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Wednesday, December 10, 2025
TopicPlastic ban

Topic: Plastic ban

Why single-use plastic ban missed Gandhi Jayanti date

Instead of bringing in a policy decision, Modi govt now wants a public movement to end use of single-use plastic.

It’s like demonetisation, plastic industry says about ban confusion, business uncertainty

Uncertainty lingers over whether Modi govt will completely ban single-use plastic. And if it does, stakeholders are unsure what products will fall in the category.

Jagran lists Art 370 as Modi 2.0’s success, Dinamani calls Chandrayaan-2 ISRO’s next leap

A round up of the Hindi and Tamil newspapers opinion pages to reflect a North-South viewpoint on topical issues

5 facts that support Modi’s move to ban single-use plastic in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said India will ban single-use plastic in the coming years.

Modi govt’s blanket ban on plastics at this moment of economic slowdown is a bad idea

The single-use plastic ban is a disguised admission by the government that it has failed to put in place adequate garbage disposal mechanisms.

Modi pushes for end to single-use plastic, calls it a form of land degradation

Speaking at a UN meet on the environment, Modi also announced India will raise its ambition of the total area to be restored from land degradation status.

Kerala is pulling plastic from the oceans to build roads

There are more than 34,000km of plastic roads in India, mostly in rural areas.

TN government to set up agency to draw foreign investment for MSME sector

CM hopes sector will yield create green alternatives to plastic after the state’s proposed ban kicks in next January.

On Camera

From Binodini to Mitin—Bengali cinema scripting its comeback this Christmas

As Park Street now anticipates the Christmas lights, Bangla cinema eyes a harmony. Colliding heritage, devotion and some detective grit, the year-ender comes with a rediscovery.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.