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Toxin-laced bubbles cover beach in India's latest pollution scareBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 3, 2019
A menacing white foam covered one of India's most famous beaches in Chennai for the fourth straight day on Monday creating a new pollution hazard for the country. Children have been playing and taking selfies in the clouds of white suds on Marina Beach, even though they give... Read more.. |
Diseases linked to a degraded environment continue to ravage IndiaBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 1, 2019
A degraded environment filled with air and water pollution continues to affect health of people in India, according to the National Health Report (NHP) released on October 31, 2019. Air pollution-linked acute respiratory infections contributed 68.47 per cent to the morbidity... Read more.. |
Tata AIA Life Insurance goes from protecting people’s future to protecting the environment tooBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 27, 2019
Addressing environmental concerns stemming from global warming, Tata AIA Life Insurance has taken concrete steps to combat it through a new initiative called Rakshakaran Hero. This aligns with Tata AIA Life Insurance philosophy of ‘protection’ that secures people’s future.... Read more.. Subject Tags: CSR , environment sustainability , global warming , reforestation , Tata AIA , water pollution |
Microbes are paving the way to sustainable wastewater treatmentBy : Sustainability ..., Sep 3, 2019
One morning Namitha awoke to a frantic call, “He can’t breathe. When he inhales, his ribs ache”, said Panchi. Panchi was one of the young mothers of the community that she was volunteering with and is just one among the thousands who use polluted water from the Yamuna River... Read more.. |
New government’s policy concerns on energy, water, environment, pollution and climate changeBy : Sustainability ..., Jun 3, 2019
Energy Clean energy and clean mobility are set to get a big boost, and the government may... Read more.. Subject Tags: air pollution , Clean Energy , clean water , climate negotiations , environment pollution , Environmental Policy , water pollution |
Experts stress on biodiversity conservation to keep Ganga cleanBy : Sustainability ..., May 23, 2019
National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) and the International Union for Conservation of Nature jointly organised a one day workshop on the occasion of "The International Day for Biological... Read more.. |
Freshwater pollution will be prime cause of death by 2050, warns UN reportBy : Sustainability ..., Mar 15, 2019
Pollutants in our freshwater systems will see anti-microbial resistance become the number one cause of death by 2050, warns a landmark UN report compiled produced by 250 scientists from 70... Read more.. |
Scientific disposal of waste should be carried out to check pollutionBy : Sustainability ..., Feb 27, 2019
Scientific disposal of construction and demolition waste should be carried out to check water and air pollution in the national capital, Delhi lieutenant governor Anil Baijal said Monday. Baijal chaired a meeting, also attended by city e nvironment minister Imran Hussain, on... Read more.. Subject Tags: delhi pollution , Environment Pollution Control Authority , India , solid waste , solid waste management , waste disposal , water pollution |
IIT-Ropar makes low-cost device to check water pollutionBy : Sustainability ..., Dec 19, 2018
Officials of the Punjab Pollution Control Board may soon be spared the tasked of collecting samples from water bodies to check the level of pollution in them. ... Read more.. Subject Tags: data collection , IIT Ropar , India , innovation , pollution control , water pollution |
10 projects worth Rs 1,573 crore approved for cleaning of GangaBy : Sustainability ..., Nov 22, 2018
The executive committee of the National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) has approved 10 projects worth Rs 1,573.28 crore, of which more than half the amount has been earmarked for Agra, the city... Read more.. Subject Tags: Clean Ganga , India , National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) , river pollution , STP , wastewater plants , water pollution |