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CAG report exposes major gaps in Jharkhand’s Solid Waste Management

Representative Image RANCHI, Jharkhand: The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has identified significant irregularities in the performance audit…

4 months ago

GMDA removes encroachments from 3.7 km stretch

Representative Image GURUGRAM, Haryana: The Gurugram Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) conducted a two-day demolition drive to remove encroachment from the…

4 months ago

Rai: NDRF funds for immediate relief, not resettlement

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Nityanand Rai, Minister of State for Home Affairs, Government of India, stated that the central government…

4 months ago

CAQM issues advisory curb open waste burning; Delhi performs badly in GRAP

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The Centre for Air Quality Management (CAQM) has released a new advisory to prevent the open…

4 months ago

Wayanad recovery: New township, free power and rations

Representative Image THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Kerala: Chief Minister of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan announced that the Kerala government will leverage global expertise and…

4 months ago

Andhra to scrap two-child norm for contesting civic elections

Representative Image AMARAVATI, Andhra Pradesh: The state cabinet, chaired by Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Wednesday, August 7, decided…

4 months ago

NGT to charge ₹50,000 for dumping solid waste in unauthorised areas in UP

Representative Image LUCKNOW, Uttar Pradesh: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has completely banned the dumping and littering of solid waste…

4 months ago

Nepra to invest ₹6.5 bn in Waste Management Expansion in North & NE India

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Ahmedabad-based Nepra Resource Management Private Limited has announced plans to invest ₹ 6.5 billion in expanding…

4 months ago

732 dist have become manual scavenging-free in India: Athawale

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Ramdas Athawale, Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, in a written reply to a…

4 months ago

Guwahati receives 78.4 mm of rainfall; year’s highest single-day

Representative Image DISPUR, Assam: Assam’s Guwahati city recorded this year’s highest single-day rainfall—a total of 78.4 mm in 24 hours…

4 months ago