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Reactor reboot at world's largest nuclear plant highlights flaws in Japan's radioactive waste plansJapan has restarted its largest nuclear power plant to meet energy demands. However, the nation faces a critical challenge: a severe shorta...- Love hills to escape pollution? Study finds smoke from plains is now reaching the HimalayasAir pollution across eastern India and the Indo-Gangetic Plain has worsened sharply over two decades. Bihar and West Bengal are now highly ...
- GRAP-1 imposed in Delhi-NCR: Full list of restrictions, bans and permitted activitiesDelhi-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...
- A 15-year-old Sierra Leonean teen built batteries and a radio station from scrap partsA young innovator named Kelvin Doe from Sierra Leone built batteries, generators, and a radio station using discarded electronics. He salva...
- Holding stocks is harder than finding them: 10 mid- and small-caps stocks that may be worth holding on toHolding a stock is not an act of blind faith. It is not refusing to change one’s mind. It is not averaging down because the stock has falle...
- Solid waste disposal in Delhi: SC slams MCD, says 'sorry state of affairs'The Supreme Court criticized the Municipal Corporation of Delhi for poor implementation of Solid Waste Management Rules, noting untreated s...
- It seems state authorities consider themselves above law: NGT to UP governmentA bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel made clear that if no satisfactory action is taken in terms of these directions...
- Households to cut and store waste masks, gloves for 72 hours before disposing: CPCB"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...
- Guidelines issued for handling of waste generated during COVID-19 patient's treatmentThe apex pollution monitoring body said specific guidelines are required to be followed by all, including isolation wards, quarantine centr...
- Global waste burden to rise 70% by 2050Managing this waste pile is an activity as important as other welfare services, and has to be funded.
- Delhi: Not segregating your waste will cost youWastepickers from various groups, however, have rejected the bylaws because they fail to lay down how informal work force will be involved ...
- Solid waste management projects get blanket exemption from taking prior green clearanceThe biggest problem the ministry of housing and urban affairs was facing in the implementation of solid waste treatment and processing proj...
- Swachh Bharat: Centre likely to adopt Punjab, Tamil Nadu models for waste disposalThe government zeroed in on Punjab’s low-cost and locale-specific sewage system and Tamil Nadu’s integrated programmes for solid waste disp...
- Bengaluru has still a long way to go to deal with sanitary waste disposalImproper disposal of sanitary waste can lead to various environmental and health risks. "It is a huge problem across the country, said a me...
- Railways to set up first-of-its-kind waste plants in Delhi, JaipurThe plants for disposal of solid waste are proposed to be set up under the Waste-to-Energy project of the Railways.
- Rules for disposal of construction waste finalised: Prakash JavadekarPrakash Javadekar said that construction and demolition works generate pollutants including dust particles which can degrade quality of wat...
- Unscientific sewage disposal threatens Shimla's environmentUnscientific disposal of sewage and solid waste is threatening the pristine environment and water sources of the Queen of Hills, as Shimla ...
- Himachal's Kinnaur to have solid waste management systemn a bid to save fragile ecology of tribal Kinnaur district located along China border, Kinnaur district administration has decided to launc...
- Cities facing garbage disposal problem: GovernmentDue to lack of dumping space, financial constraints and inadequate capacity of urban local bodies, problem of garbage disposal in cities ha...
- WB approves $12.5 mn loan to Maldives to check envt'l risksThe World Bank has approved $ 12.5 million loan to assist Maldives to effectively manage environmental risks to fragile coral reefs and oth...
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