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Naidu to global funding agencies: Focus on inclusive urban development
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Nairobi [Kenya], May 10 (ANI): Placing emphasis on a five-point agenda of affordable housing, provision of other basic urban infrastructure, solid waste management, environment friendly public transport and skill development needs, newly elected president of the Governing Council of UN-Habit
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Rs. 1 lakh fine for those dumping waste on Ramganga banks: NGT
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 3 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal on Wednesday announced that anyone found dumping hazardous waste on the banks of the River Ramganga in Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh would have to pay Rs. 1 lakh as environment compensation.
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Ahmedabad: Demonetised currency notes recycled to develop usable products
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Apr 27 (ANI): In a bid to recycle waste and turn it into something useful, students of the National Institute of Design (NID) here are attempting to develop usable products from scrapped currency notes.
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Milk sans fortification is nothing but wasted
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 19 (ANI): Much of the milk that we drink is in fact wasted!
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'Zero liquid discharge' to accomplish National Mission for Clean
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr 18 (ANI): Speaking on the mission of National Mission for Clean Ganga, Union Minister Uma Bharti on Tuesday asserted that Uttar Pradesh Government and the Centre decided to work on zero liquid discharge to remove the salt wastes of the leather industry dumped in the ri
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Kulbhushan Jadhav sentenced: Indian Govt. should take action soon, says Sa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Apr. 11 (ANI): Sarabjit Singh's sister Daljit Kaur appealed to the Indian Government to not waste time by starting a trial or sending lawyers in connection with Kulbhushan Jadhav's death sentence, but to take a strict action soon as the impact of the de
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Dump landslide killed 46 people in Ethiopia
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [U.S.A.], Mar. 13 (ANI): A landslide on Sunday killed at least 46 people at a waste dump outside Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
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'Fishing out' radioactive elements from nuclear waste
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Mar. 13 (ANI): According to a recent study, arsenic molecules might be used to "fish out" the most toxic elements from radioactive nuclear waste - a breakthrough that could make the decommissioning industry even safer and more effective.
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Kerala: Temple inferno injures two, cause attributed to improper waste man
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], Feb. 26 (ANI): A fire broke out in Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram city in the early hours of Sunday, after a pile of garbage was set on fire by locals, thus revealing the apathy of the local administrative bodies.
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New clues found for nuclear waste cleanup
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. (USA), Feb. 24 (ANI): According to a study, the research being done on the chemistry of technetium-99 has boosted the understanding of the challenging nuclear waste and can lead to better cleanup methods.
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J-K residents welcome govt. order placing restrictions on wedding expendit
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Jammu Kashmir, [India], Feb. 22 (ANI): Residents of Jammu and Kashmir have welcomed the restrictions placed by the state government in order to curb wasteful expenditure incurred during weddings.
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NGT, UPPCB to hold joint inspections at River Ramganga
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moradabad (Uttar Pradesh) [India], Feb.17 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal, on the petition of ex-Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), and Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) will jointly inspect and file a report on the issue of e-waste burning carrying at River Ramganga, Mor
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