Nagrik Chetna Manch
Nagrik Chetna Manch is a non-political organization and open to all citizens that came into existence on August 15, 1991. The Manch seeks issue-based support from the media and the public and networks
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Citizens for Better Public Transport in Hyderabad
It is a group of concerned citizens in Hyderabad fighting against the city’s planned elevated Metro rail project and have suggested alternatives such as bus rapid transit system that are a more cost effective
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Forum for a Better Hyderabad
Forum For A Better Hyderabad was formed under the banner of ‘Hyderabad Bachao’ (Save Hyderabad), when some of the non-government organizations and citizens, concerned about environmental and developmental
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Fifth International Conference on Plants & Environmental Pollution, 24-27 Februar 2015, Lucknow
Most of the environmental concerns faced by the developed countries following industrial revolution and resultant economic boom and consumerism in the past are now spreading to the developing countries
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Car-Free Tuesday: Has Gurgaon Set the Trend for Others?
On The Buck Stops Here, we debate: was Gurgaon's car-free Tuesday a hit or a miss? Has the Millennium City set the trend for others? And can India go car-free regularly? Gurgaon Police Commissioner Navdeep
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'Clean Coal': India's Way Ahead to Lower Carbon Emissions
Ahead of the Paris climate summit, India has pledged to cut carbon emissions but said that even though coal is polluting, it will continue to dominate its power needs. The answer, says the government,
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The even/odd formula: Aam aadmi's duty to implement?
A move that will change the way you travel in the national capital. A move that could save our lives. We are talking of alternate day car use in Delhi. A move that is literally a breath of fresh air. Will
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Health At Risk: Why Delhi’s Air Quality Is Worst?
Delhi’s air quality took a turn for the worse Tuesday as the particulate matter 2.5 (PM 2.5) levels shot up during the hot and humid day. The National Air Quality Index showed that the air quality was
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Delhi's Piped Water Unsafe For Drinking, According To Report
A report by Bureau of Indian Standards claims that 11 out of 11 samples taken by them from Delhi and tested in a lab have failed on all 19 parameters of the test. Testing of water samples was conducted
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The First Pillar of Banega Swasth India Campaign- The Environment
If there is one thing that the global crisis of COVID-19 has hammered home, it is the very fragile relationship we share with our environment and with the other species that inhabit and co-inhabit it along
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With a taste for metals
Made to order plants that eat pollutants
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Brakes on SUVs
Oil and automobile giants love to hate California for its stringent norms. Now they have one more reason to do so. Lawmakers in this us state are promoting a bill that would eliminate several
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Oil spill
A LARGE crude carrier and an oil tanker collided, causing an oil spill of about 3,000 to 4,000 tonnes in the Singapore Strait on October 15. Port authorities said that no one was injured in the
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Spiked petrol
Two Indian researchers have deve loped a blend that consists of only 50 per cent petrol and the rest being industrial alcohol and 1-4 per cent co-solubliser. The alcohol has 95 per cent ethyl
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3d mouse: Scientists in the US have developed a fast, high-resolution, 3D mouse embryo visualisation technique that may revolutionise the way birth defects and cancer genes are studied in animal
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Await the Indian Love Canal
WHEN will we see sincere efforts to introduce discipline in the disposal of industrial waste in India? If the official interventions in environmental management in India so far are any indication,
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Drowning In Human Excreta
Sanitation for urban India means building flush toilets and linking them to sewer systems. But the price of chasing this dream is leading to an environmental catastrophe. MANOJ NADKARNI analyses our flush and forget mindset
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Iron, steel, and dioxins
Canada and the US are going to investigate dioxin emissions from iron and steel plants
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From butterfly to caterpillar
Stung by unplanned growth, Naini Tal once a queen among hill resorts is being divested of her riches.
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Water from icebergs?
can icebergs from the Arctic solve the uk's water crisis? A British water company is examining whether it can tow giant icebergs from the Arctic circle to bring water to Britain's