SHANGHAI: After extending a ban on foreign trash imports, China now plans to launch 100…
Tag: Pollution
China’s Shenzhen switches to electric taxis
SHENZHEN: Shenzhen, the city with the population of 12 million people has switched its taxis…
Sambalpur Municipal Corporation to install Reverse Vending Machines
SAMBALPUR: Sambalpur Municipal Corporation (SMC) will install Reverse Vending Machines (RVMs) indifferent parts of the…
NGT constitutes a committee to monitor hazardous units in Sarita Vihar
NEW DELHI: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) constituted a joint committee tolook into a plea alleging operation…
Wazirabad to Okhla stretch of Yamuna accounts for 76% of river’s pollution
NEW DELHI: A small stretch Yamuna river covering less than two percent accounts for 76…
Air pollution more hazardous than smoking
NEW DELHI: In India 26 per cent of global premature death and disease burden by…
EPCA seeks info on diesel cabs plying in Delhi
NEW DELHI: All taxi operators in Delhi including cab aggregator companies like Ola and Uber…
NGT bans stone crushers near waterbodies in Himachal Pradesh
SHIMLA: The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on October 30 quashed the consent granted to the…
Delhi’s first cracker-less Diwali due to poor air quality
NEW DELHI: The Apex court on October 31 reminded for the third time in eight…
Throwing and burning of waste in open can cost Rs 500
BENGALURU: G Parameshwara, Bengaluru Urban Development Minister announced that the fine for indiscriminate garbage dumping…