waste management

Thiruvananthapuram, March 7 – A political row has erupted over waste management following the Attukal Pongala festival, with Education Minister V. Sivankutty stating on Saturday that the state government would intervene wherever necessary, even as the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation faces...

Union Minister for Power, Manohar Lal, met with Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy and industry representatives today to review the e-waste recycling supply chain. In a social media post, Mr. Lal stated that during the meeting, both leaders discussed the growing challenge of electronic...

New Delhi, March 6 To combat dust pollution and improve sanitation across the national capital ahead of the summer, the Municipal Corporation of Delhi has deployed 52 street sweepers, water sprinklers, and over 600 workers, while also accelerating road repairs.Officials stated that 52...

Union Minister of State for Environment, Forest, and Climate Change, Kirti Vardhan Singh, participated today in delegation-level talks and the signing of a new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Environmental Cooperation in New Delhi. In a social media post, Mr. Singh stated that the renewal...

Panaji, March 6 Goa Forward Party (GFP) MLA Vijai Sardesai launched a scathing attack on the state government on Friday, accusing it of "wasteful" spending on events, and claiming that the benefits from the resumption of mining activities have not reached the people.Speaking in the state...

New Delhi, March 6 India and Finland have renewed their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environmental cooperation to deepen collaboration on pollution prevention and control, waste management, climate change, forests, and natural resource management, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 Minister V Sivankutty said on Friday that the District Magistrate has been tasked with investigating whether there were any lapses in the post-festival cleaning operations following the Attukal Pongala in the state capital.However, BJP leader and Thiruvananthapuram...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 Minister V Sivankutty said on Friday that the District Magistrate has been tasked with investigating whether there were any shortcomings in the post-festival cleaning operations following the Attukal Pongala in the state capital.In a Facebook post, the minister said...

New Delhi, March 5 The Delhi government plans to convert a 50-acre garbage dumping ground along the Najafgarh drain into an 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee Memorial' garden, which will include walkways, an amphitheater, a basketball court, and a badminton court, officials said on Thursday.According to a...

New Delhi, March 5 – Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and his Finnish counterpart Sari Multala renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on environmental cooperation between India and Finland at a meeting held in the national capital on Thursday.In...

AIZAWL, MARCH 5, 2026: The ICFRE-Bamboo and Rattan Centre (BRC) in Aizawl, began a comprehensive two-day "Green Skills Training – Introduction to Composting and Apiculture" program today, scheduled from March 5 to 6, 2026, under the Van Vigyan Kendra (VVK) Aizawl. The training is attended by 20...

Shillong, March 3 Industrialist Anand Mahindra has praised the Mawlynnong village in Meghalaya as a model for community-led commitment to cleanliness.Located 90 km southwest of Shillong, Mawlynnong gained national and international attention in 2003 after being described as "Asia's cleanest...

New Delhi, March 3 Recycling and waste management firm Plannex Recycling announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with France's REGOM to build a closed-loop tyre recycling ecosystem in India.Under the partnership, Plannex will deploy REGOM's automated, AI-based tyre sorting and...

Thane, March 2 Narcotics worth Rs 18.63 crore were destroyed on Monday as part of the 'Nasha Mukt (Drug Free) Navi Mumbai' campaign, a senior police official said.Drugs worth Rs 18.63 crore seized in 55 cases were destroyed at the Mumbai Waste Management Company in Taloja, Panvel, after...

Ghaziabad (UP), March 1 Bharatiya Kisan Union leader Rakesh Tikait said on Sunday that setting up a waste management plant on fertile agricultural land near residential areas violates both environmental standards and basic human compassion.The farmer leader was addressing a Mahapanchayat at...

Hyderabad, February 27 – Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy, on Friday, directed officials to prepare a Core Urban Act for three corporations within the Outer Ring Road (ORR) limits to replace the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) Act.He suggested that this new Act should...

Kochi, February 27 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated the Compressed Biogas (CBG) plant of Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited at Brahmapuram here on Friday.Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas and Tourism Suresh Gopi was also present at the event.Vijayan...

New Delhi, February 27 Delhi Mayor Raja Iqbal Singh met his Romanian counterpart Vasile Carare at the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) headquarters on Friday, where they discussed potential cooperation and knowledge exchange in urban governance, according to an official statement.According...

JAMMU, FEBRUARY 26: The CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine (CSIR-IIIM), Jammu, successfully concluded a three-day Skill Development Training Programme on Laboratory Animal Techniques for Preclinical Experiments, held from February 24–26, 2026.The programme provided participants from...

Amaravati, February 27 The Andhra Pradesh government on Friday approved Chroma-Ator Power Products Pvt Ltd to establish 200 TPD compressed biogas plants in the Palnadu district.K Vijayanand, Special Chief Secretary, Energy Department, said that the government approved the allocation of revenue...