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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Cleaning Yamuna: Kerala firm barges in to help out
Kerala, famous for its boat races and its backwaters, has something to offer to Delhi. The Delhi government has bought two barges from a Kochi-based company to clean the Yamuna. The 20-feet-long and
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Hollywood gets an ecoguru
Danny Seo, the 26-year old Korean
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Special funds for drought hit areas urged
Abdul Karim Wani, general secretary Jammu and Kashmir Youth National Conference expressed concern over the famine like situation in Doda, Jammu, due to non-availability of food grains in remote and
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Minister assures implementation of 72 schemes in Darrang
Water Resources Minister Nurzamal Sarkar, recently visited Bandia and Gadhowa riverine areas of Darrang district, Assam, where erosion by the river Brahmaputra is posing a serious threat. He assured
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Valuable tips to check pollution in river
An environmentalist from Poland, Mr Jacek Bozek, who is also a member of the Central European River Network, a group of NGOs from Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Ukraine and Romania,
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State fails to enforce foundry emissions norms
The West Bengal government may have tried to look holier than thou by introducing emission norms for case iron foundries that are stricter than the Centre, but it has failed to make the industries
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32 housing societies fined for not segregating waste
The Brihanmumbai municipal corporation (BMC) has cracked the whip on 32 housing societies in Bandra and Borivli for failing to segregate dry and wet waste. The societies have been fined Rs 1000 each.
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State pollution board will warn hospitals flouting biowaste rules
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) wil issue notices to hospitals and nursing homes that haven't complied with the Bio-Medical Waste Management Rules 1998. The penalty could be
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NGOs shy away from urban rehabilitation
One of the easiest places to track down in Kutch is a village rebuilt after the killer quake. The landscape is dotted with signboards, proclaiming names of voluntary organizations that rebuilt the
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New European constitution may erase eco-progress
Some of the European Union's greatest milestones in environmental policymaking could be at risk from attempts to draft a new constitution for the bloc, a major conference on environmental governance