'Catastrophic like the Air India crash': Kerala Congress on what may go wrong with ethanol blended ATFIndia's decision to permit ethanol blending in aviation fuel faces strong opposition from the Kerala Congress, which warns of catastrophic ...
23 Apr, 2026, 06.10 PM IST
India allows ethanol blending in aviation fuelIndia has allowed blending ethanol and synthetic hydrocarbons into aviation fuel. This move aims to cut emissions and reduce oil imports. W...
23 Apr, 2026, 12.43 AM IST
GRAP Stage 1 enforced across Delhi-NCR amid poor air qualityAir quality in Delhi-NCR has dropped to a poor category. The Commission for Air Quality Management has activated Stage 1 of the Graded Resp...
16 Apr, 2026, 07.19 PM IST
Japan’s JFE Engineering to buy 25% stake in Antony Waste Handling's Andhra waste-to-energy projectsAntony Waste Handling Cell Ltd is joining forces with Japan's JFE Engineering Corporation. They will build two waste-to-energy plants in An...
08 Apr, 2026, 04.02 PM IST
NHAI working on using solid waste of country for road construction by 2027: Nitin GadkariUnion Minister Nitin Gadkari announced that the National Highways Authority of India aims to segregate all solid waste in the country for r...
12 Sep, 2025, 11.14 PM IST
SC pulls up Delhi authorities for ‘sorry state of affairs’ over failure to process municipal wasteThe Supreme Court criticized authorities on Monday for their failure to manage municipal solid waste in Delhi, describing the situation as ...
13 May, 2024, 12.16 PM IST
Oil India Ltd & GMC ink MoU to collaborate on transformation of Municipal Solid Waste into compressed biogasOil India Limited (OIL) and Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to collaborate on co...
21 Jan, 2024, 07.43 PM IST
IIT Kharagpur researchers develop process to manage wet municipal solid wasteThe process novelty lies in the use of water for the reaction thus the moisture in the MSW gets used during the recycling process.
31 Jul, 2019, 04.19 PM IST
Antony Waste plans Rs 350 crore IPO in JuneAntony Waste Handling is among the top five companies active in this space.
16 May, 2019, 08.00 AM IST
75% of municipal garbage in India dumped without processingAccording to the Delhi-based CSE, cities are now running out of land on which to dump their waste and have begun throwing it in the 'backya...
30 Jul, 2018, 10.27 AM IST
View: Burgeoning Indian cities need infrastructure development to keep pace with growthSwift growth places huge pressure on infrastructure. A report says Indian cities get water supply from 1-6 hours and that only 21% of its w...
16 Jun, 2018, 06.33 AM IST
How to make Waste-to-Wealth a realityMonetising power produced from waste is the way to make the govt's slogan of Waste-to-Wealth a reality. The Bawana plant is already leading...
14 Jan, 2018, 11.53 AM IST
Pay Rs 10,000 fine for throwing waste in public place: National Green TribunalThe directions came while hearing a plea relating to mismanagement of municipal solid waste in Delhi and the terrible conditions that are p...
19 Dec, 2016, 06.03 PM IST
Bengaluru: Contractors' pay linked to garbage separation nowThe new garbage contracts are formulated based on a time-and-motion study that went into the resources required to handle the waste generat...
21 Apr, 2016, 11.54 AM IST
Proposals of power, compost generation to soon come up before Cabinet: Venkaiah NaiduProposals for generating electricity and compost from municipal solid waste would shortly come up before the Cabinet for approval, Venkaiah...
09 Oct, 2015, 04.20 PM IST
NGT restrains disposal of waste in river bed in AlandiThe National Green Tribunal's western region bench has passed an order restraining the Alandi municipal council from discharging municipal ...
19 Jul, 2015, 03.53 AM IST
Data shows reviving cities not easyLess than 10% of municipal solid waste is treated scientifically. Cities and towns are equipped to treat little over 5% of the sewage gener...
25 Jun, 2015, 11.36 AM IST