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NGT directs CPCB to ensure strict compliance of bio-medical waste manageme
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 19 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) to ensure strict compliance of the Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016. It also asked CPCB to ensure that the compensation regime is duly applied against the de
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SC takes suo moto cognizance on 'remediation of polluted rivers', issues n
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 13 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Wednesday took suo moto cognizance on the issue of "remediation of polluted rivers" observing that one of the major causes of water pollution was the discharge of non treated/ partially treated municipal waste and effluents of various
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NGT directs UP PCB to determine liability for damage to environment in Kan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board to determine the liability for damage to the environment on account of illegal storage of chromium waste in Kanpur.
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DRDO inks MoU with MAHA-METRO for implementation of Advanced Biodigester M
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 5 (ANI): The Defence Research and Development Organisation and the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation on Tuesday inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), wherein the DRDO will render technical support for the implementation of its advanced biodigester Mk-II te
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Govt school students in Telangana make 'zero waste' sanitary napkins
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Yadadri Bhuvanagiri (Telangana) [India], January 5 (ANI): In an attempt to provide an organic solution to sanitary waste, the students of a government school in Yadadri Bhuvanagiri district of Telangana have come up with the idea of 'zero waste' sanitary napkins named 'Stree Raksha Pads'.
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'Sheer waste of public money': V Muraleedharan on Kerala Assembly Session
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI): Union Minister V Muraleedharan on Monday termed as a "futile exercise" and "sheer waste of public money" the convening of Kerala assembly for a one-day special session on December 31 to discuss and pass a resolution against the three central farm laws.
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KONE Elevator India reiterates message of Environmental Conservation
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 28 (ANI/NewsVoir): KONE Elevator India, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finland-based KONE Corporation, and a leading Elevator and Escalator supplier in India has initiated a campaign to sensitize people on key environmental issues. The first leg of the campaign has
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L&T wins contract for water, waste treatment projects in MP
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Dec 23 (ANI): Infrastructure major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) said on Wednesday its water and effluent treatment business has won orders between Rs 2,500 crore to 5,000 crore in Madhya Pradesh.
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IRS officer uses waste plastic bottles to create vertical gardens in Ludhi
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], December 20 (ANI): Rohit Mehra, Additional Commissioner in the Income Tax Department, has used 70 tonnes of waste plastic bottles as pots for creating vertical gardens in Ludhiana in an attempt to reduce air pollution.
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Debris falls at dump yard in Andhra's Vizianagaram, two dead
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
Vizianagaram (Andhra Pradesh) [India], December 20 (ANI): Two women, who were collecting waste material at the dump yard near the mine area here lost their lives after debris fell on them.
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Rahul Gandhi, Congress MPs walk out of meeting of parliamentary panel on d
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 16 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and other party MPs on Wednesday staged a walkout from the meeting of the parliamentary committee on defence alleging that parliament panel's time was being wasted in discussing uniform of armed forces instead of how to bette
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COVID-19 vaccination: Centre issues guidelines for safe waste disposal of
Updated : 5 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 14 (ANI): As COVID-19 vaccination programme will soon start in India, the Union Health Ministry has pledged for "One needle, One syringe, Only one time" and prepared guidelines for safer disposal of used injections.
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