Amended noise action plan of Goa
Goa government has notified the ‘Amended Noise Action Plan’ to purportedly streamline the processes related to curbing noise pollution in the state, as specified before the High Court on April 30. The
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Quake jolts China
A woman was killed and over 130 were injured when a severe earthquake jolted Yongsheng country in south-west China's Yunnan province. The quake, which measured 6.0 on the Richter scale, destroyed
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Hopes as meet on ecology starts
Under heavy security, thousands of delegates opened a scheduled two-week conference on Monday to finish the exhaustive effort of writing the rulebook limiting the human contribution to the gradual
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Minor quake rattles New York City's frayed nerves
A minor earthquake shook the New York City area early on Saturday, a monitor for the US Geological Survey said. A magnitude-2.6 earthquake hit under lower Manhattan around 1.42 am, said Dr John Ebel,
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New aluminium process aims to cut pollution
Carbon-spewing factories churning out millions of tonnes of aluminium around the world may be in for radical changes if they adopt technology promising hefty emission cuts. An innovation to standard
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Tremor in Kerala
Many parts of Thiruvananthapuram and Kollam districts in Kerala tonight experienced mild tremor which, according to the seismology station here, measured 4.5 on the Richter scale. The tremor had its
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Govt to implement Plastic Bag Act from month end
Two years of awareness campaigns later, the Delhi government is all set to begin enforcing the Delhi Plastic Bag (Manufacture, Sale and Usage) and Waste Disposal Act from the end of the month.
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Night sweeping makes little headway
Night sweeping introduced by the Municipal Corporation of Delhi nearly 10 months ago in seven areas and subsequently in another 39 locations across the city, seems to be more or less on paper mainly
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MCD to use compost from Bhalswa for greening
The MCD has decided to bail out the compost plant in Bhalswa, north Delhi, by sourcing all its need for manure from the unit. This also addresses the problem of eco-friendly garbage disposal.
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Grassroots to form TN's woman policy
Recently a unique policy-making exercise happened in Mettupalayam, 30 km from Chennai, among village women. The village common place filled up with 69 women, whose faces were writ with surprise and
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They take you for a ride - and how!
It was report card day here today for the Indian automobile industry. But the scores were far from excellent. In a path-breaking study on "Green Rating" of the automobile industry, the Centre for