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Denims go green: Now, jeans washed with rocks, not water

San Francisco: From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to fill about 15 spa-size bathtubs. That includes the water that goes into irrigating …

Denims go green: Now, jeans washed with rocks, not water

San Francisco: From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 919 gallons of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss & Company says, or enough to fill about 15 spa-size bathtubs. That includes the water that goes into irrigating …

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Rock rap: companies, HP face the music

In a landmark judgement on environmental advocacy, the Supreme Court (SC) has set up a corpus fund and imposed a fine of Rs 4 crore on companies, including Coke and Pepsi, for defacing rocks along the Rohtang-Manali road in Himachal Pradesh (HP). Included in this fund is a Rs 1 …

NETWORK

The digital protest No one could have ever imagined that digital technology would one day prove to be a powerful weapon for protest. But while the hectic World Trade Organisation (WTO) meet in Seattle, USA, was on protests that grabbed the headlines the world over were coordinated on the Net …

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