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Five eco-inclusive enterprises receive prestigious SEED Low Carbon Awards
NEW YORK: From a collaborative recycling WebApp enabling waste management services to users in Colombia to composters designed for urban households in India – these are few highlights of the innovative five…
SDMC will launch helpline for parents to register complaints
NEW DELHI: In order to assess teacher’s performances and various…
NDMC to start doorstep collection of e-waste, pay for it too
NEW DELHI: In order to dispose electronic waste in an…
Ministry of Water Resources launches “Jal Bachao, Video Banao, Puruskar Pao” contest
NEW DELHI: In an attempt to engage with the people…
UN Environment, Google announce ground-breaking partnership to protect Earth
NEW YORK: UN Environment and Google announced a global partnership…
NMCG organises “Ganga Vriksharopan Abhiyan” in five Ganga basin states
NEW DELHI: National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) is organising…
Five eco-inclusive enterprises receive prestigious SEED Low Carbon Awards
NEW YORK: From a collaborative recycling WebApp enabling waste management…
Indian Railways signed MoU with MahaMetro for introducing mass rapid transit system in Nagpur
NAGPUR: Indian Railways and MahaMetro (Metro Railway Project Company of…
“Why is Delhi waterlogged every time it rains”?, HC asks authorities
NEW DELHI: The bench of Acting Chief Justice Geeta Mittal…
Delhi Metro to get green power from MP-based Rewa solar plant
BHOPAL: The DMRC will start getting green power from the…
China impose ‘special emissions’ limits on firms in 80 cities
SHANGHAI: China could impose “special emissions restrictions” on industrial firms…
Registration of new vehicles to stop from 2019
Bengaluru: The transport department of Bengaluru has decided to put a restriction on registration of…
Lodhi Garden gets a ‘hi-tech’ nursery
New Delhi: A ‘high-tech’ nursery – which enables the maintenance of a controlled atmosphere, with…
The air quality of Delhi worsens experts advice to stay Indoor
New Delhi: For the third consecutive day, the air quality of Delhi remained beyond ‘severe’ and…
Kolkata is the second most polluted metro in the country
KOLKATA: Recent report by World Health Organisation confirms that Kolkata is the second most polluted…
Government taking sincere initiatives to bring down air pollution in all cities
In an interview with Urban Update, Dr Harshvardhan talks about his plan to improve air…
EU driving sustainable urban cooperation between cities
Pier Roberto Remitti, Team Leader, International Urban Center, European Union, speaks to Kumar Dhananjay, Consulting…
Varanasi will be among cleanest cities soon
In an interview with Urban Update, the Mayor of Varanasi, Ram Gopal Mohle seems confident…
The Changemaker
Urban Update speaks to one of the youngest woman sarpanches in the country, and the…
Chipko Andolan: more relevant today!
The octogenarian tree-lover Sunderlal Bahuguna is quite worried about degradation of our environment and cutting…
Community Safety calls for Risk Conscious Society
Prime Minister Modi, in a recent radio address, spoke about public safety. It was…
Rivers are lifeline of cities
Cities in India are growing at an unprecedented pace, and rivers are receding with similar…
Cities, Climate Change and Crisis
From cities as big as New Delhi to small ones like Gopalpur in Odisha and…
Future proofing of cities
India is creating new cities and it is imperative for policymakers and politicians at the…
Takeaways from Bonn
The recently concluded 23rd edition of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the UN…
Nike, H&M and Burberry join forces for sustainable fashion
LONDON: Major global brands Nike, H&M, Burberry, and Gap have signed up to an initiative that…
The Cultural Capital of Karnataka
Mysuru is aptly called cultural capital of Karnataka. The Dussehra festivities attract tourists from not…
Dilwalon Ki Dilli: A city found and a few lost over time
Delhi is present, past and history. Present may symbolize the modernity but it’s the history…
Varanasi: Struggling between modernity, tradition
Varanasi is struggling between modernity and tradition. Old voices are crying that we must preserve,…
From Shah of all Shahs to Sardar and the Father of the Nation
Ahmedabad, undoubtedly, is the largest city in Gujarat today and is always buzzing with economic…
UN Environment, Google announce ground-breaking partnership to protect Earth
NEW YORK: UN Environment and Google announced a global partnership that promises to change the…
India’s ‘worst water crisis in its history’ is only going to get worse: Niti Aayog Report
Delhi: India is facing its ‘worst’ water crisis in history and around 600 million people…
Bridging the gap between climate data and resilience planning
BHOPAL: The World Resources Institute (WRI) India in partnership with the Madhya Pradesh State Knowledge…
Greenhouse gases leads to major health problems
A recent study by medical journal the Lancet reveals that greenhouse gases not just lead…
BRICS Ministerial on Environment Includes Green Good Deeds in its Official Agenda
NEW DELHI: Green Good Deeds, the societal movement launched by the Union Minister for Environment,…