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Smog engulfs parts of Delhi as air quality continues to deteriorate
Delhi was engulfed in a thin layer of smog on Thursday as the air quality continued to deteriorate …
ANI
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Kerala landslide adds to tally of over 180 rain-related deaths since June
India has faced a devastating monsoon season, with states like Kerala, Gujarat, and Himachal Prades…
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World No-Tobacco Day: As the menace of cigarette butt pollution continues, Lee Cooper weaves jeans out of them
Each pair of these eco-jeans cleans up approximately 600 cigarette butts! The jeans have passed all…
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This UK company is selling chips in a fully biodegradable “paper” bag; is this the future of single-use packaging?
The plastic alternative can be recycled, re-pulped, composted, and even breaks down in anaerobic en…
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Enough is enough: Indian-led 'warrior moms' rally to combat air pollution and bring back clean air
Warrior Moms are committed to fighting the battle for clean air for all children by raising awarene…
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An Indian politician ended up in the hospital after drinking water from a polluted holy river to show it was safe
Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann was hospitalized after drinking from a revered Punjab rivulet, but his…
Mia Jankowicz
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Geo-tagged bottles in the Ganges river show how plastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometres in just a few months
As India struggles to clean up the Ganges river, researchers hope that their ‘message in a bottle’ …
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Only 10% of sewage water is being treated before being dumped in Gomti river, says Minister of State for health Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh
The Minister also raised concern over continuous dumping of untreated sewage water into the rive…
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302 filthy river stretches in India, says central pollution body
He further added that it is a collective responsibility of the state governments and concerned loca…
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In UP's Gudsar, people who can't afford to buy water have to drink smelly, polluted and rotten water
"The water in our village is just poison. We can't even cook our food using this water, forget drin…
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See photos of the devastating pollution in India's holy Ganges River
And the Ganges, or the Ganga Mata (Mother Ganges) as it's called by India's devout, is in bad shape…
Jeremy Berke
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These Indian species are most threatened by climate change and severe weather, according to the IUCN
Here are some of the species endemic to our country that India stands to lose to climate change and…
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The companies polluting the planet have spent millions to make you think carpooling and recycling will save us
The plastics industry kickstarted recycling to avoid bans on plastic packaging. Decades later, BP i…
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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Ganga is much cleaner now but it will take more than a lockdown for people to be able to drink from India’s holiest river
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the nationwide lockdown imposed on Ma…
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Sadhguru’s advice: Government should give tax relief for sustainable businesses
Speaking at the Business Insider Global Trends festival 2020 from the backdrop of the Grand Cany…
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Project Dolphin to be launched in the next 15 days, says Prakash Javadekar
New Delhi, Aug (17) The ambitious project to conserve Gangetic river dolphins announced by Prime Mi…
PTI
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Germany Offers Help For Ganga Clean-up Mission
"Rejuvenation and cleaning of the river Ganga is one of the top priorities of Indian government. We…
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Jharkhand is the only state holding out against the Indian government's suggested formula on GST compensation
With Chhattisgarh communicating its acceptance of Option-1 to meet the revenue shortfall arising ou…
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After Parkash Singh Badal, MP Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa also returns Padma Bhushan in solidarity with farmers' agitation
Protesting against the farm laws and in solidarity with the ongoing farmers' agitation, Rajya Sabha…
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Supreme Court refuses to entertain contempt plea over non-payment of salaries to doctors
Senior advocate Maninder Singh, appearing for IMA, said the salary for April and May was paid a…