From Cow Dung To Clay, Idol Makers Prepare For An Eco-friendly Ganesh Chaturthi

As preparations to celebrate Ganeshotsav starting September get underway here are some idol makers preparing for green Ganpati idols

India Has A Game Plan For Electric Vehicles, Says NITI Aayog CEO, Amitabh Kant

Niti Ayog CEO Amitabh Kant was addressing a conference on sustainable mobility where he asserted that the country's electric vehicle focus should mainly be on two-wheeler...

Immediate Need To Frame Policy For River Basin Management, Treated Wastewater Reuse: National Mission for Clean Ganga

During a roundtable discussion on 'Treated Wastewater Reuse Policies and Approaches in India and the European Union-A Comparative Assessment', the NMCG director stressed on the necessity...

To Mark Five Years Of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan On October 2, A Unique Jog And Clean Activity To Cover 50 Cities

India to host a largest plog-run to mark 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2, 2019, covering 50 cities and 2.5 lakh people

Hotels Owned By Goa Tourism To Ban Single-Use-Plastic To Meet The State’s Goal Of Going Plastic Free By 2022

In a bid to fulfill its New Year resolution made in 2018 to make Goa free from plastic by 2022, Goa Tourism Development Corporation, a premiere...

Juhu Beach Turns Into A Sea Of Garbage, Courtesy Mumbai Rains

Mumbai’s Juhu beach once again bears the brunt of, the Arabian Sea spitting out tonnes of waste mostly plastic, including bags, bottles, among others along the...

Lok Sabha Speaker Urges MPs To Take Swachhata Abhiyan To Every Village To Fulfil Mahatma Gandhi’s Clean India Vision

Addressing the Lok Sabha in the Parliament House, Speaker Om Birla asked the Members of Parliament to work towards the fulfillment of Mahatma Gandhi's vision by...

#BigMumbaiCleanup: Mumbaikars To Come Together For A Massive Cleanliness Drive At 100 Locations Across The City

Mumbai gears up for a big clean-up on July 21 as beach warrior Chinu Kwatra completes 100 weeks of his beach cleanliness drive initiative, which he...

80 City-Centric Plans Coming Soon To Make Earth Green, Sky Blue Again, Says Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the Environment Ministry has earmarked Rs 460 crore for an action plan to implement "Control of Pollution" programme for 80...

Swachh Warriors: These Community Change Makers Are Cleaning India’s Littered Public Spaces

Meet the community change makers who are taking the lead in helping India cope with environmental crisis

Budget 2019: Top Highlights Of Nirmala Sitharaman's First Union Budget

Nirmala Sitharaman's first Budget after she was made Finance Minister in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's second term. Here are the top highlights

Worried With Country’s Dependence On Plastic Polythenes, This Man From Ahmedabad Has Started Making Stylish Eco-friendly Bags

This Ahmedabad-based startup is providing citizens with greener alternatives to plastic bags. This is their story

National Mission For Clean Ganga: Two New Sewer Treatment Plants, Ghats To Keep Ganga Water Unpolluted In Haridwar

With the installation of two new Sewer Treatment Plants under National Mission for Clean Ganga, the sewage treatment capacity of Haridwar city has been increased to...

Minister Admits High Ozone Levels, Rejects Reports Of Reduced Life Expectancy Due To Air Pollution

Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar rejected the reports on life expectancy being reduced in India and children dying due to air pollution and rising ozone levels

Former UN Environment Chief Erik Solheim Helped Afroz Shah And Volunteers In Surat’s Tapi River Clean-Up

Former UN Environment Chief, Erik Solheim joined the UN Champions of the Earth award winner Afroz Shah for Tapi river clean-up drive in Surat