Use mining byproducts to make sand for construction projects: Coal Ministry reportIndia plans to convert Overburden from mining into M-Sand for construction to reduce reliance on river sand and protect the environment. Pu...
22 Oct, 2024, 06.37 PM IST
ASI initiates restoration of historic Khirki Masjid in DelhiKhirki Masjid, positioned on the southern periphery of Khirki village, has long suffered from neglect, leading to the dilapidation of certa...
29 Jun, 2023, 11.35 AM IST
Building Bricks India brings automatic robotic brick making technology in India: Ubaid Aziz BarudgarThe plant, spread across 10 acre of area, is located near Khapoli at Dolavali in Maharashtra. It will have a capacity of approximately 50 t...
12 Dec, 2022, 09.45 PM IST
Rise in Construction Block prices on higher input costs to affect Real Estate projects07 Apr, 2022, 04.05 PM IST
View: How not to create jobsGadkari has requested Piyush Goyal to make kulhads mandatory at all railway stations in the country.
28 Aug, 2019, 08.57 PM IST
Centre mulls banning use of burnt clay bricks in its construction projectsTraditional brick kilns cause air pollution as they use coal in brick-making process. However there are technologies available to produce e...
09 Dec, 2018, 11.49 AM IST
PMO asks agencies to increase usage of fly ash by 10 timesAs per a note of the Building Materials and Technology Promotion Council circulated to the said ministries, it is proposed to make use of f...
14 Sep, 2018, 11.33 PM IST
From being world No. 1 to a dad, 2016 has been Murray's yearMurray has had a year to remember, with a second gold at the Olympics. Yet, he will start second best in 2017 after Novak Djokovic.
15 Nov, 2016, 11.10 AM IST
Date with history: Here's a village of rice fields that Bengaluru swallowedWhen the British set up the Cantonment in 1809, homes along the lake were allotted to influential administrators and Anglo-Indians.
05 May, 2016, 10.54 AM IST
NGT notice to Uttarakhand government on brick kilns in HaridwarAn environment activist has moved the National Green Tribunal alleging that brick kilns in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district were illegally e...
06 Dec, 2015, 09.28 AM IST
China's most polluted province Hebei cuts coal use by halfHebei Province in northern China which neighbours Beijing is often blamed for the capital city's pollution woes.
08 Apr, 2015, 05.32 PM IST
Aluminium most energy intensive building material in India: StudyResearchers from Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, have designed an assessment framework for quantifying the total energy expenditure.
18 Dec, 2014, 10.19 AM IST
Mansukhbhai Prajapati's Mitti Cool Clay Creations brings clay back in fashionIn 2011-12, he posted a turnover of Rs 25 lakh and the company is growing at 15% annually. He is now eyeing a revenue target of Rs 35 lakh ...
03 Dec, 2012, 08.44 AM IST
- 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 ...
03 Feb, 2012, 01.05 PM IST
- India’s first green hospital comes up in Ahmedabad
Care Institute of Medical Sciences, a hospital venture brought forth by a group of doctors in Ahmedabad, has come up with India’s first ‘gr...
22 Nov, 2010, 03.09 AM IST
- Govt mulls ban on soda ash export to hold prices
Govt is considering to ban exports of soda ash and encourage imports of glass and bricks.
02 Aug, 2008, 02.11 AM IST
- Wienerberger forays into India; to set up plant near Bangalore
Wienerberger Brick Industry Pvt Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of world's largest producer of clay hollow bricks Weinerberger, today announ...
30 Apr, 2008, 05.43 PM IST