The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
If you care about the environment, you may want to show that in the way you spend your money. These decisions could help steer us towards a truly green economy - but only if consumers and investors have a good idea of which companies have genuinely minimised their impact on …
For selling water that does not conform to norms laid down by Bureau of Indian Standards PENALISED: Chennai Corporation officials seal the packaged drinking water unit in Arumbakkam on Tuesday. CHENNAI: The Chennai Corporation on Tuesday sealed a packaged drinking water manufacturing unit in Arumbakkam for selling water packed in …
This document is intended to assist water development practitioners, civil society peacebuilders, and human rights advocates seeking to integrate water and peacebuilding in their work. The purpose is twofold: to furnish a conceptual framework for understanding problems of scarcity and equity, and to provide practical guidance and tools for action. …
SIVASAGAR, Nov 11: After the finding of a contaminated drinking water bottle manufactured by Tirupati Water Industries and the subsequent ultimatum by AASU to ban the sale of drinking water bottles manufactured by the company, authorities of the company has appealed to the student
This study makes an attempt to examine analytically to prove how tank rehabilitation is useful for both direct (farmers) and indirect (landless, poor, women and other vulnerable group) tank users. The tank systems have provided insulation from dependence on rains to the people living in the fragile rainfed areas. The …
Mumbai: Packaged drinking water sales are up in a pocket of Santacruz (west). Almost the entire neighbourhood near Asha Parekh Hospital is buying bottled water, what with several cases of diarrhoea being reported everyday. In the Sushila Baug Co-operative Housing Society, the disease has struck 35 of the 60 families …
Bangalore, July 3 Underwriters Laboratories has launched a certification programme for bottled water in India, a year after it introduced the service in the US. With the Rs 1,000-crore Indian packaged water industry estimated to grow at 40 per cent, safety certification assumes more importance in a country that experiences …
Call to revive groundwater bodies. The packaged water industry is growing at 40% a year and Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh account for half the industry. Bangalore, June 30 Overexploitation of ground water mainly by packaged water companies and the borewell segment may push the country to the brink …
Ramesh ChauhanMineral water major Bisleri International plans to set up 25 new bottling plants across India and aims to achieve a 40 per cent growth rate in the current fiscal, a top company official said.
The Italian restaurant backed by celebrities Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich is one of several shunning bottled water, along with the city of San Francisco and New York state. "The argument for local water is compelling and obvious," said Bastianich, who is phasing out bottled water across his restaurant empire, …
Cola giant Pepsico India Holdings has approached the Supreme Court seeking permission to use the pictorial display of 'snow-capped mountain' on its packaged drinking water 'Aquafina'. A bench headed by Justice Dalveer Bhandari, while issuing notice to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the Bureau of Indian Standards …
Ahmedabad companies found selling contaminated drinking water bottled water in Ahmedabad may not be safe. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation has found faecal bacteria in samples of water from three bottling plants last month. No action has been taken against the erring firms yet. The corporation carried out tests on 23 …
Jipson Sikhera KOCHI: The summer is on and the sale of bottled drinking water has gone up drastically. But are we really buying drinking water which has undergone stringent quality tests? While a large number of brands are available in the market with BIS certification, only a few adhere to …
CHENNAI: A team of officials from the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Chennai, conducted a raid in Choolaimedu on Tuesday to check the misuse of ISI mark on packaged drinking water. According to a press release, substantial quantities of fake ISI-marked packaged drinking water in 20-litre pet jars were seized …
Sapna Agarwal / Mumbai March 30, 2009, 0:46 IST From pricing to quality, troubles for the food and beverage industry. Major food and beverage companies like PepsiCo, Bisleri International, Coca-Cola and Tata Tea continue to offer their 1-litre packaged water brands between Rs 13 and Rs 40, despite a recent …
London: Beware of bottled mineral water, which you may be drinking under the impression that it is perfectly clean and safe. Researchers in Germany have found evidence of chemicals containing the hormone oestrogen leaching out of the plastic packaging into the water. These findings show for the first time that …
