Google licenses AI model to Indian firms for early detection of diabetic blindnessWith new partnerships in India and Thailand, Google aims to facilitate 6 million free AI screenings for diabetic retinopathy in underserved...
18 Oct, 2024, 11.01 AM IST
ET Startup Awards 2024 | Social Enterprise: Haqdarshak takes govt schemes to the last mileWhile waste and its disposal method as a theme interested the jury, they finally picked Haqdarshak for the startup’s efforts for bringing i...
13 Sep, 2024, 04.50 PM IST
Coca-Cola hopes to achieve 100 pc recycling of bottles, cans in 2-3 yrs in IndiaRecycling post-consumer packaging is one of the three focus areas of Coca-Cola Company's ESG (Environment, Sustainability and Governance) p...
06 Jun, 2022, 08.11 PM IST
A humble endeavour: Sri Sathya Sai University facilitates samaritans who brought a positive change in the societyA toast to the selfless work of the winners of the Sri Sathya Sai Award for Human Excellence 2019.
27 Nov, 2019, 04.30 PM IST
Mounting e-waste pile doesn’t bother Bengaluru citizensBengaluru, which accounts for about a third of India’s software exports and home to over 7,000 startups, produced 37,000 tonnes of e-waste ...
03 Oct, 2018, 11.10 AM IST
Coca Cola, Infosys, others pledge to beat plastic pollution in IndiaThe government is sensitising the issue on the occasion of the World Environment Day on June 5 with the theme 'Beat plastic pollution'.
02 Jun, 2018, 05.58 PM IST
Coca Cola, Infosys and others pledge to beat plastic pollution in India"We have pledged to recover and recycle one package for every single one that we put out in the market by 2030," Coca-Cola India and South ...
02 Jun, 2018, 05.28 PM IST
Wealth from waste! This loom in Bengaluru can turn paper, rubber strips into green productsAfter eight months of research, Raahul Khadaliya built a paper weave loom, a redesigned version of the handloom.
24 May, 2018, 02.24 PM IST
Startups pitch in with tech to manage and compost city waste"Normal composters usually need additives or even microbes for the composting process, which often ends up giving out an odour. But this is...
06 Jul, 2017, 11.04 AM IST
Tech companies, MNCs strive to recycle the waste they generateReal estate developer RMZ Corp's tech parks EcoWorld and Infinity have been able to reduce their percentage of mixed, or unsegregated, wast...
06 Jun, 2017, 01.34 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
Waste management startup industry to grow to over $1 billion by 2020Startups like MobiTrash have a mobile van wastetreatment service which treats segregated organic waste from households and converts it into...
06 Apr, 2016, 02.55 AM IST
Waste managed is waste monetised; it helps ragpickers tooWaste management startups are now making revenue while impacting the lives of waste pickers in their fold with better wages.
12 Sep, 2015, 10.47 AM IST
Intellecap Impact Investment Network, Rianta Capital and ah! Ventures invest in Sampurn(e)arth Environmental SolutionsElaborating on the investment, Ajay Dalmia said: "The current method of dumping waste into landfills leads to several environmental and soc...
25 Aug, 2015, 03.26 PM IST
Indian Angel Network invests undisclosed amount in Saahas Waste ManagementSaahas Waste Management will use the proceeds from the round of funding to hire and bring on board senior personnel, as it looks to scale o...
10 Aug, 2015, 10.07 PM IST
After Freedom Park, waste to light up Gandhinagar in BengaluruThe BBMP's investment in the project is Rs 79 lakh. The plant has a capacity to process 5 tonne of wet waste a day.
07 Apr, 2015, 11.01 AM IST
- World Environment Day 2013: Green game-changers
Green living. The idea has taken new heights, thanks to a few Bangaloreans who've shown it can work in day-to-day living. Some have venture...
05 Jun, 2013, 09.09 AM IST