Keeping in-line with India’s commitment to eliminate all single-use plastic products by 2022, Goa has finalised a blanket ban on the single-use plastics in the state,...
The IIT estimate shows rapid depletion of usable ground water storage in Assam, Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, and West Bengal
In a bid to reduce waste load on already dying landfills, SDMC introduced waste segregation at source and composting and ending up generating a tonne of...
The Supreme Court was hearing pleas of firecracker manufacturers including the Tamil Nadu Fireworks and Amorces Manufacturers' Association, seeking permission to manufacture firecrackers using Barium nitrate,...
Sainath Manikandan, a school student in UAE built the Marine Robot Cleaner that helps preserve the marine environment and Agriculture Robot that help reduce the labour...
The Namami Gange programme, an integrated mission for Ganga rejuvenation, won the coveted 'Public Water Agency of the Year' award at the Global Water Summit
The researchers used NO2 - a component of air pollution, made up of pollutants including particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide, as a surrogate for the traffic...
The Central Monitoring Committee will co-ordinate with the River Rejuvenation Committees of the states and oversee the execution of the action plans, taking into account the...
Waste to wealth: To eliminate the practice of burning dry leaves and manage dry leaves waste effectively, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation has introduced composting
A group of 12,000 waste pickers, Safai Sena, have released a list of demands ahead of elections, asking political parties to take into account the services...
'The 100 Plastic Rivers' project analysed both primary microplastics, such as micro-beads used in cosmetics, and secondary microplastics - from larger plastic items that have broken...
: In 2013, the Bombay high Court directed the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation to close the dumping grounds at Deonar and Mulund within three months due to...
34-year-old Dr Swaminathan Chandramouli runs “Doctor on Wheels”, a mobile-healthcare initiative to provide at-home medical services to senior citizens in...
70-year-old Dr Arunoday Mondal, a Padma awardee has been providing healthcare services for free to rural Sundarbans for over two...
Padma awardee Dr. Neelam Kler highlighted the importance of having a holistic healthcare approach to reduce neonatal and maternal mortality...
Dr Indira Chakravarty, who is a Public Health Specialist, said that the Banega Swasth India campaign has helped people understand...
Currently working as the Chairman of the Asian Institute of Gastroenterology and AIG Hospitals in Hyderabad, Padma awardee Dr Nageshwar...
