Jharkhand records zero polluted stretches on Ganga main stem for 7th straight year: Namami GangeJharkhand has set a benchmark by maintaining its segment of the Ganga river pristine for seven straight years. This achievement stems from ...
19 May, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
Why battery recycling units across India are harmful for children and pregnant womenA new study by Toxics Link reveals alarming lead contamination in soil surrounding battery recycling units across India, with levels signif...
09 Apr, 2026, 02.18 PM IST
Rerating in capital goods space; Triveni Turbine and L&T top picks for FY25Investors remain positive on the multi-year capex cycle, driven by various sectors. The CPCB norms shift, market shares, and price stabiliz...
18 Mar, 2024, 10.31 AM IST
NGT directs CPCB to recover fine from Amazon, Flipkart for excessive plastic packagingCPCB has earlier told the NGT that e-commerce giants need to fulfil their extended producer responsibility under the Plastic Waste Manageme...
12 Sep, 2020, 12.00 PM IST
Central Pollution Control Board issues notices to 14 power plantsA senior power ministry official said the ministry has told the companies involved that the defaulting power plants will not get any suppor...
18 Mar, 2020, 09.47 PM IST
CPCB issues show-cause notice to 14 thermal power plants for violation of environmental normsThe notices have been issued by the CPCB to four thermal power plants in Haryana, three in Punjab, two each in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Prades...
06 Feb, 2020, 03.56 PM IST
Rs 382 cr collected as fine for violation of pollution norms since 2017: RTIRs 31.86 crore were received in 2017-18 and Rs 227.94 crore in 2018-19 as penalties, the CPCB had said in a response to the query made unde...
15 Dec, 2019, 05.44 PM IST
NGT sets 3-month deadline to shut polluting industries across IndiaNational Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to shut down polluting industries in "critically polluted" and "se...
16 Jul, 2019, 04.45 PM IST
Emission fiasco: No coercive action against Volkswagen, says SCA bench headed by Justice S A Bobde virtually stayed the imposition of fine for the time being against the multinational automobile company.
06 May, 2019, 07.13 PM IST
Emission norms: SC asks NGT to consider expanding scope of Volkswagen case to other car makersThe top court also asked the NGT to hear the Union Ministry of Road and Transport in the case.
21 Jan, 2019, 06.43 PM IST
NBCC stops open transport of building materialConstruction works have been banned in the national capital from November 1-10 in view of rising air pollution.
01 Nov, 2018, 11.36 PM IST
Tata Chemicals Haldia plant gets shutdown noticeThe Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has directed Tata Chemicals to shut down its fertilizer plant in Haldia (West Bengal) for violat...
14 Mar, 2017, 09.34 PM IST
- Pollution norms for deep sea discharge may be diluted
The Union ministry of en vironment and forests (MoEF) is active ly considering `diluting' the Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) norm that mea su...
02 Dec, 2015, 05.38 AM IST
Kirloskar Oil Engines eyes Rs 500 crore exports in 2 yearsKirloskar Oil aims to more than double its exports to Rs 500 cr in next two years & plans to focus on developed & Asian markets to achieve ...
16 Dec, 2014, 10.36 PM IST
- 764 industries, 5 states behind Ganga pollution, National Green Tribunal informed
The information was provided to the tribunal through a joint affidavit filed by the Union Environment Ministry and the National Ganga River...
01 Mar, 2014, 01.48 AM IST
Cummins: New CPCB norms and reduced dependence on imports make it a good long-term buyCummins has a strong range of natural gas-based generation sets and should benefit immensely once the present imbroglio in natural gas is r...
06 Jan, 2014, 11.43 AM IST
- Surety clause in green norms for diesel engines vexes importers
Green norms, relating to noise and emission for diesel engines up to 800 kilowatt (KW) for industrial or gen-set applications, have made im...
29 Oct, 2003, 01.04 AM IST