Uttarakhand cabinet approves 'work from home', weekly 'no vehicle day' to save fuelUttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami chaired the cabinet meeting, where officials decided to reduce the vehicle fleets of the chi...
13 May, 2026, 08.34 PM IST
As Delhi drowns in garbage, there is an urgent need for a waste management overhaulDespite ongoing efforts to manage Delhi's waste, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi continues to dump 3,400 tonnes of fresh waste daily at ...
23 Apr, 2024, 11.23 PM IST
Assam: Tinsukia achieves landmark as the first legacy-waste-free district in NortheastTinsukia, in Northeast India, becomes the first district to eliminate 1.53 Lakh Metric Ton of legacy waste using bio-mining. The project yi...
12 Mar, 2024, 08.18 PM IST
Microsoft BioGPT: New AI chatbot released, but what does it mean for us?BioGPT is a type of generative language model, which is trained on millions of biomedical research articles that have already been publishe...
23 Feb, 2023, 10.12 AM IST
NGT slaps penalty of 12,000 crores on Maharashtra for violation of environmental norms in stateThe bench of Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel while passing the direction said that award of above compensation had become necessary under section...
09 Sep, 2022, 12.48 AM IST
NGT imposes Rs 5 crore fine on BBMP for illegal dumping of wasteIn the latest order, the NGT took a dig at the civic body for illegally disposing city’s waste in Bagalur quarry pit in North Bengaluru.
25 Oct, 2018, 07.18 PM IST
- BBMP faces NGT’s ire for polluting quarries
The tribunal had, in the same case, issued an order in January 2018, asking the BBMP to take up bio-mining in quarry pits.
14 Aug, 2018, 10.22 AM IST
Government plans to get rid of dumpyards in 20 big cities in just three yearsOn Monday, municipal commissioners of these cities agreed to formulate time bound action plans by factoring in the solid waste already dump...
13 Oct, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
Manohar Parrikar takes dig at MoEF over Western Ghats reportGoa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said that "people sitting in Delhi" did not know "the ground reality".
07 Feb, 2014, 06.33 PM IST
- Coal bio-reserve or mineral? Panchayat shoots letter to National Biodiversity Board
A village panchayat in Chhindwara district has challenged Union environment ministry over its letter to National Biodiversity Board (NBA) w...
29 Nov, 2013, 05.27 AM IST
- Ministry of Environment and Forest report misses wood for the trees
The report released by the expert committee, constituted by the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) to formulate parameters for invio...
25 Feb, 2013, 12.45 AM IST
- Finnish cleantech companies look for opportunities in India
In a bid to tap India's potential in the renewable energy sector, Finnish cleantech companies are looking for stronger partnerships in the ...
16 Sep, 2012, 01.03 PM IST
- Only 14 mines asked to suspend operations in Goa: GSPCB
The GSPCB said only 14 mines have been asked to suspend their operations under the environmental laws as against the figure of 35 reported ...
04 Aug, 2011, 03.57 PM IST
- Probe into illegal mining near Goa wildlife sanctuary
Goa government has initiated an inquiry into the alleged mining operation near Netravali wildlife sanctuary in South Goa which has been on ...
07 Dec, 2010, 06.39 PM IST
- SC refuses to lift stay on mining by Lafarge
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to lift the stay on mining activities of French cement giant Lafarge in the forests of Meghalaya.
27 Apr, 2010, 02.50 AM IST
- Emami Biotech enters into agreement with CTC
Emami Biotech has entered into an agreement with Calcutta Tramways Company (CTC) for supplying some 250 kilolitres of bio-diesel to the lat...
17 Feb, 2009, 07.14 PM IST
- Don't allow Vedanta to mine Niyamgiri hills: Orissa tribals
Tribals from Orissa have asked the government not to permit UK-based Vedanta Resources to mine the Niyamgiri hills for bauxite, saying it w...
16 Nov, 2007, 06.35 PM IST