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The 5th Smart Cities India Expo attracts large participation, ends on a hi
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 25 (ANI/NewsVoir): The three-day 5th Smart Cities India expo was a congregation of innovators and imaginators, academia, policymakers and city administrators, government representatives, business delegates, multinationals, etc. that came to strike business deals, expand
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Waste food can be used to produce biodegradable chemical
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 23 (ANI): Engineers at the University of Waterloo have developed a technology that can help extract the biodegradable chemical from waste food that can be refined as a source of energy.
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People recycle more if they know what recyclable waste becomes: Study
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C [U.S.A], May 17 (ANI): In order to increase plastic recycling rates, we need to change the conversation from 'where does plastic go' to 'what does plastic create', as a new study has observed that consumers recycle more when they think about what such plastic waste can be t
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Cold War 'coffin' leaking radioactive waste in Pacific, UN expresses conce
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 16 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday confirmed that a massive concrete dome built during the Cold War era to contain waste from nuclear testing conducted by the US has degraded and began leaking into the Pacific Ocean.
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Fire breaks out in wasteland near Koyambedu bus stand in Chennai
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], May 13 (ANI): A fire broke out in a wasteland near Koyambedu bus stand here on Monday.
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187 countries pledge to restrict global plastic waste, US not part of pact
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 12 (ANI): In a bid to curb plastic crisis around the globe, governments of 187 countries have agreed to control the movement of plastic waste between their national borders. The United States, however, is not part of the pact.
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Lok Sabha elections 2019: Delhi's oldest voter to exercise his franchise
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 11 (ANI): Delhi's oldest voter, 111-year old Bachan Singh, who says 'not a single vote should go waste', will cast his vote on Sunday in the 6th phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
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NGT asks UPPCB to fine private company Rs 30 lakhs for illegal plant
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Friday directed the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to recover 30 lakhs from Envirad Private Limited for illegally operating a common biomedical treatment plant in Bareilly city of Uttar Pradesh.
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India signs MoU with Japan's ISE Foods to improve poultry farms
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], May 6 (ANI): India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Japan's largest egg producer, ISE Foods, in a bid to improve the quality of eggs, waste management and disease diagnosis in poultry farms across the country.
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NGT directs UPPCB to file report on illegalities committed by CBMWTP
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 6 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Monday directed UP Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) to file a report on the illegalities committed by the Common Bio-Medical Waste Treatment Plan (CBMWTP) in Mathura.
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9 more decentralised waste management plants in Delhi by Yasasu
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] April 30 (ANI/NewsVoir): In order to manage and process large quantities of waste in the NCR, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) plans to set up 9 more Decentralized Waste Management Plants.
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AAP alleges Gautam Gambhir has two voter IDs, Kejriwal asks people not to
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 26 (ANI): Minutes after Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) East Delhi Lok Sabha candidate Atishi alleged that the BJP candidate Gautam Gambir has two voter IDs in two separate constituencies of Delhi and will soon be disqualified for the same, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal took to
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