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GRAP-1 imposed in Delhi-NCR: Full list of restrictions, bans and permitted activitiesDelhi-NCR has entered Stage 1 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality dropped to the 'poor' category with an AQI of 208. T...
Ancestors borrowed money once… their children, grandchildren & great-grandchildren paid price for 130 years, until stranger arrived as saviour. Emotional videoPakistan bonded labour: A Pakistani family has been freed from nearly 130 years of bonded labour. Humanitarian Aaron Hutchings facilitated ...
Coal offtake under watch as industry builds stocksCoal India Ltd supplies coal to state nodal agencies which mainly cater to small and medium-sector consumers, such as brick kilns and other...
Informal sector steps up coal stocking over price concernsCoal prices have risen internationally and percolated to the free market rates for coal clocking a premium of 10-15% over the usual rates d...
Take our breath away: How coal plants and kilns keep Delhi gasping while stubble burning takes the heatDelhi’s air looks clear for now, but coal power plants and brick kilns keep the pollution pot boiling year-round. Despite a 2015 rule, most...
Lights on: Brick kiln workers in western UP begin the transition to solar energyIn western Uttar Pradesh, solar panels have begun transforming brick kilns and workers' lives, reducing pollution and providing electricity...
20% of fuel used in brick kilns to be paddy straw, directs Punjab governmentHayer said in-situ and ex-situ crop residue management is being done by the state government to help farmers in stubble management and deal...
Mathura brick kilns seek government relief following heavy losses"We're requesting the government to wave off royalty, tax on royalty and GST for better survival of the industry," Bhanu Prakash Varsney, g...
Lahore again tops list of world's most polluted citiesAccording to the index, Lahore reported a particulate matter (PM) rating of 423. Pakistan's financial capital Karachi ranked at 7 on the AQ...
Punjab allows operations in industry, brick kilns to support migrant labourCaptain Amarinder said his government was also in discussion with Radha Soami Satsang Beas, which has already offered its Bhawans as quaran...
Experts propose setting up 'national brick kiln mission'The recommendations were proposed after two days of deliberations by top national and international experts during the Anil Agarwal Dialogu...
'Pakistan ranks third in global human slavery'Pakistan ranks third on a list of 167 countries where human slavery is most severe, an international rights body said today citing new data.
Green tribunal bans digging earth for making bricks, roadsIn a blow to brick-kiln industry and road contractors, the National Green Tribunal has banned digging of earth across the country for makin...
Centre,ONGC to say if gas can be given to tea units in AssamA bench headed by Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas, ONGC and AGCL to make their stand clear before i...
Growing real estate business linked to child labour in Tamil NaduThe growing real estate business in Tamil Nadu and the simultaneous emergence of Chennai as an industrial hub have an adverse effect.
National Green Tribunal refuses permission to brick kilns near Kaziranga National ParkThe National Green Tribunal has refused permission to some brick kiln units from operating in the no-development zone near Kaziranga Nation...
- Exogenous factors causing trouble for cement companies
Currently there are certain other exogenous factors which are affecting the demand and realisations of cement in northern and southern regi...
- Brick industry modernisation to boost low carbon growth: Study
Annual savings of Rs 2,500 crore in coal consumption and reduction in CO2 emissions can be effected through modernisation of India's brick ...
- Tamil Nadu shuns IT industry; says invest in brick kilns
Tamil Nadu, the country's third largest IT services exporter, on Friday said it no longer needed investments in the sector and instead aske...
- Punjab government to allow brick industry to pay lump sum VAT
The Punjab Government today decided to allow the brick industry in the state to pay VAT on lump sum basis on the pattern of neighbouring Ha...