Delhi-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...

Portugal's Minister of State for Economy, João Rui Ferreira, expressed readiness to contribute to India's infrastructure goals, highlightin...

AI is reshaping online dating, with many users now relying on tools to craft bios, messages and even real-time conversations, often creatin...

Artemis II toilet: Artemis II astronauts encountered a minor technical issue with the Orion spacecraft's toilet shortly after launch, speci...

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Solid Waste Management (SWM) Rules, 2026, superseding the Sol...

Homeowners in Delhi will start paying a monthly fee for door-to-door garbage collection, ranging from Rs 50 to Rs 200 based on property siz...

Urban Enviro Waste Management is planning to go public with an IPO on June 12. The company provides solid waste management services, includ...

"Waste masks and gloves in general households should be kept in paper bag for a minimum of 72 hours prior to disposal of the same as dry ge...

The apex pollution monitoring body said specific guidelines are required to be followed by all, including isolation wards, quarantine centr...

The Mangaluru Smart City Limited (MSCL) will soon introduce a new barcode system for efficient implementation of solid waste management (SW...

The civic body spends Rs 600 crore a year on solid waste management. This is a fourth of its annual revenue.

Support for construction of community toilets has been increased to Rs 39,200 per seat from the earlier Rs 27,000 per seat, an increase of ...

Railways has created a separate Non-Fare Revenue Directorate to find ways for generating substantial revenue from sources other than passen...

Under the new Solid Waste Management Rules, urban local authorities and panchayats will prepare a plan for managing solid refuse within six...

The government zeroed in on Punjab’s low-cost and locale-specific sewage system and Tamil Nadu’s integrated programmes for solid waste disp...

Considering the social, environmental and health impact of waste management and sanitation, Government of India has launched Swachh Bharat ...

Urban Development Minister M Venkaiah Naidu today called upon the corporate sector to invest in solid waste management projects.