Vistara will stop giving plastic water bottles on board its flights, in a bid to reduce plastic usage. The airline, which had earlier banned chewing of gutka on its flights, on Wednesday said it “plans
The Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of weight-loss pill
The water resources ministry has inched closer to imposing a higher and unified cess on the use of water by industry. A sub-group of the ministry has affirmed that a cess on industrial use of water is necessary.
Crews were working to restore electricity to nearly 200,000 Michigan homes and businesses early Monday, a day after strong winds knocked down tree limbs and power lines, while residents in parts of the Northwest braced for another winter storm.
London: Forget green cars or
A coal ash spill in eastern Tennessee that experts were already calling the largest environmental disaster of its kind in US is more than three times as large as initially estimated, according to an updated survey by the Tennessee Valley Authority.
Chinese dairy companies that sold melamine-tainted milk are ready to pay compensation to families of nearly 300,000 children who became ill or died from drinking contaminated infant formula, a news agency reported on Saturday.
New Delhi: DJB on Thursday shut down its two water treatment plants as officials said level of ammonia had been rising beyond permissible levels since the past couple of days. On Thursday, it shot up so much that the plants had to be shut down and the water released back into the river.
New Delhi: The strategic knowledge mission on climate change is ready and has sent the temperatures soaring by setting off a turf war within the government. The mission report recommending the creation of an inter-ministerial advisory serviced by the science and technology ministry has got a cold reaction from several quarters in the government.
Chandigarh: Coming down heavily on farmhouse owners in the Aravalli Hills, the Haryana State Pollution Control Board (HSPCB) has initiated criminal proceedings against 155 of the rich and famous from Delhi and its periphery, all of whom bought plots from four builders.
A week before a No-Honking Day is observed in the Capital on January 1, it seems more horns indeed need to be blown to spread awareness about the campaign.
