Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games provided a unique case study to investigate the effect of source control measures on the reduction in air pollution, and associated inhalation cancer risk, in a Chinese megacity. The authors measured 17 carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and estimated the lifetime excess inhalation cancer risk …
The city of Dhaka was chosen for this assessment due to the current ongoing project Bangladesh Air Pollution Management (BAPMAN), which concentrates mostly on the capital city Dhaka. The Greenhouse Gas and Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies model (GAINS) was used to performed this top-down assessment due to the models …
This, the first systematic study, quantifies the health effects of air quality regulations in Delhi, which adopted radical measures to improve air quality, including, for example, the conversion of all commercial vehicles to compressed natural gas (CNG), and the closure of polluting industries in residential areas from 2000 to 2002. …
It looks like work half done. The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) launched a scheme to make India’s rural kitchen smoke-free by using less biofuel in its improved biomass cookstove. But it forgot to formulate a sound marketing strategy and did not factor in the project’s investment cost. …
If one were to compare steel consumption figures, Indians lag far behind the rest of the world. Against the world average of 215 kg, per person steel consumption in India is just 50 kg a year. This consumption gap is likely to reduce in coming years. With rapid economic growth, …
IIM-A students will be practising what they preach in Chaos-2011. In an initiative to become more eco-friendly by cutting down carbon emission, the event this year will induce participants to travel in buses instead of autos and taxis. An IIM-A carbon footprint exercise revealed that last year 30 tonne CO2 …
The government is set to manufacture CNG three-wheelers through state-run Atlas Bangladesh, said Industries Minister Dilip Barua yesterday. “We are looking for prospective investors from India and China,” said Barua in his ministry's annual performance report. “We will implement the plan within the shortest possible time, because we got offers …
Praveen Bose / December 17, 2010, 0:20 IST With automotive manufacturers striving to match stricter emission norms set by regulatory authorities, they have begun considering nanotechnology as a necessity. With precise structuring and exceptional physical and mechanical properties, nanomaterial-based products have the potential to redefine energy and materials applications.
Gangtok, Dec 6: A class XI science department student of Jawaharlal Navodya Vidhlaya at Rabong in South Sikkim has made a design of an eco-friendly vehicle which works on the principle of electromagnetic induction magnetism (EMIM). Seventeen-year-old Deepak Gupta developed the design to prevent emission of harmful gases.
Srinivas Krishnan / Bangkok December 1, 2010, 0:50 IST Also launches Super Ace variant for Thai market. Tata Motors used the Thailand International Motor Expo 2010 as the venue to introduce an electric car based on its Indica Vista and a variant based on the Ace pickup today. The Indica …
THE government will make it mandatory for mobile phone towers to be powered by solar energy, a move it hopes will cut pollution and tamp down a key driver of diesel consumption in the country. However, this would raise construction costs by up to 50% for cellphone operators such as …
Amid reports that the ambient air quality at the Commonwealth Games village and other venues was not up to the mark, the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) has maintained that the situation was under control and polluting units were being sealed to reduce air pollution. As per ongoing study by …
Pune To promote indigenous manufacturing of eco-friendly vehicles, the Central government will definitely support hybrid electric vehicle makers if they showed interest in setting up their manufacturing plants in India, Union Minister for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises Vilasrao Deshmukh said on Wednesday.
Agartala, Oct 6: After 22 years, the Tripura government will bring back town bus services in capital Agartala by introducing 75 buses that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) to make it a
Porsche's new 911 GT3 R Hybrid proves eco-efficiency doesn't have to be boring. WASHINGTON: She stood motionless on the pavement near Washington's National Mall, beams of late summer sun caressing her sleek body as dozens of men ogled her and made secret wishes.
Ananth Krishnan BEIJING: Last week, as the streets of Beijing were paralysed by a record 140 traffic jams, residents found themselves taking two or three hours to cover 10 km in their cars.Wang Meng, however, had no such problem. As Beijing's roads became sprawling parking lots, he zipped in and …
NEW DELHI: India on Thursday announced that it had completely switched over to the cleaner Euro-III and Euro-IV petrol and diesel, well ahead of the October 1 deadline fixed by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry. Addressing a press conference here, Minister of State for Petroleum Jitin Prasada said:
KOCHI: It was the day to forget cars, all motor vehicles for that matter. The idea was to leave behind private vehicles in favour of cycling, walking and public transport. As the whole world observed The International Car Free Day on September 22, a few Kochiites remained loyal to the …
