Plastic overshoot day report 2024
Plastic Overshoot Day marks the point when the amount of plastic waste generated exceeds the world’s capacity to manage it, resulting in environmental pollution. In 2024, the global Plastic Overshoot Day
Pollution
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Oil spill: Anti-pollution operations continue off Mumbai coast
<br />The navy and the Coast Guard carried out anti-pollution operations for the third consecutive day today to check and neutralise the oil spill caused due to a collision between two cargo ships off the Mumbai coast.<br />
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Assam can be top fish producer: Expert
<br /> GUWAHATI, Aug 10
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Ports to be open by Sunday, salvage ops to take 45 days
<br />MUMBAI harbour, where operations were disrupted after Saturday
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A job to save the planet
<br /><br />As global focus shifts to energy efficiency, with the market for environmental products and services projected to touch $2.74 trillion by
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Year after repair, rain damages Charminar minaret
A piece of floral decoration of one of the minarets of Charminar broke and fell off on Sunday night during heavy downpour. The historic 418-year-old monument is soaked due to spells of heavy rains every night since last Sunday, and parts of the minarets that are carved in lime-mortar paste broke loose.
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Legal loopholes barrier to curbing maritime pollution
Under Environment Protection Act, Penalty Can Only Go Up To 1 Lakh New Delhi: The tar balls floating up to Goa beaches and blighting the picture-perfect tourism hotspot have again brought to the fore how weak the environment and liability laws are in India when it comes to checking maritime pollution. The recent collision of two cargo ships off the Mumbai coast, and the consequent oil sp
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Stop work, HP pollution board tells highways authority
Following The Indian Express report, building of Pinjore road put on hold, debris disposal gets priority The Himachal Pradesh Pollution Control Board (HPPCB) has asked the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to immediately stop work on the Pinjore-Shimla highway.
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Chemical industry needs more explorers
Consumer-connect, sustainable strategies and adopting new technologies can salvage the sector from its faceless existence INSTITUTIONS make choices at forks on their journey and embark on distinctive trajectories. The choice made is influenced by its culture and mindset.
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Goa grapples with coastal pollution
While the Goa Government repeatedly assures that environmental concerns from the large quantities of tar balls washed ashore on several beaches in the State will be dealt with quickly, it remains clueless on combating another crisis: the ongoing disintegration of a cargo vessel that has remained grounded off the shore for a decade now. Caught in a maze of red tape, the vessel River Princess con
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15,000 Ganesh mandals booked, none punished in Mumbai
The fact that Ganeshotsav is just around the corner may not be music to the ears of several Mumbaikars.