With many patients being admitted for 10-15 days, the costs add up and bills of Rs 4 lakh to Rs 16 lakh have grabbed headlines. Common inve...

The tribunal said that while the Bio Medical Waste Rules deal with waste generated in dealing with infectious diseases, the coronavirus pan...

The study, which was released yesterday, said medical waste is expected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 7 per ce...

Asking medical bodies to ensure proper collection, segregation and disposal of bio-medical waste in the national capital, the National Gree...

Manufacturers of sanitary pads/napkins and diapers in India will have to provide a pouch or wrapper for disposal along with the packets of ...

The Rules stipulate zero tolerance for throwing, burning, or burying the solid waste generated on streets, open public spaces outside his p...

The Environment ministry today released the new Bio-medical Waste Management Rules, 2016 which will bring in a wider and more comprehensive...

A demand to ban mercury-based equipments in hospitals to prevent spillage of the metal which causes major diseases, has been made by a lawy...

Around 12 lakh saplings will be planted in Delhi in current financial year by all concerned agencies in order to improve the air quality, D...

The plant, situated barely 30 metres from Sukhdev Vihar, is a threat to the health and life to the 10 lakh population living near it, resid...

n a bid to save fragile ecology of tribal Kinnaur district located along China border, Kinnaur district administration has decided to launc...

The National Green Tribunal today reserved its verdict on whether bio-medical waste disposal units require environment clearance prior to b...

The government has called for strengthening hazardous waste management rules especially at the port level to ensure that such material was ...

Being one of the fastest-growing markets for gadgets from mobile phones to notebooks to digital cameras to an array of other electronic pro...

The CAG has suggested the "polluter-pay" principle to deter dumping waste in the open, which causes health and environment hazards.

ndia’s booming mobile, PC and TV sales is forcing the country to address an issue that has long been dismissed an a concern of developed we...

The Bombay High Court directed the State government and the municipal corporation to provide a site for dumping bio-medical waste.