With the aim to support Prime Minister Narendra Modi's call to shun single-use plastic, the South Delhi Municipal Corporation on Monday declared Tagore garden as its...
The South Delhi Municipal Corporation has seized around 3,800 kilograms of polythene bags in the last 10 days and imposed penalties worth over Rs 8 lakh
Plastic Ban: The central government has expressed its intention to completely ban single-use plastic but has not come up with a timeline to enforce it
The Union minister allayed fears of job loss due to a potential ban on single-use plastic, saying that "new alternatives to plastic will create new employment...
Open dumping of garbage, waste burning at Banashankri in Bengaluru and lack of steps being taken by the municipal corporation prompted Shwetha Parshi and Naveen Gowda...
Union Minister for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Ram Vilas Paswan has issued directions to his departments to come up with alternatives to plastic water...
In his recent radio address 'Mann Ki Baat', aired on August 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi pitched for launching a new mass movement against single-use plastic...
To support Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of making the country plastic-free, the Lok Sabha Secretariat has banned the use of single-use plastics from their campus
Bengaluru Mayor Gangambike Mallikarjun had to pay a fine of Rs. 500 after her photo of presenting a gift wrapped in plastic to Karnataka Chief Minister...
Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has recommended that all the State Pollution Control Board should take measures like ensuring shutdown of unregistered plastic manufacturing and recycling...
According to Maharashtra Pollution Control Board, Rs. 4.1 crore have been collected till now as fine from the offenders of the state-wide plastic ban out which...
Under the provision of Punjab Plastic Carry Bags (Manufacture, Usage and Disposal) Control Act, 2005, the state government had banned the use of plastic carry bags...
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...
