Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit in Thanjavur appearing in The Hindu dated 19.05.2025". The application is registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled 2 killed in blast at illegal cracker unit …
pollution control fabrics: Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (bhel), in collaboration with a German firm, is manufacturing state-of-the-art pollution control equipment called Fabric Filters. The filters help reduce environmental pollution from industries and power stations. They have a simple design, low space requirement and high separation efficiency over the entire particle …
Special paints are needed to protect aircraft from temperature extremes and corrosive chemicals such as exhaust fumes. But now aircraft need not get repainted every five years. Industrial and chemical giant 3M has developed "aircraft paint replacement film', a specially developed fluoropolymer, self-adhesive and coloured. It is applied to the …
ALTERNATIVE FUEL: An Indian company, Motor Medics (India) Ltd (MIL) and a Canadian firm, Alternative Fuel Systems (AFS), have signed an agreement to sell and later manufacture systems which convert gasoline-burning vehicles into natural gas vehicles. The system, called the Sparrow Conversion System, will be installed in Maruti vehicles. Under …
The Madras High Court has ordered that 100 dyeing and bleaching units in Tirupur be closed if they fail to make any progress in commissioning effluent treatment facilities by May 12, 1998. These units will have to obtain approval from the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board once they meet the …
the release of toxic emissions by chemical, paint and other polluting industries in the Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh is leading to serious genetic disor-ders among the people. P P Reddy, an expert in genetic toxicology and the director of the Institute of Genetics, Osmania University, Hyderabad says that …
ICI, a UK-based company, is developing an environmentally-sound paint for households that replaces up to 25 per cent of the petroleum-based chemicals now used in paints. The paint will use starch derived from crops including potatoes, wheat and maize. At present, interior paints use vinyl and acrylic derived from petroleum-derived …
A thin polymer film with a pressure-sensitive adhesive would be used as a coating for US fighter planes. This is meant to replace the conventional paint which adds to the weight of the aircraft. Developed jointly by Boeing and 3M, the film, called appliqu
during the last 10 years, largescale mortalities of bottlenose dolphins ( Tursiops truncatus ) have been reported along the Atlantic coast of the us . For the first time, large amounts of tributyltin ( tbt ) - organotin compounds used as an anti-fouling agent in paints (for painting ships and …
The Jetpur Dyeing and Printing Association, Ahmedabad, has been directed by the Gujarat High Court to present a scheme to the Rajkot collector for solving the problem of water pollution caused by the sari printing and dyeing units in the state before September 6. The division bench has asked the …
DYES and dyestuffs used in the printing and dyeing of textiles and leather goods could soon become free from harmful chemicals if a legislation banning their use comes into effect in India. Moves are afoot to ban AZO and benzidine which are used in the production of textiles and leather …
THE milky latex of thorny succulents, found in abundance in semi-arid regions, can yield paints, adhesives, and corrosion- and moisture-resistant coatings, reveal scientists at the Delhi-based Shriram Institute of Industrial Research (SIIR). They say that they are in the process of setting up a pilot plant to process about 50 …
THE NEXT time you see a kalamkari sari, treat it with respect, for it employs an ancient technique of dyeing cotton fabric, and the patterns are traditional. India's fabric trade goes back to the Phoenicians who are believed to be the first foreign merchants to come into India (Gujarat), and …
