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Stitching the Value Chain: How PM MITRA parks are rewriting India's textile destinyIndia's textile sector, a vital economic pillar, is undergoing a transformative shift with the PM MITRA scheme. This initiative aims to ove...- China's rivers and lakes defied a global oxygen crisis across 17 years, and nearly 1,300 sites, and the surprise is that it had nothing to do with slowing down climate changeFreshwater ecosystems worldwide are facing declining oxygen levels, a critical issue for aquatic life. However, a recent study in China rev...
- Indian officials survey farms around Tata iPhone parts plant after water pollution warningGovernment officials are inspecting farmland near Tata's iPhone parts factory in Hosur. This follows reports that wastewater discharge from...
- Cheap 'RO' with no electricity: How twin sisters created Rs 100 water filter using bhindi, methi & chawal to remove 'forever chemicals' and microplasticsTwin sisters Naina and Nayantara Singh have developed Aqua Sattva, an award-winning, low-cost, plant-based water filtration system. This in...
- A 15-year-old from Ontario built a bionic underwater “robot turtle” that detects what is quietly killing our seas and just won $50,000 for itA young innovator has created BURT, a robotic turtle that moves quietly underwater. This AI-powered machine mimics natural swimming to obse...
- NGT seeks CPCB report on whether pouring milk into rivers during rituals causes pollutionThe National Green Tribunal is investigating if pouring milk into rivers constitutes water pollution. A petition highlighted a religious ev...
- Quit metro life for a smaller city? Here’s the real money math Indians must check before movingMany are trading metro life for tier 2 cities, seeking better quality of life, cleaner environments, and reduced stress. While income may f...
- Scientists just found a smelly algae that eats microplastics, and it could save your drinking waterScientists are developing algae to tackle microplastic pollution in drinking water. This orange-scented algae repels water, causing micropl...
- Vaishno Devi offerings case exposes toxic metal in silver: How this adulterant, if present in your jewellery, can damage lungs, kidneys & raise cancer riskA major controversy has emerged at the Vaishno Devi Temple after investigations found that much of the “silver” donated by devotees contain...
- Air, water pollution disputes kept NGT busy in 2020 amid coronavirus pandemicThe National Green Tribunal, though working with handful of Judicial and Expert Members, that too via video conferencing, made its presence...
- NGT says situation of water pollution grim, directs 100% treatment of sewage entering riversThe NGT warned that if this is not done, the local bodies and concerned departments of the states and Union Territories (UTs) will be liabl...
- Delhi techie floats idea to purify waterNanda has been testing wetlands in Vasant Vihar for over two months. He said that there has been a major improvement in the quality of water
- Center notifies revised standards for CETPs to minimise water pollutionThe Center has notified revised standards for Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETPs), operating at various industrial clusters in the cou...
- Union Carbide accountable for water pollution: VictimsUnion Carbide Corp (UCC) is responsible for water pollution that continues to foul local wells at the site of the 1984 Bhopal Gas Disaster.
- 80% of India’s surface water may be polluted, report by international body saysEven as India is making headlines with its rising air pollution levels, the water in the country may not be any better.
- Over 5 trillion plastic particles floating in world's oceans, finds studyOver 5.25 trillion plastic particles, with a combined weight of 269,000 tons may be floating in the world's oceans, according to a new stud...
- Water pollution: Parliamentary committee to summon officials of 6 ministriesTerming water pollution as a "national crisis", a Parliamentary committee has decided to summon officials of at least six central ministrie...
- Woman dies of liver infection caused due to water pollutionA woman died of liver infection caused due to polluted water in Tibra village, triggering protests by locals against the administration, po...
- Australia, China to work together on depolluting Poyang LakeChinese and Australian scientists are set to work together to reduce pollution in the Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake, state m...
- Trash, water pollution restricts diving expeditions in GoaAccumulation of trash and extensive water pollution has curtailed the diving expeditions along state's only diving site, Grande Island, loc...
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