Do not burn plastic in bonfire on eve of Holi
PATNA: Bihar State Pollution Control Board (BSPCB) has appealed to the residents to avoid burning polythene bags, plastic sacks and other non-combustible items during Holika Dahan, which is a traditional
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Mumbai: Eco conscious citizens say 'Holi hai' with flowers
No pichkaris, no water balloons or bags, no gulal — in short, a dry Holi with no colours. Moving over wet-and-wild Holi, residents of Cuffe Parade will celebrate the festival without water to protect the
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Organic colours make a splash this Holi in Mumbai
“Turmeric powder, flowers of marigold and flame of the forest, raw waste of beetroot and spinach and kattha used in paan are used as ingredients to obtain colour pigments." With the festival of colours
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Unholy Holika bonfires cause pollution: Expert
AGRA: The lighting of bonfire as a replay of burning of Holika symbolizing the victory of good over evil, now seems to have a not-so-holy side. Huge heaps of garbage — plastic bags, sacks, old tyres, rubber
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Don’t hug, say namaste during Holi amid H1N1
Holi festivities this year has come between the crucial board exams and a raging swine flu outbreak in the city and its peripheral areas. The state government has cautioned through an advisory that those
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Keep off adulterated food, toxic colours: Experts
While people prepare to celebrate the festival of Holi on March 6, scientists suggest precautions to avoid the harmful effects of colours containing toxic chemicals and adulterated food items. They further
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Green activists decry burning of live trees for Holika
With Holi just round the corner, green activists are seeing red as rules to burn only dead trees are set to be flouted by many in the festival. For the past fortnight or so, various Holi Committees
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Environmentalists bemoan destruction of green trees
KANPUR: The burning of Holikas will once again witness the use of green trees and branches. For past 10 days or so, various Holi Committees had started piling logs of woods for burning the symbolic Holika
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Colours can affect skin, eyes
With Holi just around the corner, doctors have begun warning people against chemical-laden colours available in the market. These colours, which contain chemicals such as mica and copper sulphite, can
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MPPCB makes move to check pollution this Diwali
As a measure to check pollution during Diwali festival this year, Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board (MPCB) will conduct a survey at local markets to examine firecrackers for the level of pollution