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    Soon, water bills linked to your incomeIndia
    Soon, water bills linked to your income

    Soon, you may have to pay your water bill depending on your income slab!

    13 Jun 2016 2:29 AM IST

    ‘Government projects created 1.64 lakh jobs’India
    ‘Government projects created 1.64 lakh jobs’

    In a first ever attempt to track the number of jobs created from new projects, the Union environment ministry on Tuesday...

    9 Jun 2016 1:55 AM IST

    More focus on creation of waste processing facilities.India
    Environment Day: Laws in place yet garbage piles up

    Just before the completion of two-years of the BJP-led NDA government in power, the environment ministry overhauled the...

    5 Jun 2016 2:19 AM IST

    Centre rolls out plan to remove floating wasteIndia
    Centre rolls out plan to remove floating waste

    Failing to achieve much so far in cleaning Ganga, one of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet projects, the Centre...

    30 May 2016 6:49 AM IST

    ‘Revisit animal dissection ban’India
    ‘Revisit animal dissection ban’

    An environment ministry panel has urged the University Grants Commission (UGC) to “revisit” its 2014 ban on...

    28 May 2016 10:29 AM IST

    Minimise use of plastic, pollution board tells statesIndia
    Minimise use of plastic, pollution board tells states

    More than two months after the environment ministry, while notifying the new Plastic Waste Management Rules, 2016,...

    27 May 2016 2:38 AM IST

    MoEF panel gives ToR for project with NepalIndia
    MoEF panel gives ToR for project with Nepal

    In a significant step, an expert panel of the Union environment ministry has recommended the terms of references for...

    26 May 2016 12:25 AM IST

    NCR tops animal cruelty listIndia
    NCR tops animal cruelty list

    The NCR has topped the list of maximum number of cases of cruelty to animals in the last three years, latest data...

    23 May 2016 12:41 AM IST

    Asia-Pacific most prone to disaster, says United NationsWorld
    Asia-Pacific most prone to disaster, says United Nations

    Sounding a note of caution, a United Nations report touted the Asia-Pacific region as the world’s most...

    20 May 2016 3:19 AM IST

    More Hindi please, MoEF urges officialsIndia
    More Hindi please, MoEF urges officials

    In a recent move to institutionalise the use of Hindi in official work, the Union environment ministry on Friday came up...

    16 May 2016 12:08 AM IST

    Mining puts animals at riskIndia
    Mining puts animals at risk

    Escalating mining and other deforestation activities in the country are causing the list of endangered species —...

    14 May 2016 2:57 AM IST

    Paints with over 90 parts per million lead may be bannedIndia
    Paints with over 90 parts per million lead may be banned

    With the excessive use of lead in household paints raising serious health concerns, the environment ministry has...

    29 April 2016 3:01 AM IST

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