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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding the deplorable condition of a water tank, Golconda Fort, Hyderabad, Telangana, 05/06/2025

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 …

Pune mall allows people to walk in, cycle out

Hrishikesh Joshi / Pune February 02, 2010, 0:31 IST A price tag of Rs 3.5 lakh is not what one expects to see on a bicycle. But that is what you will find when you walk into Lifecycle

PSU refiners gear up for BS III fuel supply challenge

Mechanism for single clean fuel supply not ready. Huge challenge April 1 could see Goa emerge the frontrunner for supplies of BS III petrol and diesel around the same time BS IV is made available in the 13 metros. Murali Gopalan The rest of the country could still be getting …

Kolkata air cleaner

residents of Kolkata are breathing cleaner air this year¤ according to recent findings of the West Bengal state pollution control board (spcb). The high court order banning two-stroke autorickshaws and old commercial vehicles is said to be the reason for reduction in air pollution in the city. The court order …

Green vehicles require lower duties, say auto makers

Danny Goodman / New Delhi January 27, 2010, 0:13 IST Manufacturers of electric and hybrid vehicles who participated in the just-concluded Auto Expo 2010 say widespread adoption of

GM to invest in electric motor biz

SOYOUNG KIM DETROIT General Motors Co said on Tuesday that it will set up a $246 million facility backed by funding from the U.S. government to build electric motors to power future hybrids and possibly pure electric vehicles. The move is part of a bigger initiative by GM and the …

RIL refinery first to produce Euro-IV auto fuel

Ajay Modi / New Delhi January 25, 2010, 0:19 IST Unlike 2005, when the country

Abu Dhabi launches 'zero-emission, all-electric' buses

In a first-of-its-kind initiative to develop tourism as well as reduce its carbon footprint, Abu Dhabi will launch zero-emission, all-electric buses on Sir Bani Yas Island, making it the first such transport system in the world. The Emirate's Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC) has ordered two such vehicles, said …

Toyota leads the way, plans 1 million hybrid cars by 2011

The world's largest automaker sees hybrids as the future of low-emis sion cars, plans to double its output by 2011, and add 10 new models in the next few years Toyota Motor Corp aims to double its global output of gaselectric hybrid cars to 1 million units in 2011, as …

Euro IV auto fuel from April 1

CHENNAI: Petrol and diesel conforming to Euro IV standards will be introduced in Chennai from April 1, according to D.S.L. Prasad, Executive Director, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC). Speaking at the inaugural function of the Oil and Gas Conservation Fortnight here on Monday, he said the sulphur content would be far …

Electrical bicycles gain a toehold

BRAD STONE Technology has eliminated many of life

Cooking stoves in carbon trade

On december 2, the Union ministry for new and renewable energy (mnre) launched a programme to provide efficient cooking stoves to the rural and urban poor. These stoves burn wood and coal more efficiently and reduce smoke. Their use is expected to improve the health of women and children. Stoves …

Falling behind on green compliance

Noor Mohammed : India may have earned some goodwill from the international community by promising significant reductions in its carbon intensity of GDP at the recent Copenhagen summit. However, the real challenge lies in implementation. If India fails to meet the challenge, it might end up losing credibility. Unfortunately, the …

Tata Nano is Car of the Year

NEW DELHI: Tata Nano was adjudged the Car of the Year while Bajaj Kawasaki Ninja 250R was named the Bike of the Year at the CNBC-TV18 Overdrive Awards 2010 focusing on the road ahead for the auto industry in the face of increasing need for green technology and environment conservation. …

Charge of the green knight

Byravee Iyer / Mumbai January 12, 2010, 0:28 IST Can Reva Electric Car Company leverage its first-mover advantage in the soon-to-be-crowded electric car space? At 7, Race Course Road, the residence of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, you can find a glittering array of cars. They are all fitted with post-modern …

Leave cars, focus on bicycle to save time

MADHUMITHA B. Prof. Ramakrishnan was saddened that it is almost impossible to use a bicycle for fear of being run over in the city. He owns seven bicycles in England. BENGALURU Nobel laureate Jan. 7: Nobel laureate Venkatraman Ramakrishnan said he doesn't own a car -- his bicycle will do …

Hyundai unveils electric vehicle

NEW DELHI: Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) on Wednesday unveiled the electric version of its popular compact car i10, which it plans to sell in the Indian market in near future as zero-emission urban commuter vehicle.

Renault unveils new electric car

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Monday inaugurated the Twizy Z.E. Concept, a new electric car from the stables of Renault, which will be out on Indian roads by 2011. The blue and white car is a two-seater that works on the green technology principle. Welcoming Renault

Renault to launch EVs in India by 2014

French auto major Renault today said it was looking at launching zero emission electric vehicles (EVs) in India by the middle of this decade. The company, which today unveiled its city two-seater

Greener fuels to cost more

Kalpana Pathak / Mumbai December 30, 2009, 0:06 IST People will have to pay 50p-Re 1 more per litre of petrol and diesel when 11 cities in India move to the Euro IV emission norm, and the rest of the country to Euro III, in April 2010. State-run oil marketing …

Cycling for cause of ecology

A team of cyclist reached Madikeri on Sunday. They are not here for fun but they are on a mission of saving fuel and nature. A bicycle jatha of youth with the motto

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