Maruti Suzuki launches India's first flex-fuel car, bets on biofuels to boost energy securityMaruti Suzuki has launched India's first flex-fuel passenger car, the Wagon R. This move aims to significantly cut crude oil imports and lo...
05 Jun, 2026, 02.09 PM IST
India’s first indigenous 200-kmph Ahmedabad-Dholera rail corridor worth Rs 20,667 crore gets Cabinet nodA new semi-high-speed rail line will connect Ahmedabad and Dholera in Gujarat. The project, costing around Rs 20,667 crore, will be India's...
13 May, 2026, 05.21 PM IST
Not just Delhi-NCR, all states will burst green crackers, say Sivakasi firecracker manufacturersGreen crackers are now exclusively produced by Sivakasi manufacturers. Most states have transitioned to producing these eco-friendly altern...
15 Oct, 2025, 01.43 PM IST
Rollback of SO2 norms: A dangerous setback for India's clean air goalsA recent decision by the Indian government to roll back SO₂ emission norms for coal-fired power plants is raising concerns about air qualit...
25 Jul, 2025, 11.11 PM IST
Acid in the air? IMD study finds rain turning more acidic in IndiaA 34-year study reveals a concerning trend of increasing acidity in India's rainwater. Visakhapatnam, Prayagraj, and Mohanbari are experien...
12 Apr, 2025, 01.02 PM IST
Sivakasi cracker cos eye global marketsWith green crackers becoming the norm, the industry has now gained the expertise and finesse to supply to international markets. However, o...
25 Oct, 2022, 06.39 AM IST
As air quality plummets, Mumbai, Pune huff and puff to breathe easyAs per the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), Maharashtra has the largest number of non-attainment cities, all fast-growing metropolitan ...
23 Oct, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
Maharashtra records 1,700 gg of PM10 emission each year; windblown road dust largest contributor: StudyEmissions from the transport sector were at 10 per cent, while construction activities accounted for 6.5 per cent, followed by municipal so...
02 Oct, 2022, 04.29 PM IST
Natl Clean Air Programme: Centre aims at 40% reduction in particulate matter by 2026Twenty cities, including Chennai, Madurai and Nashik, have met the national standards for annual average PM10 concentration (60 microgram p...
27 Sep, 2022, 11.22 AM IST
By 2021, freight trains can ply on 40% of freight corridor: DFCCILThe dedicated freight corridor has a western corridor of 1,504 kms from J N Port in Mumbai to Dadri in Uttar Pradesh and an eastern corrido...
20 Nov, 2020, 09.11 PM IST
Niti's battery swapping policy proposal not viable: Nitin GadkariThe minister said Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant had discussions with him on the issue, where he suggested that the idea is not viable and sho...
21 Nov, 2017, 01.07 AM IST
India makes a green statement, launches BS-IV fuelDharmendra Pradhan formally launched the BS-IV grade transportation fuel here on the occasion of Utkal Diwas, the state foundation day.
01 Apr, 2017, 09.56 PM IST
NGT’s diesel vehicle ban may extend to more cities like Kolkata, Mumbai, BengaluruThe National Green Tribunal (NGT) is set to consider, on Monday, whether to impose a ban on the sale of large diesel-powered vehicles in 11...
30 May, 2016, 04.10 PM IST
Government to introduce flexible-fuel policy to cut dependence on imported fossil fuelsWhile provisions for blending 5% fuel with ethanol are already there and plans to hike the content to 10% — due since 2008 — is being exped...
26 Jun, 2015, 03.24 AM IST
Farmers supply 1 crore litre ethanol to IOL, BPCL: Nitin GadkariGadkari said fate of farmers could change in Uttar Pradesh if they start producing the green fuel from its massive sugarcane industry.
24 Sep, 2014, 04.28 PM IST
Big cities are gasping for fresh air; air pollution worsens in metrosAfter a steady improvement since the late-1990s, the air in Delhi — and all other Indian cities — has been getting worse in the last five y...
19 Nov, 2012, 05.17 PM IST
- Indian experts find bacteria to beat global heat
A team of five Indian scientists from four institutes of the country have discovered a naturally occurring bacteria which converts carbon d...
16 Feb, 2009, 05.07 AM IST