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Features3 years ago#WorldEnvironmentDay: Five Ways India Is Leading The Battle Against Plastic Pollution
From not using any kind of plastics during weddings and other functions in Kerala to implementing an interim ban on plastic bags in Delhi, India is...
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Features3 years ago
Looking Beyond Toilets: This Mumbai-Based Architecture Firm Addresses The Need For Sustainable Public Toilet Complexes
To change the perception of people, about public toilets, a Mumbai-based architectural firm has re-imagined 10 kinds of public toilets for bus stops, parks, railway stations,...
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Assam3 years ago
Becoming ODF Isn’t Enough. This Gram Panchayat In Assam’s Dibrugarh District Shows What More is Required
The gram panchayat, which hosts more than 400 families, also boasts a plastic free environment and household level composting
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Features3 years agoHow Installation Of Solar-Powered Lights In Toilets Is Helping Towards Sustained Usage Of Toilets Among People In Ranchi
The non-availability of electricity in remote areas, resulting in no light to use toilets at night or early in the morning, led to decline in the...
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Features3 years ago
Thousands Of Students Help Goa Waste Management Corporation Collect 17 Tonnes Of Segregated Garbage Every Month. Here’s How
Goa Waste Management Corporation kept four bins in the school premises so students could segregate and dispose the waste in the right bins
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Features3 years ago
Amritsar’s Golden Temple Takes A Step To Go Plastic Free, Discards Plastic Bags For Prasad
To discourage the use of plastic bags in Punjab, the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) has introduced eco-friendly compostable carry bags to takeaway the ' karah...
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Features3 years ago
Maharashtra Plastic Ban: Citizens Open Cloth Bag Banks In Pune To Fight Plastic Menace
To curb plastic carry bag usage, around 100 housing societies in Pune have opened cloth bags banks where people can avail cloth bags for free
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Features3 years ago
Over 160 Swachhagrahis Will Help Jharkhand’s Giridih District To Go Open Defecation Free By October 2018
The administration is hopeful that Swachhagrahis will motivate the marginalised communities to end the age-old practice of open defecation
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Features3 years ago
Toilet – Ek Happy Birthday: A Couple In Maharashtra Spread Awareness About Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, Celebrate Son’s Birthday In A Toilet
In Maharashtra’s Latur district, the Sagare family from Halgara gram panchayat decorated their toilet to celebrate their son’s fourth birthday
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Features3 years ago
25 Volunteers Collected Over 3.5 Tonnes Of Waste From Goa’s Monkey Beach And Grand Island
To clean Goa beaches and to generate awareness among people to not litter waste, 25 volunteers led by a waste management expert conducted clean-up drives and...
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Features3 years ago
Rajasthan Gets Its First Plastic And Waste Free Village. Here’s How Waste Segregation Played An Important Role
Chhota Narena village in Ajmer district of Rajasthan, which was once infamous for open dumping and indoor air pollution due to plastic burning at home, now...
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Features3 years ago
To Retain Its ODF Status, Tamil Nadu’s Kanchipuram Launches Sanitation Report Cards For Beneficiaries Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
The Kanchipuram district administration introduced sanitation cards to monitor if the beneficiaries are using the toilets regularly or not
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...