Barkha Mathur

The Ganga River, which sustains millions of people in India is being continuously exploited and exposed to hazardous waste, and the government programmes for rejuvenating the river seem to lose sight of the real problem

Recipient of the prestigious title of ‘Global Changemaker’ in 2018, Garvita Gulhati, Founder of "Why Waste?", an organization that works on saving water, has been an environmentalist since the age of 13

Most of us tend to take water for granted and do not give a second thought to wasting water in various day to day activities; on this World Water Day, we bring to you five stark facts about water crisis in India that will make you save water

Natural and eco-friendly colours are safe and quite easy to make and remove; here are five ways to make colours at home

As per the Department of Heavy Industries (DHI) the basic import duty on lithium-ion cells which are used in the manufacturing of battery packs will be doubled while the battery pack used in manufacturing electric vehicles will be tripled, to encourage indigenous manufacturing of EVs and make these more affordable

Telangana’s Karimnagar Municipal Corporation has passed a resolution making it compulsory for all houses, apartments, community halls, and commercial establishments that have a built-up area of over 2700 square feet to install solar panels on their rooftops

In line with its aim to promote the electrification of public transportation by plying 1000 electric buses, the Delhi government has rolled out a tender for the first phase of procurement for 375 e-buses

Taking its ‘swachh’ initiatives to the next level, Indore administration has procured 40 electric buses for its public transport service to promote electric mobility and ensure reduction vehicular emissions

An ecologist and electric vehicle user, Soumya Prasad has been setting an inspirational example of sustainable living

In a bid to encourage local manufacturing of electric vehicles and their components, the Union Cabinet has approved setting up of National Mission for Transformative Mobility and Battery Storage which will be monitored by an inter-ministerial steering committee chaired by NITI Aayog

Jammu and Kashmir State Road Transport Corporation (JKSRTC) to introduce 20 electric buses in Jammu and Srinagar each by the end of March as part of State’s green mobility initiative

In the Swachh Survekshan 2019, the state of Maharashtra won 46 awards, the maximum among all states in the country and attained the tag of the third best-performing state in cleanliness standards of Swachh Bharat Mission

Madhya Pradesh, which became the first state in the country to achieve 100 per cent door-to-door garbage collection in its urban areas in February 2018, won the best-performing state in the Swachh Survekshan 2019 which evaluate the performance cities in achieving the cleanliness standards under the Swachh Bharat Mission

As India gears up to embrace electric mobility, it has already gained a feather in its hat by launching world’s fastest fully electric car, designed in Italy, which has the highest speed of 350 kilometre per hour