Jharkhand records zero polluted stretches on Ganga main stem for 7th straight year: Namami GangeJharkhand has set a benchmark by maintaining its segment of the Ganga river pristine for seven straight years. This achievement stems from ...
19 May, 2026, 03.47 PM IST
Solar farms could be disrupting bird and bat migration, new studies revealSolar farms, vital for clean energy, are inadvertently harming migrating birds and bats. Their reflective surfaces mimic lakes, luring wild...
07 May, 2026, 10.02 PM IST
Water, waste & will: How India’s MSMEs can lead the sustainability revolutionWater efficiency, if managed wisely, could very well be the next competitive advantage for Indian MSMEs.
08 Apr, 2026, 02.23 PM IST
Revise mechanism for setting up, expansion of industries in polluted areas, NGT directs CPCBA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel also warned that it will "coercive action" against the heads of SPCBs for faili...
20 Nov, 2019, 03.57 PM IST
NGT sets 3-month deadline to shut polluting industries across IndiaNational Green Tribunal has directed the Central Pollution Control Board to shut down polluting industries in "critically polluted" and "se...
16 Jul, 2019, 04.45 PM IST
60 cities generate over 15K tonnes of plastic waste per day"As per a survey conducted by Central Pollution Control Board in 60 cities of the country, the quantum of plastic waste generation is estim...
30 Apr, 2015, 07.57 PM IST
Environment ministry simplifies measurement of pollution in industrial clustersThe ministry, with states' backing, has tweaked the comprehensive environmental pollution index (CEPI) that is used in 88 industrial cluste...
11 Apr, 2015, 11.10 AM IST
Panel to find ways to gauge pollution levelThe Central Pollution Control Board — country’s main pollution watchdog — has set up a panel to develop easy to understand "standard operat...
25 Jan, 2015, 04.15 AM IST
Environment ministry decides to give one-time exemption from public hearing for coal mines' expansion projectsThe environment ministry has also decided to lift a moratorium on expansion of existing coal mining projects in Chandrapur in the poll-boun...
04 Sep, 2014, 03.17 AM IST
- West Bengal has maximum highly polluting industries: Govt
Jayanthi Natarajan told Lok Sabha today that West Bengal has the highest number of red category industries causing high pollution, followed...
14 May, 2012, 07.55 PM IST
- West Bengal has maximum highly polluting industries: Government
West Bengal has the highest number of red category industries causing high pollution, followed by Maharashtra and TN, the Lok Sabha was inf...
14 May, 2012, 04.23 PM IST
- Environment ministry extends bar on projects at 4 coal fields
Central Pollution Control Board had undertaken a comprehensive environmental assessment of 88 important industrial clusters.
17 Apr, 2012, 03.56 AM IST
- Ban on new projects in 43 critically polluted industrial hubs
The environment ministry has banned till August any new projects in 43 industrial hubs identified recently by the Central Pollution Control...
16 Jan, 2010, 05.19 PM IST
- Najafgarh drain 11th among highly polluted industrial clusters
There could be bad news for the Delhi government, which is bracing for next year's Commonwealth Games, as the Najafgarh drain basin in East...
25 Dec, 2009, 06.57 PM IST
- Pollution in 10 industrial hubs alarming: Study
With India aiming to emulate China in taking aggressive domestic measures to control emissions, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) ...
25 Dec, 2009, 05.46 AM IST
5 out of India's 20 worst pollution zones in NCRDelhi and its surroundings have some of the worst polluting zones in the country, according to a list of India's severely polluted industri...
25 Dec, 2009, 01.00 AM IST
- Environment ministry to rank polluted industrial clusters
A comprehensive environment protection index, based on the study of about 80 industrial clusters from across the country will be released o...
29 Nov, 2009, 12.14 PM IST