NHAI to explore use of phosphor-gypsum in construction of national highwayAn Indian fertilizer company has constructed a road using phosphor-gypsum, which was evaluated by the Central Road Research Institute (CRRI...
22 Feb, 2023, 06.28 PM IST
SC directs CPCB to conduct surprise inspections at brick kilns in NCRThe top court directed that those units, located in Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, which have the consent to operate and have also declared the...
15 Apr, 2022, 12.41 PM IST
Plan to shift inland waterways, army trucks to methanol in the worksMethanol is a low-carbon, hydrogen carrier fuel produced from high ash coal, agricultural residue, CO2 from thermal power plants and natura...
18 Jan, 2022, 06.10 AM IST
Govt plans to convert inland waterways and army trucks into methanol engines“NITI Aayog is facilitating conversion of inland waterways at Haldia, Varanasi and Allahabad under this project,” the official quoted above...
17 Jan, 2022, 04.50 PM IST
NTPC’s ash-utilisation contest gets entries from Tata Power, DVCWhile, as per the rules specified by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, coal and lignite power stations must utilise 100% of the ash ...
17 Jan, 2019, 02.28 PM IST
Niti Aayog proposes 15-point action plan to deal with air pollutionThe draft action plan titled 'Breathe India' includes encouraging electric vehicles, phasing out private diesel vehicle and development of ...
11 Jul, 2018, 08.57 PM IST
Sugar residue can fuel tractors, say IIT-M researchersThe technology developed at the NCCRD within IIT-Madras can potentially translate into 15% reduction in the petroleum import bill for the I...
22 Mar, 2018, 11.05 AM IST
Rice stubble based Rs 2500 crore projects to yield cleaner fuel, check pollution in North IndiaWhile domestic oil marketing companies, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited and Indian Oil Corporation Limited, are setting up bio-etha...
22 Dec, 2016, 06.36 PM IST
Fresh directions to NTPC over Badarpur plant flyash disposalGreen body CSE, in its analysis of 47 coal-based thermal power plants in the country last year, held the Badarpur plant as one of the "most...
15 May, 2016, 01.44 PM IST
Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan: Why cleaning up India is serious businessSwachh Bharat may have started on a high note, but cleaning up the country is serious business. Apart from investment, it calls for behavio...
09 Sep, 2015, 12.53 PM IST
- RINL mulls cement plant to dispose byproducts
'Fly ash, a byproduct, is getting accumulated which may create environmental issue in future. We may also enter long-term agreement for sup...
10 Dec, 2012, 04.00 PM IST
- Biofuels are benign, but at best a part solution
The world, it is said, belongs to those with the most energy. The fact is that energy and persistence are known to alter all things.
08 Jun, 2007, 01.13 AM IST