Residents report a sharp rise in respiratory issues, skin infections, and serious diseases like tuberculosis and cancer from toxic waste mixing with rainwater and seeping into homes.
Preliminary findings of Richard Dasher from Stanford University’s US-Asia Technology Management Center & Amit Kapoor from Institute for Competitiveness, India, presented at govt event.
In 2016, country's apex pollution watchdog told NGT that plant was ‘safe’. Four years on, its report said presence of metals in bottom ash & fly ash mostly 'below detection levels'.
Residents of various colonies in Delhi’s South East district continue to fight legal battle, now in SC, demanding relocation or closure of waste-to-energy plant, one of four in Capital.
Pradeep Sangwan was a guest on 100th episode of 'Mann ki Baat'. The work done by his Healing Himalayas foundation got a fillip in 2020 after Modi mentioned it in his monthly radio address.
Guidelines on single-use plastic waste management sets annual recycling targets for producers, importers & brand-owners. The fines for those who fail won't absolve them from meeting targets.
Thaely, which means bag in Hindi, is a brand that uses only vegan & recycled materials like plastic bags and bottles to make shoes, priced at approximately Rs 9,750.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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