Disposal of waste in public places to attract penalty in Kerala; govt to bring ordinancesThe government meticulously modified existing Acts, focusing on waste management provisions, to formulate this ordinance. It encompasses pu...
11 Oct, 2023, 09.19 PM IST
What 4,000 Indian cities & town should do to fulfil Swachh Bharat missionThe 3 Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle - will have to become both an individual as well as community habit for sanitation plans in urban spac...
13 Nov, 2022, 11.12 PM IST
KisanServ turns wet waste of metros to free organic compost for farmersKisanserv through its social initiative organized farmers meet in Manchar district of Maharashtra, distributed organic compost to around 20...
29 Sep, 2022, 01.59 PM IST
Government to launch 15-day campaign on September 17 to mark 8 years of Swachh Bharat MissionThe campaign, 'Swachh Amrit Mahotsav', will focus on mobilising citizen action and commitment towards the vision of building garbage-free c...
09 Sep, 2022, 08.53 PM IST
View: Garbage free India is the next call, but energy needs to returnThe fact that 70% processing of India’s 130,000 tonnes of daily waste is already happening, compared to less than 20% in 2014 is a great st...
07 Oct, 2021, 08.44 PM IST
PM Modi launches second phases of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, AMRUTSBM-U 2.0 envisions to make all cities 'garbage free' and ensure grey and black water management in all cities other than those covered und...
01 Oct, 2021, 04.35 PM IST
A housing complex in Pune is using leftover food to light its parksThe biggest benefit of biogas plants - which are becoming increasingly popular around the world as a way to create climate-smart energy - i...
04 Sep, 2021, 06.12 PM IST
Have to clean 'garbage of falsehood': Rahul Gandhi said taking a dig at PM over cleanliness campaignTagging a tweet by PMO in which Modi urged people to take a pledge to the "garbage quit India" drive, Gandhi said, "Why not! We have to go ...
09 Aug, 2020, 08.59 AM IST
PM Modi launches week-long campaign to free India of garbage"Swachh Bharat Abhiyan has been a big support in fight against coronavirus," he said. The week-long campaign to free India of garbage will ...
08 Aug, 2020, 08.07 PM IST
Rajkot, Indore, Navi Mumbai among Centre's '5-star garbage-free' cities; Delhi 3-starUnion Housing and Urban Affairs Minister Hardeep Singh Puri announced the results of garbage-free star rating.
19 May, 2020, 04.56 PM IST
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Where progress on paper hits quicksand of ground realityThe statistics may appear to be picture perfect but the situation on the ground turned out to be somewhat different.
05 Jun, 2018, 04.09 PM IST
SwachhBharat@2:How Mumbai’s civic body is attempting to clean up the cityThe garbage adds up to 9,000 tonnes per day, and there are 117 open defecation spots across the city. Diseases like dengue and tuberculosis...
06 Oct, 2016, 05.17 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi takes digs at 'Swachh India', says slogan alone won't work"I met few people of Chembur here. One person was weeping. People are getting affected by TB. Even one child has died due to this," Rahul t...
12 Apr, 2016, 04.43 PM IST
Swachh City Solutions App for garbage free India by AprilUrban Development Ministry announced it would launch a mobile App for citizens to post their complaints about garbage pile-up in their area...
04 Feb, 2016, 10.25 PM IST
Minister Mahesh Sharma unveils 365kg ladoo, declares PM Narendra Modi's birthday 'Swachhta Diwas'Stressing the need for cleanliness, he said that he was at pains when tourists capture images of garbage dumps than of India's rich heritag...
17 Sep, 2015, 03.47 PM IST
Our city is more tolerant and safe compared to others: Devi Shetty, chairman, Narayana Health"The Bengalurean I admire the most is Mr NR Narayana Murthy (co-founder, Infosys). He has put India on the global map," says Devi Shetty.
22 May, 2015, 12.21 PM IST
- Jackals endangering flight safety at Kolkata airport
Last week a jackal strayed onto the runway of the N S C Bose International Airport here forcing the pilot of an aircraft to abort take off ...
19 Dec, 2010, 04.54 PM IST