Environment

Delhi set to get India’s first BS-VI compliant public transport buses

Representative Image NEW DELHI: In order to become an environmentally responsible public transport service, Delhi is all set to launch…

4 years ago

Piyush Goyal says threat of climate change real, India must move to net zero carbon emissions

Representative Image NEW DELHI: Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways and of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, on Tuesday, September…

4 years ago

Delhi aims to increase green cover to 25% by 2023

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The Delhi Government has set an ambitious goal to increase the green cover of the city from 22…

4 years ago

NGT asks UPPCB to rework spending of environment restoration fund

Representative Image NEW DELHI: The Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB) has been directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT)…

4 years ago

HP to buy plastic waste at Rs 75 per kg

Representative Image SHIMLA: Himachal Pradesh, in a first for the nation, has devised a policy which will see them buying…

5 years ago

Yuva Seva Vahini starts a drive to green collieries in Dhanbad

Representative Image DHANBAD: Bharatiya Yuva Seva Vahini, a social outfit, launched a massive green drive from Dhangi hills, planting over…

5 years ago

Mumbai environmental group reduces 78.25 million kg carbon emissions by planting trees

Representative Image MUMBAI: A Mumbai based environment group – Grow-Trees, claims to reduce carbon emissions by 78.25 million kg every…

5 years ago

Malaysia to return 3,000 metric tonnes plastic waste to 14 countries

Representative Image KUALA LAMPUR: Malaysia will return 3,000 metric tonnes of plastic waste to the countries that had shipped it,…

5 years ago

State SWM committee orders LMC to clean Gomti banks within 3 days

Representative Image LUCKNOW: The State Solid Waste Management Committee has ordered Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) to clean solid and biochemical…

6 years ago

Saving the Earth may cost $100 billion per year: GDN

Representative Image WASHINGTON: Saving the life on earth may cost $100 billion per year, claim Global Deal for Nature (GDN)…

6 years ago