France plans to push investment ties between its Indian Ocean territory and South IndiaThe talks will focus on how France and French companies can continue contributing to Tamil Nadu’s ambitious development goals in the areas ...
05 Dec, 2020, 01.57 PM IST
Time capsule from 1966: When news froze in a different planeET copies preserved after a plane crash in the French Alps redefines glacial pace.
14 Jul, 2020, 08.32 AM IST
Smart poles for Internet access, EV charging to soon become a reality in Bhopal: Tarun PithodeBhopal, a capital city of Kamal Nath-headed Madhya Pradesh, is focusing on area-based development (ADB) with common utility duct, and is al...
03 Sep, 2019, 03.41 PM IST
Kabadiwala raises Rs 3 crore angel funding from Naveen Reddy of Unilever, othersThe startup has been running a campaign on ‘Raddi se library’, converting waste into artefacts, and now venturing into e-waste recycling as...
10 Apr, 2019, 05.03 PM IST
No space for e-waste on the GST rate listToday, India has 1 billion mobile subscribers, around 57 million computers along with other gadgets and consumer electronics users.
31 Jul, 2017, 10.03 AM IST
Startup Namo E-waste Management is minting money from your scrapNCR-based Namo E-waste now has a presence in 12 states and Union Territories through its e-waste collection centres and channel partners.
08 May, 2017, 06.19 PM IST
Recycling companies stymied by unorganised players struggle to scale upThe startups are seeking effective quality norms for recycled products and homogenous applicability of tax laws to plug leakages.
26 Jul, 2016, 04.28 PM IST
Condoms, diapers, pads to come with pouches for clean disposalUnder the rules, manufacturers, brand owners and marketing companies are also expected to educate the masses on proper disposal of the prod...
06 Apr, 2016, 12.19 PM IST
Govt notifies rules to dispose of garbage; puts special attention on managing sanitary wasteManufacturers of sanitary pads/napkins and diapers in India will have to provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal along with the packets of ...
05 Apr, 2016, 07.12 PM IST
How e-waste can produce more gold than miningE-waste, which comprises precious metals like gold and silver, can produce more gold than what is obtained through mining, a senior academi...
13 Jan, 2016, 07.41 PM IST
Supermarkets, internet to blame for the end of postman in the westAlong with the milkman, newspaper delivery boy and the ice-cream truck man, the postman is now gradually walking into the sunset in the wes...
14 Oct, 2015, 06.30 AM IST
Why haggle with the neighbourhood raddiwala when you can sell your household scrap onlineBig Bazaar has also jumped into the fray with the chain offering great deals on junk ranging from newspapers, plastics, utensils and clothe...
03 May, 2015, 11.20 AM IST
Offbeat travel: Jagriti Express, Unreasonable-at-Sea encouraging entrepreneurship across the globeIn India, Jagriti Express is one such travel platform which claims to have inspired 300 people to startup in its past five journeys.
19 Jan, 2015, 10.19 PM IST
An open letter to Narendra Modi: Expectations from India's prospective PMThough, rabble-rousers and vote-bank sectarians may, unfortunately, be a part of electoral campaigns; they must find no place in government.
28 Apr, 2014, 10.59 AM IST
- Spent CFLs an eco hazard: Concern over high mercury content, absence of recycling
Spent CFLs may be polluting the environment silently and causing a toxic hazard for kabadiwalas who handle such discarded bulbs.
14 Mar, 2014, 02.15 AM IST
- It is an innovation flood at top IT award
With the twin aims of empowering the Kabadiwalas and ensuring greater recycling efficiency, the site has set up an information agency.
08 Feb, 2011, 02.30 AM IST
- Attero's founders get their fix from recycling e-waste
Even before setting up the plant and starting operations, they managed to raise $6.3 million from VC firms NEA-IndoUS Venture and Draper Fi...
18 Sep, 2009, 01.46 AM IST