NDMC to strictly implement water harvesting provision
New Delhi:With water woes in many parts of North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC), the civic body has decided to ...
Norway : first country in the world to commit to zero deforestation
The Norwegian parliament pledged the government’s public procurement policy will become deforestation-free after a ...
Citizens have right to safe water, say draft legislation
The government has for the first time said that citizens had a right to safe water and laid out stringent rules on how ...
Coal power plants biggest guzzlers of water: Greenpeace India
Greenpeace India on Friday released data on the water consumption patterns of coal power plants in seven drought affected states, ...
India likely to generate 52 lakh MT of e-waste
Mumbai: India, the fifth largest producer of e-waste, is likely to generate 52 lakh metric tonnes of electronic waste by 2020 ...
World’s longest rail tunnel inaugurated in Swiss Alps
Geneva: Switzerland on Wednesday inaugurated the Gotthard Railway Tunnel, a major engineering achievement deep under ...
NGT raps civic bodies in Agra over waste around Taj Mahal
New Delhi, May 25 : The National Green Tribunal today came down heavily on the civic bodies in Agra district of Uttar Pradesh ...
Air pollution may raise risk of stillbirth: study
London, May 25 : Pregnant women exposed to air pollution may be at a greater risk of stillbirth, a new study has claimed.
An ...
China to adopt world’s strictest vehicle emission standards
Beijing, May 25 : Chinese capital Beijing will implement the world’s new strictest vehicle emission standards by next ...
China wants to extend its Nepal rail link to India: media
Having already expanded its influence in Nepal with road and rail network through Tibet, China is now looking to stretch ...