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.
Recommendations appear in Niti Aayog’s Tax Policy Working Paper Series–II. It says there is a need to shift away from fear-based enforcement to trust-based governance.
In service with the British military since 2019, it is also known as the Martlet missile. Ukrainians have also deployed these missiles against Russian troops.
Education, reservations, govt jobs are meant to bring equality and dignity. That we are a long way from that is evident in the shoe thrown at the CJI and the suicide of Haryana IPS officer. The film Homebound has a lesson too.
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