Vistara will stop giving plastic water bottles on board its flights, in a bid to reduce plastic usage. The airline, which had earlier banned chewing of gutka on its flights, on Wednesday said it “plans
Bonn: Three days of talks aimed at putting a new gloss on UN climate talks ended here late on Sunday after new textual trench warfare less than four months after a stormy summit in Copenhagen. Countries wrangled for hours beyond the scheduled close over the work schedule under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and what blueprint to adopt for further negotiations.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday told Reddy brothers not to operate their mines situated close to Bellary reserve forest on the Andhra Pradesh-Karnataka border till Survey of India completed demarcation of all six mines in the area.
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New Delhi: French multinational Lafarge on Monday agreed to the Centre
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NEW DELHI: The capital produces about 5,000 metric tonnes (MT) of hazardous waste annually but it still doesn't have any facility for proper storage and disposal of such wastes. The government is in the process of acquiring land for this purpose at Kanjhawla. However, it will take a couple of years before the facility is set up.
New Delhi: The high-powered team, headed by B N Jha, RCCP North Eastern Regional Office of Environment and Forest, that included several other senior officials, has confirmed that Lafarge has been following high standards of environmental compliance.
New Delhi: The plastic scrap market in Mundka which caught fire early morning on Sunday was a big dumping ground for electronic waste items. Several tonnes of hazardous e-waste
New Delhi: Indian scientists have mapped the Mycobacterium tuberculosis genome, an achievement that gives hope of discovering a cost-effective drug for the disease that kills 3.3 lakh Indians and 17 lakh globally every year.
Goods Worth Rs 50cr Lost, Cops Allege Sabotage
