Delhi had turned into living hell as around 15,000 sanitation workers were on 12-day-long strike. The capital of India was already troubled by administrative mismanagement of waste. The strike only worsened it. India’s biggest dengue outbreak in Delhi is the result of choked drains where
After much debate, upgrade to Bharat Stage-V emission norms in India has been scheduled for 2019. India will start with BS-IV+ norms across India by April 2019 to complete implementation of BS-V norms by 2023. To meet the deadline, India will require marketing companies to
Hindus believe that one dip in the sacred River Yamuna frees one from the torments of death. But the burden of the overgrowing population and unchecked dumping of sewage and industrial waste has rather turned it into a horrible scene. Now, River Yamuna is seeking
Desecration or insult of religious symbols or objects can lead to the massacre in India. But that is limited to some specific minority groups only, such as in the case of beef. Otherwise, Indians don’t mind peeing on walls painted with their holy signs. It’s
According to a rough idea, over 1.1 billion people in the world do not have access to electricity. A quarter of this number is from India’s poverty stricken rural areas. People rely on hazardous kerosene lamps for lighting during dark hours. Myanmar to West Africa,
After Bengaluru’s M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, world’s first solar powered cricket stadium, Khanderi Stadium in Rajkot, Gujarat has become second solar-powered cricket stadium in India. The stadium, situated 15 kms from Jamnagar, now has a 50 KWP capacity solar rooftop system. The installation is expected to generate
In 2008, about 50 images posted with the first-hand account of a visitor who had spent a few months in India, had gone viral in China. Many Chinese forums and columns published them. The images are disturbing, but not for the government and Indian people
Present solar energy generation capacity of India is only 4 GW. Still, India is targeting ambitious targets. India’s commitment to achieve 100 GW of solar energy capacity by 2022 has proved a boon for everyone except local solar cell and solar panel manufactures. Fortunately, every
According to a WHO report, in India, about 70 million people do not have access to the most basic medicine – soap. Every year, about two million children die due to diseases that could be prevented simply by using soap. As a matter of fact,
In a country where 590 million people still defecate in open it’s not possible to bring awareness without community participation. Jambagi village in Karnataka’s Belagavi district has become a symbol of active community participation and efforts to eradicate open defecation. The village panachayat had