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Features3 years agoFree India From Unsafe Sanitation Practices: Adopt These 5 WASH Practices In Schools For Long-Term Solution
Sanitation and hygiene programmes in schools can be utilised to sensitise individuals who can make broader impact on their communities
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Features3 years ago
Water Pollution: 40,000 People In This District Of Maharashtra Revive Morna River Within Six Months
Clean Morna Mission was launched in January and within six months this people’s movement has made it to the Golden Book of World Records, an international...
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Features3 years agoThis Nagpur Youth Turned Plastic Ban Crusader After Seeing A Wolf Struggle For Life Because Of A Plastic Jar
Tanay Panpalia shares an unusual incident of his life when he learned the many dangers of indiscriminate use of plastic and hopes that with Maharashtra Plastic...
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Features3 years ago
Maharashtra Plastic Ban: How Prepared Are Wholesalers, Street Hawkers, Restaurants In Mumbai To Get Rid Of Plastic?
While majority of the people in Mumbai are aware of the plastic ban, some sections like vegetable vendors, street hawkers are struggling to switch from plastic...
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Features3 years ago
Maharashtra Plastic Ban: Here’s How Pune Is Gearing Up For The Plastic Ban
Will Pune be able to make a green switch on June 23, the day when Maharashtra state-wide #PlasticBan come in to effect?
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Bihar3 years ago
To Go ODF, Residents Of Bihar’s Sitamarhi District Dug Over 56,000 Toilet Pits In A Single Day
Only 21% Sitamarhi residents had access to a toilet before the inception of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in 2014, now the sanitation coverage is almost 80%. Here’s...
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Features3 years ago
IIT Madras Students Developed A Solar Powered System That Can Convert Plastic Into Fuel
A team of students from IIT-Madras has developed a solar-powered mobile unit that converts non-recyclable plastic waste into fuel oil that is cheaper than diesel
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Features3 years ago
How Kerala Fishermen Are Making Our Seas Plastic Free
As part of a novel project Suchitwa Sagaram, fishermen in Kerala collect ocean plastic for recycling, thus cleaning the ocean in the process
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Features3 years ago
#WorldEnvironmentDay: Indians Are Taking Initiatives Towards Making Their Cities And Beaches Cleaner, Says UN Environment Head Erik Solheim
In India for the 45th World Environment Day, UN Environment Head Erik Solheim said that India’s response as global host for the occasion has exceeded expectations
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Features3 years agoWorld Environment Day: This Indian Birdwatching Paradise In Uttarakhand Is Committed To The #BeatPlasticPollution Cause
A steady inflow of tourists had increased plastic pollution levels in Pangot before locals came together and worked towards reducing plastic pollution
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Features3 years ago
This 23-Year Old Has Developed A Machine To Collect 40,000 Tonnes Of Plastic Trash In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch In 5 Years
A system of trash-collecting tubes floating in the ocean will collect the plastic trash in the Pacific Garbage Patch that contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic,...
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Features3 years ago
This World Environment Day, India Can Take A Lesson From These Countries To #BeatPlasticPollution
As India hosts the World Environment Day on June 5, marking this year’s ‘Beat Plastic Pollution’ theme, here are some innovations from other countries that India...
India Falls To 101 From 94 In Hunger Index Behind Pakistan, Nepal: Report
Global Hunger Index: "People have been severely hit by COVID-19 and by pandemic related restrictions in India, the country with...
Isolated Populations In India Are Vulnerable To COVID-19: Researchers
Researchers found that several isolated and indigenous people such as Andaman Islanders with long DNA segments (homozygous) in their genome...
60 Lakh Doses Of Zydus Cadila’s COVID Vaccine Ready After Production In October: Report
As per the reports, India will have a vaccine capacity of 28 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in October
Global Handwashing Day 2021: Things To Know
Global Handwashing Day: This year the theme is ‘Our Future is at Hand – Let’s Move Forward Together’
India Committed To Mainstream Biodiversity Consideration Across All Sectors: Environment Minister
"Mainstreaming biodiversity consideration in all key sectors of development and promoting human well-being and inclusive growth is the main mantra'...
Expert Panel Recommends COVID Vaccine Covaxin In 2-18 Age Group
Bharat Biotech had completed the phase 2/3 trials of Covid vaccine Covaxin for use in children aged between 2 and...