Brick kilns and their dangerous impact
Bricks are one of the important building materials. In India, fired clay bricks are produced in traditional, unorganized small scale industries. India is the second largest producer of bricks in the world,
Industry
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Centre to decide on filing review petition in mining lease case
PANJIM: The Centre is likely to decide the line of action in filing a review petition in the mining lease renewal matter next week subject to approval from the Attorney General of India. The process will
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Environment (Protection) Amendment Rules 2018 (Development of Emission Standards for SO2 & NOx for Lime Kiln, Ceramic, Foundry, Glass and Reheating Furnaces
The Union Environment Ministry has set emission standards for industries where nitrogen and sulphur oxides are generated as these gases are leading to increase in air pollution and affecting human health.
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Environment Ministry debars BS Envi Tech for 1 yr
The Union Environment Ministry has barred Hyderabad-based consultant B S Envi Tech Pvt Ltd for one year for preparing environment impact assessment for thermal power projects without any permission.
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Gujarat lags in health, education
NITI Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar on Sunday said while Gujarat had done very well in industrialisation, it would need to do some catching-up in the health and education sectors. Mr. Kumar met Chief
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Economic Survey of Delhi, 2017-18
<p>At least 16 per cent households in the capital still do not have access to piped water supply, states the Economic Survey of Delhi 2017-18. As opposed to 81.3% in 2015, 83.42% of households in Delhi received piped water supply in 2016 says the Economic Survey of Delhi, 2017-18.</p>
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Telangana Socio-Economic Outlook 2018
Among the 31 districts of Telangana, 26 have literacy rates below the State average of 66.54 percent. According to the ‘Telangana Socio-Economic Outlook 2018’ report released by the government, Hyderabad
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Environmental standards notification (Draft) for brick-kiln industry
The following draft rules, which the Central Government proposes to issue in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6 and 25 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (29 of 1986) read with sub-rule
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Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Public Sector Undertakings: Government of Haryana
Performance audit on ‘Acquisition of land, Development of Industrial Estates and their Management’ by Haryana State Industrial and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited disclosed that land measuring
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Double Standards: Antibiotic Misuse by Fast Food Companies
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is becoming a serious global problem. It is estimated that it might lead to 10 million deaths per year and loss of outputs worth US $100 trillion by 2050. Antibiotic misuse
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Mind the gap: the $1.6 trillion energy transition risk
Fossil fuel companies risk wasting $1.6 trillion of expenditure by 2025 if they base their business on emissions policies already announced by governments instead of international climate goals, Carbon