb plastic pollution, India has imposed a ban on single-use plastic products from July 1, 2022, a move that synchronizes with Plastic Free July, an influential global campaign empowering people to cut down on pl
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6 tonnes waste removed from Bhimli beach in Vizag
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Visakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 3 (ANI): As many as six tonnes of waste were removed from the Bhimili beach in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam, District Collector Dr A Mallikarjun informed on Sunday.
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Officials of Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation conducts inspection on ba
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], July 3 (ANI): Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation officials on Saturday conducted an inspection in local markets of the area and seized single-use plastic from the shops.
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Nearly 700 kg of plastic items seized in Delhi to curb single-use plastic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): As the ban on single-use plastic came into effect on Friday, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) seized 689.01 kilograms of such items and issued 368 challans in its jurisdiction today.
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Ranchi shopkeepers welcome ban on single-use plastic items, say it should
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 1 (ANI): With the ban on identified single-use plastic items coming into effect from Friday, environmentalists and shopkeepers in Ranchi have welcomed the decision and said it should be banned strictly.
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Delhi's Lajpat Nagar market welcomes ban on single-use plastic
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 1 (ANI): Delhi's famous Lajpat Nagar market welcomed the ban on single-use plastic that came into effect on Friday across the country.
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