DPIIT considering quality control norms for lighters, sports goodsThe department has floated draft control orders for all these products after consulting the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS).
26 Dec, 2022, 07.42 PM IST
Six railway stations to get drinking water from airMaithri Aquatech Pvt Ltd. has been awarded a contract for setting up 17 Meghdoot atmospheric water generator kiosks in the Mumbai Division ...
30 Aug, 2022, 08.49 PM IST
38,408 schools, 2.86 lakh anganwadi centres don't have functional toilets, govt tells Rajya SabhaAs many as 68,374 schools supplied packaged or bottled drinking water, while 1,74,632 schools accessed drinking water from "other sources".
06 Dec, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Drinking water supply through mobile tankers taxable at 18%: AARThe Andhra Pradesh bench of the Authority for Advance Ruling (AAR) has ruled -- in the case of Vijayavahini Charitable Foundation -- that s...
16 Aug, 2021, 03.32 PM IST
Treated and purified sewage water for industrial use to attract 18% GST, says AARNagpur Waste Water Management Pvt Ltd had approached the Maharashtra bench of AAR seeking a ruling on whether 'tertiary treated water' supp...
01 Aug, 2021, 12.40 PM IST
Delhi Congress releases 'water truth report', attacks AAP govt over supply issue"Such complaints in 2013-14 were 55,455, but in 2020-21, they have risen to 1.71 lakh. Similarly, between 2014 and 2021, the number of pati...
17 Jul, 2021, 07.14 PM IST
Swajal raises $1.6 million in fundingThe company said it will use the funds for innovation and research to make drinking water more accessible, sustainable, and plastic-free.
10 Feb, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
When liquor came out from kitchen taps in Kerala townIt all started when residents of Solomon’s Avenue apartment complex in Chalakudy town of Thrissur district noticed brownish water with an u...
06 Feb, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
Maithri Aquatech’s water generators just need air to produce freshwaterThis Hyderabad-based startup has developed an atmospheric water generator that can be the panacea to our water scarcity woes.
14 Dec, 2019, 12.42 PM IST
US govt's OPIC commits $12.5 million loan for clean drinking water in IndiaFunds will be used to install 900 decentralised plants to purify water on site and sell it at price three to four times lower than bottled ...
26 Mar, 2018, 07.21 PM IST
IRCTC to install 1,100 water vending machines at railway stationsAt present, there are 1,106 WVMs at 345 stations in the country. The project of setting up WVMs was initiated in 2015 with an objective of ...
23 Jul, 2017, 02.24 PM IST
Cola getting its Karma-Uppance?Where tap water is routinely regarded as drinkable — or "potable" — the lure of more expensive bottled versions is rather counterintuitive.
31 Mar, 2017, 01.49 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal commissions Bawana water treatment plant"AAP has done in two months (commissioning the plant) what BJP and Congress couldn't in 12 years," he said.
21 Apr, 2015, 03.50 PM IST
Bill Gates foundation to turn human faeces into potable waterMicrosoft co-founder Bill Gates has joined hands with a US firm to develop a plant which can turn human faeces into potable water.
09 Jan, 2015, 02.32 PM IST
90 towers of 3G restored in J&K; road to be open in 5-7 daysThe Centre has directed free flow of transport via Manali and Leh to Srinagar, the only available surface network, a top central official s...
08 Sep, 2014, 08.51 PM IST
Road, telecom network to be restored in Jammu and Kashmir in 3-5 days: CentreThe Centre has directed free flow of transport via Manali and Leh to Srinagar, the only available surface network, a top central government...
08 Sep, 2014, 06.46 PM IST
- Tata Tea buying Everest buzz gets louder
There’s no deal yet. But the buzz just seems to be getting louder on Tata Tea’s talks with Mount Everest Mineral Water. Should the deal go ...
01 Jun, 2007, 01.01 AM IST