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Namami Gange: Industrial pollution flowing into Ganga down nearly 60 per cent since 2017Industrial pollution in the Ganga has significantly decreased by almost 60 percent since 2017. This achievement is credited to the Namami G...
Time to think of the repair cycle? 8 engineering stocks from India’s capital goods ecosystem with upside potential of up to 26%At a time when the markets are focused on war, crude oil, inflation, and supply disruption, it is easy to miss a quieter shift. India’s eng...
Toxic pollution from Iran war will spread and last for decadesBlack rain carrying toxic chemicals has fallen on Tehran. This followed Israeli drone strikes on oil depots near the capital. Experts warn ...
Delhi government asks motorists to get colour-coded stickers for fuel type identificationThe colour-coded stickers help enforcement personnel visibly identify fuel type of a vehicle during checks on the roads. Vehicles registere...
Ground water in Vedanta's Thoothukudi smelter contains heavy metals: Arjun MeghwalThe smelter was shut down in May under order of the Tamil Nadu government after 13 people died after coming under police fire during violen...
'Underground metro exposes commuters to cancer-causing agents'For the study, published in the journal Aerosol and Air Quality Research, the researchers collected air samples using battery-operated devi...
- Now, industries polluting Ganga under live monitoring
Peenya effluent getting into veggies, says studyScientists from the Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE) collected hourly water samples once a month between Ma...
How can you regulate tanneries, if you can't enter there: National Green TribunalThe tribunal had earlier asked the tanneries at Kanpur to clear their stand on shifting to some other place to stop uncontrolled discharge ...
Ganga water has heavy metal, pesticide traces: CPCB
Power supply to 98 tanneries stopped for polluting GangaIn a high-level meeting held in Lucknow on Saturday, chief secretary Alok Ranjan had cleared the decks for the action.
Ganga pollution: Closure process starts for 98 tanneriesUP Pollution Control Board initiated the process of closing 98 such factories in Kanpur, which were allegedly releasing toxic effluents in ...
Rain not washing away Yamuna toxinsThere seems to be a continuous discharge of industrial effluents into the Delhi stretches of Yamuna so that there is no improvement in post...
NGO alleges dumping of toxic waste in India, moves National Green TribunalToxics Link, an environmental NGO, has moved the National Green Tribunal alleging rampant violation of E-waste Rules, 2011.
- DU team claims to have developed a solution for chromium pollution
The Green Chemistry Network Centre (GCNC) of Delhi University has claimed to have developed a solution for chromium pollution from tannerie...
Environmental Panel for allowing Tata Steel to raise output at Sukhinda chromite minesAt its April meeting, the panel also took up complaints submitted by the Biju Swabhiman Dal on violations of clearance provisions by Tata S...
Toxic waste sites detrimental to health in India: ResearchToxic waste sites in India with elevated levels of lead and chromium are causing disease, disability and even death, leading to loss of hea...
- Water bodies getting polluted due to immersion
Year after year, religious festivals culminate with idol immersions in lakes and rivers.
- Glue units polluting Ganga in Jajmau
The polluted water, containing chromium and other poisonous chemicals, even spills on to the roads and causes a foul smell in a vast stretc...
- NEERI worried on pollution, health hazards due to shipbreaking
The National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI) has expressed deep concern over health and environmental hazards caused d...