Waste
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3,800 tonnes of solid waste going untreated in Delhi every day, SC calls it "horrible"
Delhi | May 13, 2024, 08:52 PM ISTA bench of Justices A S Oka and Ujjal Bhuyan called for the immediate measures to be undertaken to ensure that the quantity of untreated solid waste does not increase till proper facilities are put in place to treat them.
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How to maximize your data usage and minimize your data loss?
Apps | Apr 04, 2023, 07:33 PM ISTHere are some tips to help you maximise your data usage while minimising data loss. With these tips, you'll be able to consume as much data as you need without wasting it on unnecessary activities.
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Delhi LG launches indirect attack on Kejriwal in landfills' issue
India | Oct 29, 2022, 03:15 PM ISTSharpening its attack on the MCD and BJP, AAP criticized them for the 'lack of sanitation' in Delhi and 'garbage mountains' at landfill sites in Bhalaswa, Okhla and Ghazipur.
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Viral video: Netizens are fuming after tons of plastic waste found on Mumbai beach
Trending | Jul 19, 2022, 11:22 PM ISTViral video revealed a Mumbai Beach laden with tons of plastic waste, dumps and garbage as people stand on the littered beach. Here's how netizens are reacting to the shocking clip.
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Toxic foam floats on Yamuna in Delhi
News | Jun 23, 2021, 11:28 AM ISTThick layer of toxic foam was seen floating on the surface of river Yamuna in the national capital. Pollution level has increased in Delhi.
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Salt worth Rs 10 cr washed away in flooding due to 'Cyclone Tauktae' in Gujarat
India | May 20, 2021, 09:05 PM ISTAs per a rough estimate, around 3 lakh metric tonnes of salt, which was harvested and kept in the open near saltpans for transportation, was destroyed by gusty winds, rain and flooding in the LRK region, part of which falls in Surendranagar.
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Maharashtra: Exchange plastic waste for food coupons in KDMC
India | Dec 20, 2020, 02:41 PM ISTIn a bid to encourage citizens towards proper disposal of plastic waste, the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation here has introduced a scheme of giving food coupons to people on collection of 5 kg of such waste.
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Kanpur waste forcing village youth into bachelorhood
India | Nov 03, 2019, 05:47 PM ISTThe Swachh Bharat Abhiyan pitch may have touched a high in the country but villages in an around Kanpur are still forced to live in filthy surroundings. The Kanpur Municipal Corporation's solid waste management plant is close to Panki Padao, Jamui, Baduapur Saraymira villages and the extent of filth and malodour around is such that it is not only making residents ill but is also sending its young men into 'forced bachelorhood'.
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Delhi-NCR generates 5,900 tonnes medical waste annually: Assocham
India | Feb 08, 2018, 07:28 PM ISTAn Assocham survey pointed out that most of the medical trash remains untreated and dumped with municipal waste and thus causes a serious health and environmental hazard.
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NASA’s Rs 20 lakh ‘Space Poop challenge’ seeks solutions to manage human waste in space
World | Nov 24, 2016, 04:52 PM ISTWhen nature calls, even the best of space suited astronauts find it tough to negotiate. The problem - they can’t easily rush to the bathroom in space. In an attempt to handle situations such
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READ! This low-cost new material may help reduce paper waste
World | Nov 07, 2016, 11:05 AM ISTTo reduce th paper waste, scientists have developed a low-cost, environmentally friendly way to create printed materials with rewritable paper that can considerably reduce wastage of paper. Researchers Ting Wang, Dairong Chen and colleagues from
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Indian scientists develop method to convert fish-bio waste into green energy
India | Sep 13, 2016, 10:21 AM ISTThe scales of fish has the potential of becoming an instant source of green energy in future. A team of researchers at Jadavpur University in Kolkata has developed a biodegradable energy harvester from raw
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Aaj ki Baat: Amar Singh compares Azam Khan to a 'sweeper'
National | Nov 23, 2015, 11:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh today broke his silence over his spat with Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan.While talking to India TV on 'Aaj Ki Baat', Amar Singh spoke on various issues
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Rs 5,000 fine for dumping waste into drains, says NGT
India | May 09, 2015, 07:36 AM ISTNew Delhi: National Green Tribunal Friday restrained individuals, including the municipal corporation employees, from throwing or dumping any kind of waste into the drains in the national capital and ordered a fine of Rs 5,000
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PlanComm task force recommends PPP model for waste management
May 13, 2014, 11:33 PM ISTNew Delhi: A Planning Commission task force has strongly recommended Public Private Partnership (PPP) model for setting up projects for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) with a viable gap funding by the government."The report strongly recommends
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Inhuman: Infant's dead body found in Delhi hospital waste truck, AAP health minister says, go, meet the MS
India | Jan 06, 2014, 06:05 PM ISTNew Delhi: The body of a one-day old infant who died past midnight was found this morning inside a hospital waste truck instead of the mortuary, for which the hospital had charged the family Rs
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Rs 44,000 cr worth of food go waste every year, says Pawar
India | Aug 23, 2013, 02:54 PM ISTNew Delhi: Due to lack of adequate storage infrastructure, fruits, grains and vegetables worth Rs 44,000 crore go waste every year, Food Processing Industries Minister Sharad Pawar informed Rajya Sabha today. Pawar said during Question
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Goal line technology a waste of millions of euros: Platini
Football | Dec 12, 2012, 01:26 PM ISTKuala Lumpur, Dec 12: Even as world body FIFA seems to slowly embrace goal line technology, UEFA chief Michel Platini rejected it insisting it is unnecessary waste of millions of euros.Platini, on a visit to
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Don't Waste Your Right To Vote, Shibu Soren Tells Ally BJP
National | Mar 23, 2012, 09:41 PM ISTRanchi, Mar 23: The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha today appealed to ally BJP not to waste its democratic right to vote in Rajya Sabha elections by deciding to abstain. “I also heard that. It is not