Eco Friends

First food: future of taste

This is the 4th book in our much awaited “First Food” series. It will continue to delight you with 100+ more healthy and nutritious recipes this time, all sourced meticulously from local biodiversity. If you really care about your health (and that of your loved ones), then this book is …

Bicycle sharing service JoBike launched in Dhaka

Bicycle sharing service, JoBike, kicked off its operation in Dhaka on Saturday on a pilot basis just one year into its introduction in the tourist city of Cox’s Bazar last January. Founder and chief executive of Jobike Mehedi Reza said the country’s first two-wheeler on demand will now be available …

Green wash

WHEN it comes to corporate citizenship, Method’s ambitions are sky-high. The maker of environmentally-friendly cleaning products, which opened its first factory, in Chicago, in April, wants to be “the most sustainable and the most socially beneficial company in the world,” says Adam Lowry, one of its founders. Method would like …

Toyota Camry Hybrid: The eco-friendly, with good looks

The new Toyota Camry, launched two years ago, achieved reasonable success, surprisingly, thanks to the Hybrid version, with nearly 70 per cent Camry buyers opting for it. Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM), the Indian arm of the world's largest car maker, is keeping up with the parent company's progress with petrol-electric …

Young Ventures Riding the Green Building Bandwagon

The rising trend of constructing green buildings and the scarcity of traditional materials have opened up a sizeable market for young ventures producing alternatives that are cost efficient and eco-friendly. These ventures offer solutions that range from masonry products that do not use cement or sand to online platforms that …

Boost to hi-tech farming in 14 villages

Farmers in 14 villages across the State will soon be equipped with hi- tech and precision farming methods to boost the production of banana and vegetables. The government has accorded administrative sanction for a flagship project mooted by the Agriculture department to establish poly houses and popularise precision farming techniques. …

In times of bright colours and gloss, ecofriendly clay idols find few takers

Even as denizens of Sangam City joined crores of other Indians in celebrating the festival of lights, few gave a thought to purchasing ecofriendly idols. On Saturday, people made beelines at stalls selling idols of Lord Ganesha and Laxmi. However, while most chose the brightest and most colourful idols, only …

Awareness has Eco-friendly idols much in demand

Citizens have made up their minds to celebrate this Diwali with eco-friendly idols of Lord Ganesha and Goddess Lakshmi. With barely five days left for Diwali, demand for eco-friendly idols of Lord Ganesh and Goddess Laxmi has picked up in city. These idols would be made of natural, bio-degradable materials …

CR Park shows way with eco-friendly immersion

Durga Puja concluded on Monday with samitis across NCR immersing their idols in the Yamuna. However, in one neighbourhood – Pocket 52 of Chittaranjan Park – no one stirred out of the pandal to board trucks and buses. Drum beats reverberated in the air amidst colours and loud cheers. The …

Green mandaps in Jharsuguda

Various puja committees in the industrial town have erected eco-friendly mandaps, with an aim to send the message of saving greenery. Preparations for the nine-day festival, which began from Oct 5, are in full swing. Artists from Kolkata, Bihar have come to the city to give finishing touches to the …

Jaipur Development Authority to send rent-a-bicycle plan proposal to Centre

The Jaipur Development Authority (JDA) is all set to send a proposal on the Public Bicycle Sharing (PBS) scheme to the Centre in a move to decongest the Walled City area. After receiving nod from the state steering committee for the scheme, JDA will now be seeking Centre's aid to …

HUDA introduces an eco-friendly way to explore Gurgaon

In an effort to promote non-motorable transportation, HUDA (Harayana Urban Development Authority) has teamed up with Planet Advertising to set up cycle stations near Metro stations in Gurgaon. One such stand near HUDA City Centre station has already been created and will be inaugurated soon. According to a senior HUDA …

HP to adopt Ghana model for making industry green

The model adopted by Ghana and Indonesia for making their industry eco-friendly will now be adopted in Himachal Pradesh which will result in the shrinking of the number of units placed under the negative list for emitting more pollutants. A high-level team from the World Bank (WB) in Washington yesterday …

MSRTC plans to buy 500 CNG buses

Pune: The Maharashtra State Road Transport Corporation is planning to purchase 500 CNG buses, the tendering process for which is expected to start from March. While most of the buses will be used in Mumbai region, at least 15 of them will be introduced on the Pune-Mumbai route on an …

Eco-friendly master plan for SmartCity

Sets Apart 70% Of Land As Open Space Kochi: With the master plan of the SmartCity project entering the final phase, the project seems to be turning more green. If the first draft proposed 40% open space, Smart-City authorities have asked designers to set apart 70% of the project land …

Barapullah road extension set to be eco-friendly

NEW DELHI: The extension of the elevated Barapullah road will pioneer several environmentally sustainable engineering concepts. The PWD has finalized an elaborate plan modeling it on the lines of an environmentally sustainable project. The plan comes from project manager Shishir Bansal who, sources said, is a research scholar on the …

Pedalling away on greenovation

Mehsana Resident Comes Up With Solar Rickshaw Palanpur: As his small toy-like solarpowered tricycle passes through the streets and bazaars of Mehsana with his three children seated snugly behind him under a canopy, loud cheers are heard from passersby. Everyone seems to love the novel contraption moving smoothly on the …

Many eco-friendly alternatives

Talks on a ban and boycott on plastic carry bags invariably lead to the question, what else? Paper and cloth bags are the way forward, according to many who have long forsaken the use of plastics and embraced environment-friendly materials. The common notion is that paper bags cannot serve the …

Agra-Lucknow expressway concept report approved

Lucknow With the Uttar Pradesh cabinet giving its nod to the Agra-Lucknow greenfield eco-friendly expressway last week, work on the ambitious project has started picking pace. A public-private partnership monitoring committee (PPPMC), headed by Infrastructure & Industrial Development Commissioner (IIDC) Anil K Gupta, on Wednesday accepted and approved the concept …

Forest Department to assess impact

Use of plantation land in State for tourism activities The ecological impacts of the decision to allow construction of resorts and hotels in plantations will be assessed by the Kerala Forest Department. Minister for Forests K.B. Ganesh Kumar says that officials of the department will be asked to look into …

Forest Policy referred for legal vetting

PANJIM: Finally, the State Forest Policy is expected to see day of light, with state forest department referring the policy for legal vetting. Forest minister Alina Saldanha said that department has already finalized the policy and has sent to law department for legal vetting. She said that policy is likely …

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