Topic: Waste management
How to build future cities? The answer lies in the slums of India, Brazil & Indonesia
Informal housing is not always a problem to be solved, but can be treasure-trove of city solutions.
Fashion has a huge waste problem & recycling ain’t working
In the world of fashion, there are massive levels of waste and more greenhouse gas emissions than international shipping and flights combined.
Delhi park features replicas of 7 wonders of the world created out of waste
It took 110 tonne of waste from MCD yards and stores across the capital to recreate these monuments.
Nagpur to become the first Indian city to treat and reuse 90% of its sewage
Nagpur Municipal Corporation's sewage treatment plants are on the cusp of being able to recycle 480 million litres of the total 525 million litres per day of sewage the city generates.
These plastic-eating fungi may be the answer to our garbage epidemic
Last year, a team of scientists from Pakistan and China stumbled upon a species of fungus that colonised the surface of plastic, causing it to chip away.
What India can learn from this scenic Kerala town about waste management
Alappuzha, a town best known among tourists for its backwaters, had a garbage problem. Here's how it sorted it out and became a model for other cities around the world.
Is AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal also guilty of treating Muslims as an unthinking votebank?
Days after Delhi voted in the Lok Sabha elections, AAP convenor Arvind Kejriwal said the Muslim vote “shifted” to the Congress at the last minute.
Defence
Break-in at IAF’s Paris office handling Rafale procurement, cops probe espionage angle
The IAF's office in Paris houses the team that coordinates with Dassault Aviation on manufacture of Rafale jets and the weapons package onboard the aircraft.
Pracharak Modi: The mask you see, is the man you get
India has its first leader who is unapologetic about belonging to the social and political Right. This is how Shekhar Gupta foresaw Modi’s five years in this National Interest within three months of his victory in 2014.