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NGT directs committee to suggest remedial action for dumping of toxic wast
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 25 (ANI): National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Thursday directed a joint Committee to undertake a visit to the sites in question and take remedial action to prevent dumping of waste and removing encroachment, following due process of law.
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China making Tibet dumping ground for toxic waste, not providing resources
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], December 29 (ANI): The Chinese Communist Party is exploiting Tibet by making the region a dumping ground for toxic waste and has failed to provide the area with the resources needed to protect its fragile ecosystem and unique biome, said a report.
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Sitharaman calls huge toxic waste 'threat' for India, calls on DRI to catc
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 4 (ANI): Highlighting that huge toxic waste coming to India and dumped here is a big threat, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday said that the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) needs to act and catch big fish involved in smuggling of toxic wast
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Biden to revise Trump-era rule on toxic wastewater from coal plants
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 27 (ANI): US President Joe Biden will revise the Trump-era rule that allowed many coal-fired power plants to avoid or delay installing equipment that could prevent lead, selenium and other toxic pollutants from seeping into rivers and streams, the Environmental Prote
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Water quality in Yamuna improved during lockdown, says Raghav Chadha
Updated : 6 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The closure of industrial units in Delhi-NCR during the lockdown led to an apparent improvement in water quality of the Yamuna river as the tons of toxic wastes and effluents are no more discharged into it, according to Vice-Chairman of Delhi Jal Board, Ragh
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MSF slams Italian prosecutors for ordering to seize Aquarius over toxic wa
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Nov 20 (ANI/Sputnik): Humanitarian organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF, or Doctors Without Borders) has condemned the decision of Italian prosecutors to seize the Aquarius migrant rescue vessel over accusations of alleged illicit disposal of hazardous on-board waste.
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